uber confused - once or 2/3x a week per muscle?

[nottingham28]

Hi all

I'm just getting into training and I'm keen to do it sensibly and stocked up on facts and help from helpful people like on this forum.

But one thing I just don't get is: do each muscle once or 2/3 times a week? I'm doing this routine, which I understand to be one focusing on compounds:

Bodybuilding.com - Mike Mahler - Workout Less & Achieve More.

Some people on forums have told me it's fine but I should consider doing it 3, not 2 (as the author suggests), times a week.

Since the 2 parts of this routine are quite similar and a lot of the muscles are worked in both parts, this means I'm training each one multiple times a week, not once. Yet the consensus when I look around the forums is that once a week is plenty per muscle.

Is this an argument that rages on, or is one or the other right?

Yours in confusion

 

[lucifuge]

Day 1:
A-1: Bench Press
A-2: Bent-over Row
B-1: Barbell Squat
B-2: Stiff-legged Deadlift

Day 2:
A-1: Standing Shoulder Press
A-2: Pull-up
B-1: Stiff Legged Deadlift
B-2: Barbell Squat

since it's structured like this, with squats and stiff legs on both days, I'd only go twice a week. They're pretty taxing and your body needs time to recover from them.
just my $.02

 

[nottingham28]

Thanks lucifuge, I'll bear it in mind