Looking for advice between 4 options
Hello everyone, so basically I started training about a month ago and everything is pretty much going alright I guess, but I also have some doubts about my split/efficiency.
Right now I’m doing 3 trainings a week, 5-6 exercices maximum and around 45-50mins total in the gym, classic Push Pull Legs with classic 3x8-12 progressive overload. But I hear some people say that training a muscle group only once a week isn’t optimal so maybe go 3x full-body, and also that 3 sets is more volume than needed, so I seek advice from you guys between 4 options :
- Option 1, keep doing the same thing.
- Option 2, I usually workout in the morning, so keep doing PPL 3 times a week but implement a bodyweight workout later in the day that focuses on the parts that I didn’t work on in the morning (Push day at the gym, then in the evening doing bodyweight exercises like pull ups and squats, Pull day at the gym, then bodyweight like push ups and again squats, Leg day at the gym then push ups, pull ups and such)
So basically 3x Full Body with a twist, since I can’t work out too long in the morning and I have some stuff in the locker room at work for bodyweight fitness like a pull up bar and elastics, and that would be on my work time so no sacrifice of my personal time.
- Option 3, simple 3x Full Body at the gym, problem being I can’t work out for too long since I have to go to work after, maximum I could do is 1 hour training.
- Option 4, Upper Lower Upper Lower, so 4 trainings a week, which isn’t my favorite option since I don’t really want to spent that much time in the gym, but I could be convinced I guess.
What are your thoughts on this ?