5x5/hypertrophy(tweaked) vs 1 body part a week??

[Bjwr]

Hey guys, just looking for some advice on workouts.
Ill just show u what I think, and hopefully I can get some feedback.

5x5/hypertrophy(tweaked)
Monday: upper body--all compound excersies
Tuesday: lower body-- squats, deadlifts, calf raises, front squats.
Wednesday: REST
Thursday: chest/arms -- all 3 sets of 6-8 reps
Friday: shoulders/back/traps -- all 3 sets of 6-8 reps
Saturday: legs -- all 3 sets of 6-8 reps
Sunday: rest.
(abdominals r 3x a EOD)

Or

Monday: chest/tris
Tuesday:back/bis
Wednesday:legs
Thursday:shoulders
Friday:chest/tris
Saturday: rest
Sunday: shoulders/bis

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Ps I lie, it's not 1 body part a week, just realised.

[DanB]

in the second split you are training everything except legs twice a week, any reason for this? have you ever considered that it could possibly be too much and not giving sufficent time to recover?

and the first is a little too much for me personally aswell

have you looked into a 5 day 5x5 routine mabey?

[Bjwr]

I could throw legs in on the Sunday, but that is to overtraining for sure.
Nah but I will Definatley look into it, thank you buddy.

[gmantheman]

I assume you got the first routine from Layne Norton's PHAT. The problem is you are working chest and arms one day and shoulder and back the next. This will cause a problem. When you work chest you are also working shoulders indirectly and when you work back your bis are getting hit as well. The second workout also has this issue. You are hitting shoulders on Thursday, then chest on Friday.

[Bjwr]

Yeah it's Nortons.
That's true, bis Are one say and next day indirectly through back,
Would it work if I did legs on Friday then shoulders/back/traps on Saturday?
But in that would the rest on Sunday be enough before I hit the upper body compounds on Monday?
The 2nd workout is bullshit. I've scrapped it.

[ajordana]

i was going to point out how terrible your second workout layout was but noticed you already realized that haha, i do a workout that is 3 days on 1 off repeat.. its press, pull, off, legs, repeat. press=chest,shoulders,tri's. pull=back, traps, bi's. legs=quads, hams, calves.. i like it

[gmantheman]

I thought about doing the PHAT but I didn't like the idea of working chest and arms the end of the week, resting a day and then working upper, so I went with an upper/lower while incorporating a power and hypertrophy day. My split is like this
Mon lower power
Squats 3x3-5
Deads 1x5
Leg press 3x6-10
Pull thrus 3x8-12
Tues Upper hypertrophy
A1)Explosive barbell or dumbbell press 6x3 (pick a weight you can do 8-10 reps with) r
A2) dumbbell or barbell rows same as bench
B1) incline press 3x8-12
B2) bw pullups 3xmax
lateral raises 2x8-12
face pulls 2x8-12
C1) tricep exercise of choice 3x8-12
C2) bicep exercise of choice 3x8-12

Wed Rest
Thurs Lower hypertrophy
Squats 6x3 pick a weight you can do 6-8 reps. Try to come up as quickly as possible.
Hack squat or leg press 3x12-15
Lunges 3x8-12
Leg curls 3x12-15
Fri upper power.
A1) barbell or dumbbell press 3x3-5
A2) barbell rows 3x3-5 reps
B1) weighted dips 3x6-10
B2) weighted Chins 3x6-10
C1) dumbbell press 2x6-10
C2) Close grip pulldown 2x6-10

When you see A1), A2), B1), B2), ect do the first exercise for example bench, rest, then do the second exercise.
Sat/Sun rest.

[Bjwr]

They r both great workouts, I like the look of
Them,
I've just been researching a fair bit about workouts,
Gmantheman that is a good point about chest/arms, rest then upper, barely time
To recover.
I can across Yates workout and liked the look of it.
Monday - shoulders/tris
Tuesday - back
Wednesday - rest
Thursday - chest/bis
Fri - rest
Saturday - legs
Sunday - rest.
(I would contemplate legs Thursday, chest/tris Friday just to give a bit more of a gap between back and cheat/bis, but I would hate 2 days after each other with no lifting.)
It's pretty good for arms cause u hit them one directly and then indirectly through back and chest,

I love to be in the gym, if the body would let u I'd try and go 6 days a week.

[Bjwr]

Im basically just
Looking for a decent bulking routine while
On cycle, just running Test E.

[j-bol88]

Ever thought of combining push/pull exercises like.. back/biceps, chest/triceps, abs/shoulder, LEG day..
compound lifts are what put on muscle mass well.. Good luck Bro, just hit it hard and eat protein like a maniac