By Deena Hamza

Oh! How many times have I heard that time is the ONLY thing standing in one’s way from working out. Never fear my G.O.Ps! I have just the thing for you…

In the fitness world, we call splits divisions of body parts that we group together. Some people like to group push movements together in one workout (i.e. shoulders, chest) and pull movements in another workout (i.e. biceps, back). Other people like to mix push and pull movements in one workout. Splits can reduce the number of workouts required per week to fully exhaust the entire body. Below are three different variations that may suit some of your schedules.

OPTION 1:

• Sunday: off
• Monday: Chest/Back/Arms
• Tuesday: Shoulders/Legs/Abs
• Wednesday: off
• Thursday: Chest/Back/Arms
• Friday: Shoulders/Legs/Abs
• Saturday: off

OPTION 2:

• Sunday: Chest/Back/Arms/Abs/Shoulders
• Monday: off
• Tuesday: Quads/Hamstrings/Calves/Glutes
• Wednesday: off
• Thursday: Chest/Back/Arms/Abs/Shoulders
• Friday: off
• Saturday: Quads/Hamstrings/Calves/Glutes

OPTION 3:

• Sunday: Chest/Back/Arms
• Monday: Quads/Hamstrings/Calves
• Tuesday: Glutes/Shoulders/Abs
• Wednesday: off
• Thursday: Chest/Back/Arms
• Friday: Quads/Hamstrings/Calves
• Saturday: Glutes/Shoulders/Abs

If you’re too busy to work out every day during the week, give one of these training splits a try. There’s never an excuse for not maintaining your health.

In fitness, Deena