The Best Workout Split to Follow in 2026
Embrace Your Real
Julie Ledbetter
5.0 • 982 Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
If workouts have started to feel confusing or harder to stay consistent with, even though you genuinely want to take care of your body, or if you have ever chosen a plan that looked great on paper but felt impossible to keep up with once real life showed up, this conversation is for you.
In this episode, I walk you through how to choose the right workout split based on how many days you realistically train each week. We break down two-day, three-day, four-day, and five-day splits, what each option looks like, and who each one supports best.
I also talk about workout length, weekly training load, recovery, and why doing less in a smarter way often leads to better results over time. This is about simplifying your approach so consistency feels possible instead of pressured.
Here is what you will learn:
• Why the most effective workout split is the one you can repeat
• How to choose a plan that works with your real schedule
• What two, three, four, and five-day splits actually look like
• How weekly training load impacts progress and recovery
• How to decide between 30-minute and 60-minute workouts
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, beautiful human. You're listening to Embrace Your Real with me, Julie Ledbetter, |
| 0:05.4 | a podcast where I empower you to just be you. With each episode, I dish you a dose of real talk |
| 0:11.4 | and actionable advice for building your confidence, honoring your body, and unconditionally loving |
| 0:16.6 | your authentic self. Stay tuned if you're ready to embrace your real. Let's get and let's go. |
| 0:29.3 | Hello and welcome back to another episode on the Embrace Real podcast. I'm really glad that you're |
| 0:34.3 | here today because today we're going to be talking about something that I know can feel very confusing and honestly just a little overwhelming if you've ever |
| 0:41.1 | tried to do fitness the right way. Today we're going to be talking about workout splits and before |
| 0:45.6 | your brain completely checks out because that sounds too technical or too intense, I just want |
| 0:50.8 | you to stay with me. This episode is not about finding the most impressive plan or the |
| 0:54.8 | most advanced schedule. It's really about understanding how to use the workouts that you already |
| 0:59.7 | have in a way that actually fits your life and helps you to see results. One of the biggest |
| 1:04.1 | reasons that women struggle to stay consistent with exercise really has nothing to do with motivation. |
| 1:09.6 | It's usually because the plan |
| 1:11.0 | that they choose looks great on paper, but it completely falls apart in real life. Like there's too |
| 1:15.6 | many days. It's too much pressure. Too much guilt when something gets skipped. And then it just |
| 1:20.5 | starts to feel like you're constantly behind. And so today I really want to help you simplify this. |
| 1:25.0 | And we're going to be walking through kind of the best two day, three day, four day, five day workout split, which each one is best for, how long |
| 1:32.5 | your workouts actually need to be and how to choose a plan that compounds results over time. |
| 1:37.2 | Instead of burning you out. So in today's episode, we're going to be breaking down why the |
| 1:41.5 | best workout split is is the one that you can actually repeat. |
| 1:45.4 | How to choose your split based on real life, not perfection, what each split looks like |
| 1:50.9 | and what it works best for, how to decide between a 30 minute or a 60 minute workout and why |
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