Never liked or got good results from push pull legs. Its obviously individual, but a variation of a "bro split" i personally have seen the best results and improvements from.

I love this man 😂 I love the look of joy on his face when he talks about the good old days of being “sauced to the gills” 😂😂😂

Being single:bro split
Being father:push,pull,legs

PPL keeps me motivated for years. The variety is so sweet - and makes it easier to fit it into my lifestyle

Mike Mentzer would have a heart attack over this video lol

Edit: Pun definitely intended

This topic is right up my alley, as I had done the same switch from Bro Splits to Push/Pull in my older age. When I was younger, I did bro splits religiously. It was all I knew, all the guys in M&F did it that way and I wasn't open-minded enough to think anything else worked. I never really heard of Push/Pull and 3x/week full-body workouts were for chicks and dudes that read Men's Fitness. Bro splits were great and like he said, I was excited about it, dedicated, and saw great results. As I got older (mid-30s) I started to find less time to be in the gym, so I would miss body parts every week - usually biceps, legs, and maybe shoulders. Chest and back seemed to be my go-to's and I would feel like if you missed a day, you had to wait for the week to repeat itself. Obviously, this wasn't working and I lost interest in weight lifting for a few years. I got more into other forms of exercise, but I was bored with lifting. Then, as I turned 40, I started to re-evaluate things and got my motivation back.

As Seth said, I don't look at it like a week, anymore. I just lift when I can, rest when I can, and plan my gym days around my dynamic work (and life) schedule. I'm just trying to feel good, look good, and be able to do physical tasks without feeling like I'm 60 - which is where it was headed, before I came up with this new plan. I just look at it like a cycle, with other things like swimming, yoga, pilates, hiking thrown in there.

I started about 10 months ago being really consistent and studying the science more deeply behind the exercises, so I can get the most out of the 3-4 days I can make it to the gym. If I miss a day, I just do it the next time I can. If I can go 4 days in a row, I will. And I will just figure out which heads of the muscle I hit last time and focus on the ones I didn't hit as hard, this time. Now, I do Push/Pull, with legs included in each - Quads/calves on Push, Hams/Glutes on Pull. Each workout contains about the number of sets and exercises he recommended, anywhere from 2-4/muscle group. But, as I said earlier, I try and target the heads or regions of each muscle, or even the muscle's functions. So, it would look like:

Chest - upper, mid, lower; Back - Lats, Upper/Middle, Lower; Bi's - long head, short head, brach; Shoulders - front (Push), side (Push), rear (Pull Day) delts; Hams/Glutes - hip hinge movement, knee flexion movement, etc...

Then, I would vary the exercises based on Compound vs. Iso, Angles/Stances/Movements, different grips/grip widths, etc. to try and hit each muscle entirely during the 4-day Push/Pull cycle. There is no guarantee I'm in the gym on a particular day. I just try and make sure I don't go beyond 2-3 rest days in a row. Those rest days are usually when my schedule gets wild, or I have to travel and can't make it to a gym.

Like my early days, I'm more of a hobbiest, who is more serious than most hobbyists, because the gym is a sanctuary to me. But, I'm not competing, nor have I ever done so. So, this new Push/Pull, with legs included gives me a chance to be way more consistent, way more interested, and way more motivated to see how great I can manage to look in my early 40s. I have actually done way more leg training this way - more than I ever did. And that is a lot of the motivation these days - keeping my hinge points oiled up and working properly. Right now, it is push/pull that leads the charge. The bros splits are probably a thing of the past for me, and 3x/week full body didn't really keep me very consistent for the several weeks I tried it and didn't have the flexibility the Push/Pull does. The push/pull allows me to rest properly, train hard the days I do, and select whatever exercises I need to or want to do that particular day. And I still have another day coming up soon to fill in the gaps.

Lastly, I will say that it was SO refreshing to hear that Seth makes up new workouts all the time, even day to day. I always found that to be the fun part. It was like a playground every day. I can't stand this Tik Tok/IG trend where "fitness coaches" and "influencers" are telling everyone we aren't seeing results, like them of course, because we "change up your workouts too much." And we should be like them, because are consistent and that's why they look so good (in the right pose and lighting).

No, they don't. Oversized asses with no definition in their legs, other than building tree trunks, and bragging about how much time they spend in the "jim" and how much they eat, isn't my idea of people we should be listening to. I have varied my workouts my whole life and did great. It was fun and to me, there is no difference in hitting upper chest, for example, several different ways throughout the program cycle. You can do BB press this week, DB press next time, throw in a Hammer machine. As I mentioned above, to me it is all about just making sure you hit upper, mid, lower chest in the exercises you select.

These influencer people are so full of shit. Because they found the gym 2 years ago, they're all experts. Nope. I like hearing shit from guys like this. I'm the same way - not a doctor, not a scientist, not even a competitor - just tried a million things over the last 25 years and figured out what worked for me and my lifestyle at the time. Great video and great topic!

Man, you have sky rocketed my physique once I started incorporating your methods. Hats off to you brother!

This dude always is on point. He actually thinked about the topics. He took his time to think for many questions and he put his own opinion on everything. Admiration!

4-day bro split is GOAT’d

I’ve done Bro split since day one and seen results but time for a change, Seth’s a legend and tells it as it is!

I've put quads on push day, and hams on pull day, and turned leg day into delts day.
Also, one back day for thickness, one for width.

Been doing the bro split for years and may need to switch things up. This video came at the right time!

Like Dorian’s split. I put shoulders/triceps first because they are my weak points due to an old bicep tendon repair, legs (meaning full leg including calves), rest, biceps/chest, back, rest and recovery on the weekends. Been doing this for about six weeks after a bro split of two or three months. I throw in a low rep power workout for shoulders, tris, bis, and leg (I say leg as I’m an above the knee  amputee). I’m supplementing with aminos, including citrolene and Taurine, DHEA, ashwaganda, and axathantan. At seventy nine I’m still making gains. Been lifting off and on (mostly on) since 1958. Love the weights, love to lift, never gets old. You don’t get weak because you get old, you get old because you get weak.

I built myself with the bro split, but I have been doing a lot of functional fitness recently. I’ve tried PPL so many times and always think it’s just not enough for me. I really want to try your program with PPL and functional workouts in there. I have your size program for bro split, I think you should release an PPL program, would be sweet. Love the white board videos and all the other videos

Magnificent video...could've been cslled bodybuilding explained....so good its going on my playlist as bodybuilding  101...you killed this...🔥🔥🔥🔥

I used to do a bro split for many years with good results.  Once I heard that the PPL workout is probably better for naturals since naturals only experience recovery through muscle protein synthesis for 36 to 48 hours (compared to enhanced lifters who experience it for an entire week), I switched to the PPL.  Ever since then my results really improved.

Used to do the chest/tri, shoulders, back/bi, then legs...little similar to dorian yates and I've seen results with it. However now I'm doing HIT chest/back, legs, shoulders/arms, legs and repeat, with rest days in between each workouts and boy...results are actually scary. Because i take rest days between my workouts it makes me so eager to wanna go to the gym everytime but i know the recovery is important, it's pretty damn motivating.

I’ve been running John Meadows Colossus and Creeping Death 2 programs in a rotating fashion. Both are push pull legs and you have a base push, pull and leg workout and a pump push, pull and leg workout. I love it honestly

I love your honesty about the gear. I've been trying to learn as much as possible and I have found a few channels where they don't acknowledge certain aspects. It helps set a realistic expectation for myself. Thank you!

"Dorian Yates, only trained for 45 minutes. Bitch, did you see how Dorian Yates trained"? 😅😂