Upper body lower body split

[big and bulk]

[FONT="Century Gothic"]Can anyone recomend an upper body/ lower body split power type of work out. I have read about it for a while and I fancy having a go at a fresh routine as I found my current Bench on Mon, Deads on Tue, Squats on fri and Assistance on sat is getting a bit stale[/FONT]

[HandyX]

B&B, I am far from being an expert in this area but a routine I did for 8 weeks (as a 16 year old back in 1983) and had good results with is as follows:

Mon/Wed/Fri

Bench Press 6x6
Shoulder Press 6x6
Bicep Curls 6x6
Tricep Cable Ext 6x6
Squats 6x6
Dead Lift 6x6

(exercises completed in this order)

Finish off with some wrist and ab work.

This was a routine my Father devised when he realised my frustration at trying to develop my own routine.

The idea behind this routine was to build mass (and gain weight) by concentrating on heavy weights, low reps and hitting large muscle groups. It was also easy to remember and execute being 6x6x6.

If I had a free run in the gym my partner and I could complete it in 2hr 15m, if the gym was busy it would take 3+ hours.

I measured muscle girth only at the start and end of the programme. Taking into account normal growth I was up no less that 0.75 inch everywhere but 2.5 inch on thighs. Weight gain was negligable and I was eating everything in sight and on Weider weight gain! Overall I consider the training and the results VERY sucessful.

[big and bulk]

[FONT="Century Gothic"]Would you say that is more of an all over body workout, rather than upper/lower split? Only an observation, not a critisicm as it looks a hardcore workout![/FONT]

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[HandyX]

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[FONT="Century Gothic"]Would you say that is more of an all over body workout, rather than upper/lower split? Only an observation, not a critisicm as it looks a hardcore workout![/FONT]

Sorry B&B, you're right, it's not a split at all. I don't know what I was thinking suggesting it. I lost the plot.

I think it's because you asked for a power workout and I automatically thought of mine which was based on power and heavy weights.

[burningnun]

I highly recommend a Westside template which includes overhead work as either an ME or accessory lift on ME upper day and power cleans added on DE lower day. I haven't been on this for long so it's hard to say what progress there has been, but the workouts feel great and nothing seems wrong with them.

[big and bulk]

[FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"]The Westside routine looks the dogs dangly bits! Ive got an article on it in a back issue of Muscle and fitness. Ive only had a fleeting glimpse at it, Im going to have to read it in depth as it looks a little complex in its execution[/FONT]