Muscle Building Routines: Main Types To Consider

If you have the goal of gaining weight, finding the right muscle building routine needs to be a priority to you. There are many factors that are going to have to go into making sure you’re on the right type of program, so considering these from a variety of angles will help ensure that you do reach your goals.

Here are the main types of muscle building routines to think about.

Full Body Workout Programs

The first type of muscle building routine is a full body approach. This is typically performed three days a week where you will perform exercises for all the main muscle groups in each session you’re at the gym.

The primary benefits to this type of program is the lower level of time commitment (since you only need to be in the gym three days a week), as well as the fact that you’re hitting the muscles with the highest frequency possible.

Assuming you have a good recovery ability between the workouts, you can make incredibly good progress with such a set-up. If you aren’t recovering well though or if you play a lot of outside sports or other physical activities, you’ll have to watch as this type of program can start to wear on the body over time.

Upper/Lower Splits

Next up are upper/lower splits. This will be where you workout 4 days a week (usually in a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday) fashion, although that can be shifted around to suit your schedule.

The advantage to this type of set-up is it does allow for a bit more specialization as far as each portion of the body is concerned (upper body and lower body) while if you’re doing the full body workout you can only do so many exercises per workout, so there’s a slightly reduced focus.

Body Part Split Programs

Finally, the last type of muscle building routine that some people are still using is body part splits. Basically this is where you will go to the gym and perform one day exercises to target the chest. Then, the next day you’ll target back. Then after that, it might be legs. Then you’ll finish off the week with shoulder training, and a final day of arms.

Most people using this program will be in the gym 5 days a week, leaving the weekends off to recover.

While this program can allow for a really high amount of concentrated focus on that specific body part, it’s not going to do much in terms of total frequency.

For most individuals, this isn’t the type of workout they should be focusing on as it doesn’t lend to the best results. For a select few they may want to give it a go, but they are definitely a select few.

So, keep these muscle building routines in mind as you make the decision of which is best for you. Time, gym availability, recovery rate, and personal preferences will all play a critical role in which will be best for you to consider.

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