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full body vs single body part workout

dnold
dnold
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Joined: 2004/09/25
United States
2005/01/09, 02:07 PM
What would be advantage or disadvantage of doing a full body workout over doing 1 or 2 body parts per workout be?
bigandrew
bigandrew
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2005/01/09, 02:30 PM
full body......can usually be done in a circuit style, which can get your heart rate going just as good as a cardio session.

and you can usually do it in a lesser amount of time.....usually 3 days a week.

bad thing is, not much isolation.
and if done too much you can over train easly, and it can be boring
somtimes your whole body will be sore lol
single areas

you can concetrate more on "problem areas"
you can really work the muscle, instead of only doing 1 excercise....you can do 3 or 4 and really makes that muscle work.(eg 2 mass , 2 skulpting etc)
usually better results
your whole body isn't sore
and you have more recovery time for the next session for that bodypart or parts

not sore all over, but in certain areas( eg chest tris etc

bad things usualy take more of your week, but still same amount of time....about an hour a day 4 days usually
heart rate don't get as high
you can still over train, but not as easly



heres an example
whoel body spilt split
sun workout chest/tri
mon off legs
tues work out off
wed off back bi
thurs work out shoulders
fri off off
sat workout off
sun off reapeat
mon workout
etc


full body workout you only get one day rest inbetween what you worked out.

whereas the single you don't work the same areas till the following week........

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t-babe
t-babe
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United Kingdom
2005/01/09, 03:43 PM
Depends on your goals and your schedule. Given you've been weight training for almost a year you might find an advantage in concentrating on one or two body parts. It's a personal choice dependent on your own aims.
2005/01/09, 04:01 PM
You can't do a whole body workout with the same intensity as you can do working specific areas. If you work your bodyhard enough to make it grow, you must give it time to recover and grow. The whole body workout will help with endurance but not with gaining muscle so much.

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