Bro Splits
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Why does everyone shit on bro splits? Almost everyone that looks good did them on /r/progress, and even on here. There are like a handful of people I have seen get aesthetic from SS, SL etc.
I'm not doubting that SS and SL are better for strength gains, but if I've done SS for 6 months, is there any reason I shouldn't go on a bro split? They seem so fucking fun.
>inb4 muh suboptimal gains
Yeah I care more about having fun and seeing some gains, I'm getting real fucking bored with Greyskull LP.
>>35339367
Nooooo you're supposed to do SS and permabuuulk.
Why are we trying to get the aesthetics of an australian bodybuilder by doing a routine by a texan strength coach anyway?
>>35339384
I did SS and went from skinnyfat to... skinnyfat.
I'm switching to brosplit because I actually want to look good.
i want the fedoras to come and defend SS
ss a shit
a split is far better unless you want to be a fat powerlifter
>>35339367
>brosplit
lmao enjoy your non existent gains. Pic is me after 3 months SS+GOMAD
>>35339367
Do a PPL instead, basically a brosplit with more frequency and better planned out days
>>35339542
That workout is worse than getting HIV
I don't even know where to begin with saying how shit it is
It doesnt matter. The results are basically the same - when you are a newb, routines are unimportant.
There are 3 conclusions here:
1) if you arent progressing on SS you wont progress on a split either. You need to fix your form your diet, whatever - dont just blame the program
2) do whichever one is more fun (and note that SS takes half the time)
3) Dont listen to retards on fit, they dont know shit.
>>35339570
And it has legs. PPL is probably the best split you can do
The gains you will see on ss vs a brosplit will be the same.The only difference is on a bro split youre in the gym for maybe 5 hours a week while on a full body split your in the gym for maybe 3.5.
>>35339542
This is the best one.
start doing this you fags.
>>35339542
retarded routine, obvious bait
>>35339544
terrible bait, are you even trying?
>>35339600
Explain the pic pls
Two people doing the different program from the beginning comparing results?
>>35339578
>>35339614
newfag here, whats wrong with it?
it looks okay to me
>>35339621
no its awful.
If youre a true noob i still recommend running SS for around 3 months and then look up some aesthetics routine.
>>35339607
>>35339600
These SS is great for beginners and the recommended starting routine for a reason. it works
And if you are worried about t-rex mode SS does recommended accessories
Add in dips and pull ups at the end of your workout
>>35339619
it's the same person. The pic is shit and doesn't tell you anything.
>>35339619
Yes. Noob gains are noob gains - the routine barely matters.
The differences:
>SS guy is much stronger on everything except bench
>SS guy spent half the time working out as Splitguy
>Splitguy has better back + traps, SS guy has better legs and shoulders
"SS is a meme" is a meme. Its a cruel trick we play on newfags like you who dont read the sticky, even though that has all you need on it.
>>35339649
Its not the same person you retard
>>35339621
First and most obviously it's a troll routine from a different thread here.
>Shit rep ranges for the goal of hypertophy
>bad advice about fat loss and squats
>barbell flies
Honestly it's like they didn't even try to make it believable
>>35339666
also
>ABAxABAB every week
>>35339621
Don't do that, it's a an attempt to troll newfags flooding the board for NYE, it's retarded. Now, as to what you SHOULD do. Most important part is diet If you're skelly, bulk, if you're fat, cut. Either way start eating AT LEAST .8g of protein per lb of bodyweight. Download MyfitnessPal and get used to people making fun of you for counting calories. Figure out how many calories you have to eat based on your TDEE and if you want to bulk or cut. Routinewise, most people here will tell you to start with SS to gain strength, but personally I don't think it's necessary, you can start with a full body routine, upper/lower split, PPL, or brosplit right off the bat, as long as you don't go for something that is too intense for a beginner that could result in injury. Read the sticky.
