Raising normal type Pokemon

I've never raised a Normal-type Pokemon, I think. I always had Normal/____ something, but never pure. Actually, my bad. I raised Slaking, which had TRUANT ability. Which sucked, mighty big Dragonite balls... I used one of those items that splits EXP, it's a held item, forgot name. Basically, go to E4 over and over. This is before I started competitive Ruby.

EXP Share.

Edit: Ninja'd.

Yeah, EXP Share is a nice way to boost EV training as well.