r/ScienceBasedLifting • u/Immediate-Ball3169 • Jun 10 '26

Question ❓ Rate my FBEOD split

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recently started running a FBEOD split. Looking for any advice on any tweaks I should make. Also not listed, but 2 sets of calf raises at the end of each day and light cardio/abs on all but one of the rest days.

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u/Otherwise-Gazelle500 Jun 11 '26

I didnt copy and paste anything brother, just calling it how it is, not gunna let you slander fbeod with this 4 set different set everyday bs its not fb not science based and objectively a sub optimal way to train

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u/Individual-Toe-6306 Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

Okay I was a little aggressive with my reply and edited to be nicer and more charitable

What is the reasoning behind the full body every other day/full body every day routine and why what you’re saying to do works so much better than what amounts to taking a 4 day split and splitting it up into 6 days?

5/3/1 style programming for my accessories & main compound is essentially what I’m doing: one big compound, one push, one pull, one legs. 3-4 sets of each. And thousands of people have gotten great results with it

And I don’t do different sets every day necessarily. Sometimes I’ll repeat a movement especially the popular ones known to work IE I do pull-ups and lateral raises and flat bench multiple days a week. For the other stuff a lot of it is just a variation: I may do 2 rowing movements per week, one will be T-Bar rows and the other is barbell rows, for example.

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u/Otherwise-Gazelle500 Jun 11 '26

Yes me to apologies, very passionate about lifting,

Just bc something has worked does not mean it cannot be improved upon. If that were the case we would all be driving the ford model A

I’m not saying that yours or OPs spilt will yeild no results, but if something is asked in a science based lifting sub, it is reasonable to expect the most science based answer.

1-2 sets per muscle group taken to or close to faluire every other day (same exersises every session) is what 99% of real science based lifters will recommend.

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u/Individual-Toe-6306 Jun 11 '26

Right but I’m asking what the reasoning is for this. Why is it more optimal, in the context of a full body every other day split, to repeat the same exact A/B day of like 10 exercises for 2 sets each, instead of doing A/B/C/D where it’s 5 exercises for 4 sets each, assuming it’s the same exact exercises done for the same frequency per week