>>35339666
>>35339676
the biggest giveaway was the fucking bicep leg curls lmao
>>35339367
So how does a 4 or 5 day brosplit help your "aesthetics" if you're natty??
So I'm on a modified Greyskull LP, lifting 4 days a week with an A and a B day. So every compound gets done 2 times a week, some isolation are done twice a week and some isolation are once a week.
I'm curious to know how doing 3 different curls one day a week and doing like 4 different chest exercises one day once a week on a bro split is going to make me more "aesthetic" than doing bench and flies twice a week, incline bench once a week and pullovers once a week.
Someone explain please.
>>35339715
And that the rest day is more of a workout than the actual gym days
>>35339725
Chest/tris
Back/bi's
Shoulders/legs
Rest
Repeat
Everything gets hit with volume twice a week, which is plenty.
>>35339758
Right twice a week is good, but people who do 4 or 5 day splits only do each workout once a week, how do people think they'll end up "aesthetic" that way??
>>35339627
This, for all the shit it gets SS is just fine for a beginner's introduction to barbell training.
Also go watch Sicario if you haven't already
do my PPLPPLx but tune volume down a bit in the beginning. I've been doing this for 8 weeks. started with this but fatigue took over after week 1, so i went down to 3 sets per movement. past 2 weeks I've been doing 4 sets of everything.
This is me after 5 months of a bro split.
>>35339804
you look way better than I do after 7 months of SS.
What are your lifts?
>>35339367
>they seem so fun
Whats fun about having stupid stuff like shoulder or ab day? Is doing sit ups or lateral raises for an hour seem fun to you?
You train shoulders 1 day a week and train legs 1 day a week. Look at how small shoulders are compared to legs which is why all those "ripped" guys have such small legs.
Upper/lower or push pull legs split is much better for staying proportional and getting stronger.
>>35339406
>blaming the routine for staying skinnyfat
Yep, its definitely the routine and not your pisspoor bird diet
>>35339804
>He got someone to take a picture of his DYEL 3pl8 deadlift
Lol
>>35339841
I gained 16lbs and look the same
I did get quite a bit stronger though
>>35339859
>skinny fat
>strong
OK
>>35339725
Honestly I do a PPL because I enjoy being at the gym and lifting
I do each compound twice a week
Then do an accessory or 2 for each muscle group used on that day. Because I don't really care about if I do accessories at an impressive weight I go a lot harder on my compounds knowing that if I'm stuffed I can just go home.
One thing I have done is broken through the stall I had in my squat, i dont know if it was accessories strengthening my lagging muscles or if it was knowing that my squat was the only thing that matters on leg day but I'm progressing quicker now so I'm happy doing PPLPPLX
>>35339856
Mixed grip too lol
>>35339887
Yea kek
>>35339869
>strongER
I went from untrained to intermediate lifts, so that's something.
>>35339872
Yeah PPL is fine because you're hitting everything twice a week.
>>35339804
fucking disgusting
>>35339957
KEK
>>35339957
Not even him but I see nothing wrong there and I have no idea what you're trying to get at lol
>>35340026
hairy af armpit
bro split is for chads
>>35339367
if you want to lift to look pretty and get girls then sure do brosplits but you're not going to get significantly stronger, you're going to isolate unimportant muscles that would be trained thoroughly through compounds and you're going to end up with alot of bloated weight that is not beneficial to you
bodybuilding is not healthy physically or mentally
You look at a 200 lb guy in the gym and then put him up against a 200 lb fighter in the UFC and the fighter is going to be much bigger, have a bigger frame and be more powerful (with all technique aside)
self-improvement is masturbation, self-destruction on the other hand...
>>35339542
ss has nothing to do with your weight
ss has nothing to do with diet so why would you correlate being fat to the routine?
>>35339621
its dreadful, its a joke routine. Tbh, for your first couple months lifting i'd recommend SL 5x5 (or even SS) with plenty of accessory isolation work. When you're done with that, do candito linear. Then when you hit 1/2/3/4 you could do aesthetics training
