What Should I Really Be Doing?

I’ve kind of warmed up to doing 3 full body sessions during the week. Technically the (heavy, light, medium) approach is probably what i should be doing , because typically after a few days of rest i have a very productive 1st workout, but then especially with squatting heavy i feel like 48 hours isnt quite enough recovery for me, my legs arent that sore or anything but i just cant move the same or heavier weight.

I think ill probably follow something like this for a while :

  1. back squat
    press
    snatch variations
    Rows or chins/pullups

  2. Front squat/ overhead squat
    bench
    clean variations
    chins/pullups

  3. RFE split squats
    press
    deadlift variations
    chins/pullups

-I think i can only handle heavy deadlifts once a week. If i try to deadlift heavy twice during the week im usually not moving more weight than last time, and its probably counter productive. I also read a few articles saying that its smarter to switch up the type of deadlifting you are doing every week rather than always pulling the same way . I would probably alternate snatch deads with regular deads.

-Im more concnerned with increasing my overhead press than the bench press.

-I like practicing snatch movements because they are a good all around power exercise and they seem to be the reason for the added muscle on my trapezius.

[quote]Field wrote:
I’ve kind of warmed up to doing 3 full body sessions during the week. Technically the (heavy, light, medium) approach is probably what i should be doing , because typically after a few days of rest i have a very productive 1st workout, but then especially with squatting heavy i feel like 48 hours isnt quite enough recovery for me, my legs arent that sore or anything but i just cant move the same or heavier weight.

I think ill probably follow something like this for a while :

  1. back squat
    press
    snatch variations
    Rows or chins/pullups

  2. Front squat/ overhead squat
    bench
    clean variations
    chins/pullups

  3. RFE split squats
    press
    deadlift variations
    chins/pullups

-I think i can only handle heavy deadlifts once a week. If i try to deadlift heavy twice during the week im usually not moving more weight than last time, and its probably counter productive. I also read a few articles saying that its smarter to switch up the type of deadlifting you are doing every week rather than always pulling the same way . I would probably alternate snatch deads with regular deads.

-Im more concnerned with increasing my overhead press than the bench press.

-I like practicing snatch movements because they are a good all around power exercise and they seem to be the reason for the added muscle on my trapezius.
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Those are all great choices as far as exercises, but your program is lacking the most important thing: progression. Following a program with no built in progression is a horrible idea, and completely unneccesary.