
Phase 6 broke all the standard muscle-pairing rules — chest and legs in the same session, back and arms without lower body. Here’s how the unconventional mixed split worked and where the weights ended up.

Phase 2 dropped the dedicated arm day, added real core programming, and introduced barbell work. Here’s how the muscle group pairings evolved and where the weights ended up.

My first structured training program under trainer Big Mike at Crunch — a classic Push/Pull/Legs/Arms split that laid the foundation for two years of progress.