Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2845: Full Body vs. Push Pull Legs - Which Split Builds More Muscle?
27 Apr 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What are the differences between full body and split routines?
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Chapter 3: Why is full body training beneficial for beginners?
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Chapter 4: How does exercise selection differ between training styles?
Today's episode, full body versus split, and the split routine that we're using to compare is a traditional PPL split. That's push-pull legs.
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Chapter 6: What is the impact of training intensity on muscle growth?
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Chapter 7: What are the pros and cons of split routines?
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Chapter 8: How can split routines help with lagging muscle groups?
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What's the better routine for you? You want to sculpt your body, shape your body, build muscle, burn body fat. Is it full body split or is it a split split type of routine? We're going to compare the two pros and cons. Let's go. Let's do it. What do you think? It depends. Yeah, it does. I think a lot of this, and we'll break them down, but let's first kind of address and break down both of them.
So a full body split is you work your entire body each time you work out. Then you have a split routine, which is where you break the body up, typically into body parts. A very common split would be... Push-pull legs would be a really common split. Now, all things have to be equal here if we're going to compare the two, right? Volume. Sets.
Yeah, so that would have to kind of be equivalent for us to compare, although that's not really a fair... Statement, because I think one of the reasons why people like split routines, for example, is the amount of volume that they can do in a routine. I know, Adam, you trained as a physique competitor and you did kind of split style routines. Eventually.
I started off, though, with more traditional MAPS anabolic. So I kind of progressed over the three years of competing. And what it looked like was MAPS anabolic and then kind of performance and then aesthetic. And then eventually from aesthetic is when I started to break up the body parts after that.
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