43-YO IFBB Pro Reveals Best Muscle-Building Split for Most Gains

Do you struggle to find the best split for maximum gains? Then you might be in luck; 43-year-old IFBB Pro Marc Lobliner is here to share the best-split workout plan that is often followed by his clients. He recently shared a video on his YouTube channel expressing his views on the topic. Let’s delve deeper into the topic and what Lobliner shared with all the experience and research he has.

The IFBB Pro questioned the people still following the traditional bodybuilding approach and following bro splits. He emphasizes doing the splits that focus on maintaining the volume. The IFBB Pro shared his experience from his boxing days and said, “When I was boxing, I was only training two three days a week, just doing the basic necessities, basically the big three um squat bench deadlift variations, you know, just making sure I kept some of my strength while I was focusing on boxing.“

After examining all the data, Lobliner came to the conclusion that “At the end of the day, whether you do 15 sets of a chest split into three workouts, let’s say you do an upper-lower split, do it three times a week, or 15 sets of chest on one day, as long as that volume is the same at the end of the week, it doesn’t really matter.” 

If you’re maintaining the volume and intensity of your workout, the split you’re following doesn’t matter. You can even follow the traditional bodybuilding approach, the bro split. The IFBB Pro said, “What I found f**k all that science: do you like doing bro splits? Do you train harder when you focus on one body part? Do you like variety? Do you know upper where you do chest shoulders and triceps? For me, if I do shoulders on chest day, I’m not going to work shoulders as hard as I would if I gave them their own day, so for me, I’d rather train an extra day and be at the gym less time.“

According to Lobliner, if you’re able to train for only four days a week, do that, but “make it work.” It can be push, pull, legs, or upper, lower, chest, and shoulders; it can be any split of your choice. “Whatever works for you, just make sure you get that total volume and make sure you’re ungulate your training so you’re getting you know your strength power and your hypertrophy all built-in if that’s your thing,” explained the 43-year-old. Along with this, the IFBB Pro also shared his views on how to get more gains from each rep. Let’s find out how.

The IFBB Pro disclosed the way to do a “perfect rep“

In a previous YouTube video, Lobliner shared that there are two important components for achieving the “perfect rep.” The two components are the explosive concentric phase and the controlled eccentric phase. He continued to talk about the concentric phase and emphasized that when lifting weight, it should be explosive. The IFBB Pro explains the reason: “I want to try and move it as fast as possible because I’m pushing as hard as possible.“

Just as it is important to lift the weights explosively, bringing them down with completely controlled eccentricity is also important. Bringing down the weights slowly induces microtrauma in muscle fibers. This makes muscle repair and growth faster and serves as a catalyst. This phenomenon makes controlled eccentric movements the cornerstone of hypertrophy training. 

After learning the importance of volume and intensity in your exercise splits, what split will you go for? As the IFBB Pro also disclosed how to perform a perfect rep, will you try to add these movements to your reps? Let us know in the comments.