Most bodybuilders who do not plan on competing are training simply to look good. Choosing a push pull legs routine is a great choice if you’re focused on aesthetics because you’re able to hit many muscle groups for high volume twice a week.

Your typical push day consists of shoulder, chest, and tricep work.

A pull day usually consists of back and bicep work.

And finally, leg day is just leg day… You hit all the muscles in your legs with intensity on this day.

When you look at this set-up, it hopefully makes sense: you’re training your body the way it wants to be trained. On any given day, you’re training muscles that like to be trained in conjunction with one another. Training in such a way is much more efficient than choosing your typical “bro split”.

Your typical bro split would likely consist of hitting one muscle group on a given day. In most cases, this results in a problem because you’re either a) only training 3 days a week and not targeting major muscle groups with enough intensity. Or b) not incorporating compounds and enough volume overall.

A push pull legs routine allows you to get away with training 3 days a week because there’s enough volume and intensity. For this reason, it is widely accepted that these routines are responsible for the most symmetrical physiques.