Stop reading the 9,348 articles on how to hit your lats at 48 different angles and how to burn your biceps into oblivion with drop sets, super sets, rest pause, and feeling the pump. Go to Iron Addicts → Beginners Training → Beginners Routine sticky. Follow ONE of the routines and just continue to PROGRESS and get STRONGER while EATING ENOUGH to grow! If your bench has gone up 40lbs, squats up 60lbs, deadlifts up 80lbs, and you’ve gained 30lbs in body weight in 6 months, for example, you know you’ve grown and added muscle.
Really, though, mr popular said it all, and that’s all you need to follow. Don’t make this more complicated than it needs to be. Stick to a plan, progress on it by getting stronger at all your lifts either through adding weight or adding reps each week, don’t change stuff up every other week or month only make SMALL adjustments as needed over the course of several months, and most importantly eat enough to grow. Now go back and read mr popular’s posts ten times to make sure you ‘get it’.