TRAINING, FULL BODY OR SPLITS

this is something which is debated quite a bit among many bodybuilders, but i think each have there own advantage when i first started at the gym it was the 3 day a week full body work out,
which when i started i enjoyed and was getting good gains i got to 15 1/2 stone from 12 1/2 using this routine and also my strength increased quite a bit i was lifting a lot more than people who looked double my size which made me feel even better but there come to a point with this routine were the gains slowed rite down(as you will notice with all routines) but for seven months with this routine the gains were good.

time to change which you should do every 6 to 8 weeks, this is were i tried the 5 day split routine which most people in bodybuilding do. now going from the 3 days to 5 days felt strange because i was only concentrating on one body part, it felt like i wasn't doing a proper workout because i was used to the full body being pumped at once but i thought i would stick to it and try it out, anyway by about 3 to 4 weeks of doing this i started to get the feel for it and started adding more mass, although i felt the strength gains slowing down a bit i was adding size because you can target different angels of the muscle instead of just the main one like chest for instance, instead of doing normal flat bench 3 times a week i was hitting the chest muscle from the top, middle, bottom and sides. so there fore there was more parts of the chest getting targeted which meant more mass although your only doing this once a week compared to the three day a week, this is were the strength gain difference came into it. you get stronger quicker by training 3 days but gain more mass from the 5 day split you do also gain strength with this but i noticed a lot slower.

so what i recomend is if your a begginer start of on the 3 day a week workout, so your body can become acustomed to lifting weights, once you feal ready or gains are slowing jump to the split routines, i will post some routines on later for a guide.