Help with training split for girlfriend

[Mos Jeff]

havent been able to spend much time on the boards recently, but hopefully I will have a little more time now...

my girlfriend is trying to get a little more serious with her weight training and asked for some help with her routine. she wants to lift 3 times a week, so I figured I would check to see what type of split you guys recommend she do: different muscle groups each time, full body, etc? shes basically trying to tone up a little bit and drop some bf. any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.

[pu12en12g]

havent been able to spend much time on the boards recently, but hopefully I will have a little more time now...

my girlfriend is trying to get a little more serious with her weight training and asked for some help with her routine. she wants to lift 3 times a week, so I figured I would check to see what type of split you guys recommend she do: different muscle groups each time, full body, etc? shes basically trying to tone up a little bit and drop some bf. any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.

Some ideas:

Full body
OFF
Cardio
Full body
OFF
Cardio
Full body

Upper + Cardio
Lower
OFF
Upper + Cardio
Lower
OFF
Upper + Cardio

[RenegadeRows]

Great examples by PT. Either one of those would be a good choice.

[Mos Jeff]

Some ideas:

thanks for the suggestions. just curious, but any reason why you don't recommend isolating muscle groups such as chest/tris, back/bis, etc.? what are the advantages of full body, or upper/lower?

[RenegadeRows]

thanks for the suggestions. just curious, but any reason why you don't recommend isolating muscle groups such as chest/tris, back/bis, etc.? what are the advantages of full body, or upper/lower?

• Work every muscle group two-three times per week instead of 1
• Better for cardiovascular

[Mos Jeff]

• Work every muscle group two-three times per week instead of 1
• Better for cardiovascular

Thanks, this is what I figured. Appreciate the help.

[Mos Jeff]

PT or renegade: how many exercises per workout would you suggest for the upper/lower split?

[ddawg91]

I would do 1-2.

[pu12en12g]

thanks for the suggestions. just curious, but any reason why you don't recommend isolating muscle groups such as chest/tris, back/bis, etc.? what are the advantages of full body, or upper/lower?

Isolation CAN definately be better for size, but for conditioning I'd go full body or upper/lower. Many, many other variables, so that's just somewhere to start.

[pu12en12g]

I would do 1-2.

^^^^

Listen to Ddawg, he knows his shiat

[Mos Jeff]

appreciate it guys

[ddawg91]

No problem, I would focus more on compound exercises and if the need for more isolation type exercises are needed later on you can add them in or rotate.

[Mos Jeff]

No problem, I would focus more on compound exercises and if the need for more isolation type exercises are needed later on you can add them in or rotate.

yeah thats exactly what i did -- i made up a routine for her, but figured i should come on here and get some additional suggestions before giving it to her....

thanks again, its good to be back on here regularly, its been a while -- lots of new names i see.