Thread: One extreme to the next

New guy here. I've chronically overtrianed for 10+ years...more was better in my opinion. I think I fell into the trap because I started lifting @14 and couldn't do enough, I've always recovered well and expecially in High School. I trained chest as much as 3 times a week and did it heavy. So stupid now that I'm a little better educated. I really could have put on some mass.

I'm going down the complete opposite route now, training 3 days a week, Day 1 is pushing movements, Day 2 is pulling movements, and Day 3 is legs.

Day 1

Barbell Flat Bench 5x5
Incline Bench 5x5
Military Press 5x5
Weighted Dips 5x5
Press downs 5x5

Day 2
Close grip pull downs 5x5
Hammer curls 5x5
Wide grip pull down 5x5
t-bar row 5x5
Upright row 5x5

Day 3
(I'm limited due to a broken vertebrae)
leg Press 5x5
calf raises 5x5
Deadlift 5x5

I'm planning on running this split or one like it through February and logging my results in strength and inches etc. I'll let you know how it goes. Is anyone doing a split like this currently that can guide me a little. This is a pretty far departure from my previous life, and I'd appreciate the help.

Here's what I looked like before:
Day 1 Chest
Day 2 Arms
Day 3 Back/Shoulders/Legs
Day 4 Chest
Day 5 Arms
Day 6 Chest

Somehow I managed results doing this, at least to the point that I was about 220 benching 350 or so and looked pretty damn good. It kills me to think what I could have been in my early 20's if I had a brain.

Dips can work the chest more than the triceps depending on how you position yourself... Many people use it as a chest exercise, and correctly so.