Coolio, finding what works better for you is key and as you mentioned finding what you enjoy most is what’s going to be most successful. Most people forget this when they blindly say “this is the best way”
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That’s absolutely possible - different workouts work best for different people, but the “bro split” has a ton of myths floating around about it. There’s a reason almost every pro bodybuilder uses them.
If your split looks like this:
Chest
Back
Shoulders/Hams
Arms
Quads
Then youll hit Chest on chest and shoulders day, and on arms day too if you do CGBP, so 2-3x a week.
Back you’ll hit on back day, and both leg days, what with squats/RDLs/deadlifts, so also 2-3x a week.
Shoulders you’ll hit on chest, back, shoulders, and arms, so 4x a week.
Arms you’ll hit like every damn day except maybe quads day, so 4x a week.
Legs you hit 2x a week on quads/Hams days.
It’s fine to not do bro splits, or to do any type of workout (I hate full body but totally believe they’re effective). I wasn’t saying bro splits are the best, I was just saying people love to come in and crap on them when they’re just as effective as any other workout - it just depends on your goal. If your goal is physique related - and he posted a picture, not a lifting video - you may very well be better off with the type of workout that the people with the best physiques in the world use.
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It’s not how much you know that makes you smart, it’s what you do with that knowledge. Yes, reading increases knowledge, you can also read one thing that contradicts the very next thing you read.
My good buddy, a therapist, likes to say:
“I can explain something to you, but I can’t make you understand it.”
S
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I don’t recover as fast as a pro bodybuilder either tho.
Good points brought out, I don’t mind splits, they work, just not the way I prefer.
To expand further
“When we read, another person thinks for us: we merely repeat his mental process. In learning to write, the pupil goes over with his pen what the teacher has outlined in pencil: so in reading; the greater part of the work of thought is already done for us. This is why it relieves us to take up a book after being occupied with our own thoughts. And in reading, the mind is, in fact, only the playground of another’s thoughts. So it comes about that if anyone spends almost the whole day in reading, and by way of relaxation devotes the intervals to some thoughtless pastime, he gradually loses the capacity for thinking; just as the man who always rides, at last forgets how to walk.”-Arthur Schopenhauer
But to expand EVEN further
“A witty saying proves nothing.” - Voltaire -
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But to expand even furtherer-
“Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent.” - R.D. Laing.
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It proves you are witty. 
Or that you remember things witty people have said.
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I’ll have to remember that one.
this is precisely why the full body workout works well for you. I would agree, that’s idea for your goals. I don’t know how old you are, but I think that, generally speaking, this is the sort of advice I’d give a casual lifter over 40 who is essentially lifting weights to ‘age well’. A very basic program that hits all body parts that can repeated 2-3x per week.
It’s not the sort of thing I would advise a person with loftier goals to do. Training specificity becomes more important as one becomes more competitive in the iron sports, whether it’s strongman, powerlifting, or bodybuilding. I think bro splits are indeed ideal for someone who IS wanting to have a head-turning physique.
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You saying I can’t turn heads bro!? Lol, well put.
I’m waiting for a study using hamster models with billions of participants! Real people! Using hamster models!
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People often forget the second half of the “reading increases knowledge” adage. Comprehension is also necessary. You can read until you fall asleep every day and not gain an ounce of knowledge if you don’t comprehend what you’re reading.
This thread seems like a pretty egregious example of that…
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OMG, READ THE ABSTRACT!!!
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I’ve asked several times during this thread for you to comment some on the results achieved using your wisdom so the OP can judge the source of his information. Absent a reply, I dug into your post history a bit.
On May 29, you posted that you had started doing farmer’s walks for “under a month” but in this thread you seem convinced that they are just what OP needs. How long have you been training, period? And what have you achieved in this time to make anyone think you are worth listening to?
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There is nothing enjoyable about farmers walks…
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this dude’s over 35?
That just makes me sad. I thought for sure he was some 15 year old kid.
Your presence in these threads is always a joy.
THis reminds me about the story of a certain guy on line whom had 10 plus years under his belt and had a 500 lbs bench. Along comes some guy whom had maybe a year under his belt and hadnt even hit 200 yet whom felt he was qualified to critique and advise the more seasoned lifter on bench form and training.