How to choose a training split? - Beginners’ edition.
How should you split your strength training as a beginner? A beginner strength trainee is someone who is completely new to the gym. A novice trainee has already been training for a while, 6 months or more, and has already build up some strength and developed good technique (hopefully). But what would be the best way to begin training at the gym? First, we must discuss training frequency, how often you go to the gym each week. A general recommendation is to go 2-3 times per week, which ever helps you to stay consistent. Assuming you stay consistent ( which is the key! ), you should also consider splitting your training somehow. You can choose to do only one body part every time you train or train whole body each time. If you train one body part only, each time you go to the gym, you might run into some issues. If you only have time to train twice per week, and you try a common bodybuilding-style split training chest on day one, back on day two, legs on day three, and shoulde