Total Body Routine Critique

[hobscrk777]

I've been on a push/pull/legs routine for the last 12 weeks or so, and I'm taking a rest week off this week to study for/take my final exams, and then I want to switch up my routine and see if total body works better for me. So, if you would, please leave any comments or suggestions about my intended plan. I tried to base it off of Chad Waterbury's total body workout recommendations - i.e. one big push/pull/leg movement per workout plus a couple accessor movements.

Current Stats:
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 159 lbs.
Goal: Gain as much muscle as possible with as little fat as possible

Planned routine: (sets x reps)
(Also, I plan to alternate BB bench and DB bench)
Monday-Workout A
Squat: 3x10
Flat Bench 4x6-8
Bent Over Row 4x6-8
Dips 4x6-8

OFF

Wednesday-Workout B
Deadlift: 3x10
Incline Bench 4x6-8
Chin-Up 4x6-8
Tricep Pressdown 4x6-8

OFF
Squat: 3x10
Military Press 4x6-8
Pull-Up 4x6-8
Friday - Workout C
BB/DD Curl 4x6-8

OFF
Off

Monday - workout A
etc
etc

As you might have noticed, I'm alternating squats and deadlifts, because I tend to get quite sore for a few days after each of those huge lifts and I'm not sure I could handle each 3 times a week.
Again, comments/suggestions are welcome. Is that too much? Too little? Assuming I've got a decent diet, will it put some muscle on me? The push/pull/leg routine I've been doing has given me mediocre results at best, so I'm thinking it's definitely time to try something different.
Thanks.

 

[alwaysbelieve1]

I've been on a push/pull/legs routine for the last 12 weeks or so, and I'm taking a rest week off this week to study for/take my final exams, and then I want to switch up my routine and see if total body works better for me. So, if you would, please leave any comments or suggestions about my intended plan. I tried to base it off of Chad Waterbury's total body workout recommendations - i.e. one big push/pull/leg movement per workout plus a couple accessor movements.

Current Stats:
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 159 lbs.
Goal: Gain as much muscle as possible with as little fat as possible

Planned routine: (sets x reps)
(Also, I plan to alternate BB bench and DB bench)
Monday-Workout A
Squat: 3x10
Flat Bench 4x6-8
Bent Over Row 4x6-8
Dips 4x6-8

OFF

Wednesday-Workout B
Deadlift: 3x10
Incline Bench 4x6-8
Chin-Up 4x6-8
Tricep Pressdown 4x6-8

OFF
Squat: 3x10
Military Press 4x6-8
Pull-Up 4x6-8
Friday - Workout C
BB/DD Curl 4x6-8

OFF
Off

Monday - workout A
etc
etc

As you might have noticed, I'm alternating squats and deadlifts, because I tend to get quite sore for a few days after each of those huge lifts and I'm not sure I could handle each 3 times a week.
Again, comments/suggestions are welcome. Is that too much? Too little? Assuming I've got a decent diet, will it put some muscle on me? The push/pull/leg routine I've been doing has given me mediocre results at best, so I'm thinking it's definitely time to try something different.
Thanks.

This looks pretty good. I like your primary concentration of compound movements even though you still have isolating exercises written within your design.

Since you're 18 you, most likely, recover quickly. Still keep in mind that overtraining can come in different forms and faster than you may think. Recovery proceeds growth and less is more.

There is no ideal routine. In fact, the key to any routine lies in your ability to abandon it for another.

Meaning- any routine, well for the most part anyway, will work for a short while. It is up to creative and intelligent program design to continue progress with further developed and constantly changing routines. I guess the only routine, in that case, will be the routine of change.

 

[KarlW]

I like it. Only thing is......won't you be doing squats on Friday, then again on Monday? or is that Deadlifts on the following Monday?
I'd be tempted to throw in some hamstring work somehow, maybe swap regular deadlifts with stiffies every other week?

 

[hobscrk777]

Good point; I hadn't realized that. I'll need to alternate squats and deadlifts in order to average twice a week with those two lifts. Thanks for pointing that out. I'll consider switching stiff-legged deads in there too.