Thread: Question for you Upper/Lower split guys.

Originally Posted by philip750

I have been doing Upper/Lower split for the most of my lifting career, and as i have grown bigger and stronger, i found it hard to get a good emphasis on the smaller muscle groups like bicep/tricep and side/rear delts. Those muscles i always do at the end of the upper days. And the quality of the work i get for those muscles does feel little low because of fatigue. I know i could place them earlier in the workout, but right now im cutting and i really need to put full effort into the main lifts.

How do you guys deal with this, regardless of cutting or bulking.

Drop them. Isos are like chewing your fingernails: a bad habit everybody's glad they quit.

The compounds take care of the small muscles. If you think you really need them then add them to your last workout of the week.

Originally Posted by philip750

I have been doing Upper/Lower split for the most of my lifting career, and as i have grown bigger and stronger, i found it hard to get a good emphasis on the smaller muscle groups like bicep/tricep and side/rear delts. Those muscles i always do at the end of the upper days. And the quality of the work i get for those muscles does feel little low because of fatigue. I know i could place them earlier in the workout, but right now im cutting and i really need to put full effort into the main lifts.

How do you guys deal with this, regardless of cutting or bulking.

I bomb arms after legs. Sometimes even before legs.

Evens it all out ....

Works great.



For example:

Day 1- torso
Chest-Back-Shoulders-abs

Rest day

Day 2- legs/arms

Rest day


Repeat.