Thread: in need of advice

hi everybody. im a true novice when it comes to strength training. ive never played any sports and ditched high school P.E. so many times, it got me saturday detention on multiple occasions. im 22(13% bf, 171 pounds, and 5 foot 10) now and im sick of being weak and out of shape. for about 2 months now ive been weight training by myself at L.A fitness. my goal is to put on a descent amount of muscle then cut. my diet is very clean (or at least i think so) i eat chicken breast, 90 percent leen ground beef, steamed vegetables (cauliflower, broccoli, and carrots), low fat cottage cheese, low fat yougurt, red potatoes, eggs/egg whites, and pb and j sandwhiches on whole wheat. i of course throw in a kinda clean cheat meal once a month.
at the gym i do 1 muscle group a day. according to sean nalewanyj its the only way to effectively prevent over training. i however do not follow sean's advice all the way. i spend more then his recomended time in the gym. i spend no more than 1 hour training and i use primarily free weights when training. i find it takes me about 1 hour to go to failure for any muscle group. i train for hypertrophy and strength. ive tried training 2 muscle groups in a workout and i just cant seem to go to failure lifting that way. now i know your thinking im over training and your probably right. but multiple people who have not seen me in weeks are telling me they barely recognized me. everyone is telling me im gettin yolked, its a great motivator to keep busting my ass in the gym. so im wondering if i should keep doing what im doing or change up my routine? my routine looks like this
back
wide grip pull downs
lateral raises
bent over bb rows
chin ups
seated cable rows

chest
flat db bench press
bentover cable fly's
incline db bench press
flat db fly's
incline db fly's
smith flat bench press

arms
hammer curls
sitting preacher curls
skull crushers
tricep press down
bb curls

shoulders
bb press
db press
raises
db/bb shrugs

legs
squats
hack squats
seated calve raises
leg presses
i get in about 15 to 20 sets per workout. i do cardio twice a week. for the weights i start off at 80% 1 rm, then finish at 95% 1 rm. i'll occasionally through in a light focuse set to end an exercise. so my reps start out at 12 then go down as i increase the weight till i hit a weight that i can only pull of 5 reps while keeping form. also i wont train arms the day after or the day before i train back or chest. any help will be greatly appreciated im the only person i know that has gotten really into fitness. i also should mention i eat every 2 to 3 hours and get in about 225 to 250 grams of protien daily.

if what you are doing is working.....then it is working.