Working out too frequently?

[lavi]

I've been working out for the past 6 months. Since I am basically a beginner I've been working out my whole body 3x per week (3 reps of 1 excercise per muscle). I know I've been getting beginner gains; regardless, I haven't really gone up in the poundages on my lifts lately.

I'm wondering if it's time to start doing 2 exercises per muscle group and splitting upperbody and lowerbody (going 3x a week)?

Edit: After reading the "Question for Debaser" post, I'm thinking maybe I just need to choose a routine and stick to it (forever)?

Edit: Fixed the error I made that probably threw CheYxRage off (sorry bro).

 

[casualbb]

Have you been gaining bodyweight and measurements? If not, eat more and/or take some time off and start up again.

2 best ways to fix stagnation.

 

[lavi]

I have been gaining size and weight actually... but for some reason that's come without increasing poundages? I'll definately try to eat more too, thanks.

I'm assuming I should keep routine how it is then... at what point do I split it? After a year or so? (I know everyone's different)

 

[Synpax]

Start the split now. You should have from the get go. The ideal split, for the great core exercises, avoiding overlap, and equal time in a 3 session setup is:
chest/tri (core exercises: benchwork)
shoulder/legs (core exercises: military db press, squats)
back/bicep (core exercises: chins, deadlift)

you can stack abs/forarms on top of the first and third or on every day if you are doing 3 days a week. I do this stetup three-days on and one day off.

This has worked well for me. Good luck.

 

[lavi]

I will then. about how many exercises should i do per bodypart?

for example with chest/tri day id wanna do:
bench and 1 other excercise (ie fly) or bench and 2 other excercises (ie decline dumbbell, fly)?
and same thing for tri's, 2 or 3 excercises?

Thanks Syn~

Edit: Hmm... you think it's time to be doing each bodypart only once a week?

 

[casualbb]

Dude if what you're doing is working don't mess with it.

 

[from zero]

Dude if what you're doing is working don't mess with it.

Yep. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

 

[chewyxrage]

It looks like he is doing 1 excercise for 1 set.

IMO that should be changed.

 

[lavi]

Can't you all just have ONE opinion?

 

[tad69]

If it works......................

Maybe alternate rep range on each workout though.

 

[Tagio]

your best bet is to read about the training methods and read people's training journals and make your own decisions. that takes a while though.

in the meantime i have to say if your program is working then why change it yet?

 

[Tagio]

btw I do weights 3x a week full body (squats almost every session, oly lifts/deadlifts/different presses/ rows/pulldowns rotated) and sprinting 3x a week and gaining strength all over at a very good rate. high frequency works great if you figure out how much volume to use.

 

[casualbb]

yes on what tagio said. You can probably get away with 2-4 sets per major bodypart and 1-2 per smaller one.

A good number of reps to shoot for is 20.