Am I too "advanced" for a full body workout?

[SLTS]

I have been lifting on and off for 6 years. After a break, I have been VERY serious since the very start of 2010. I have used a 4 day a week split since. Chest/Tri, Legs, Back/Bi, Shoulders/Traps. I have not done the same exact froutine for the last 1.5 years. But I have used the listed split with varying exercies. This formula more or less.

Chest-13 sets
Back-12 sets
Shoulders/Traps-12 sets
Legs/calfs-14 sets
Bi/tri-12 sets

I am sooo bored with my routine. I hit each muscle BIG once a week. I've had really good results, but I've realized I have recently become "discouraged" to go the gym and hit my back with rows, then pull ups, then deadlifts etc. I was thinking I need something new to get me excited again. Would splitting my routine up over a every-other-day full body workout hit my muscles just as well? Or would I be sacrificing my gains in doing so? IE: Instead of doing 13 sets for chest on ONE day. I would do more or less 4 sets of each muscle every other day. Using a different exercise every workout? It'd make things interesting. Would I still grow doing such a routine? Or would I be better off to continue annihalating a certain muscle one day a week?

Thanks all!

[Jax05]

What is your goal?

[SLTS]

What is your goal?

Muscle gain. I am on a clean bulk and my diet is solid. I've seen gains, and it IS motivating. I just catch myself thinking that I do not want to do my split anymore. Yes I could force myself to stick with it. But my greatest motivation comes form being excited to work out. So I'd love to mix up my split if I can still gain from it.

[Jax05]

You're doing 12/13 sets and you're trying to bulk up? Hmm...

How about you drop what you've been doing and try Bill Star/Madcow's 5x5?

[SLTS]

You're doing 12/13 sets and you're trying to bulk up? Hmm...

How about you drop what you've been doing and try Bill Star/Madcow's 5x5?

Honestly yea. I mean I personally have seen good results. But note that that is ONLY direct chest work. IE: My Monday currently looks like this.

Bench- 4 sets
Inline DB press-3 sets
Decline Db press-3 sets
Flies-3 sets
Skull Crusher-3 sets
Close grip bench-3 sets
kick backs- 1 set

It ends up being a 20 set day, and takes around an hour.

So my days are kinda loaded. Legs and Shoulders are my shortest days. As I really don't combine them with anything.

And I would be willing to try the madcow. From what I remember that is a little more geared towards strength than I would prefer. But I will look into it. I'm open to anything.

[SLTS]

So....mad cow is my best option if I don't want to continue a 4 day split?

[mbinda]

So....mad cow is my best option if I don't want to continue a 4 day split?

^You most certainly can make gains on a 3x/week full body routine whether you do 5x5 or something else. Just stick with the basic compounds lifts and don't overdue the isolation moves. Personally I love full body routines way more than splits and I have experimented with different variations of both over the years. I normally do 4-5 exercises per workout with 3 working sets each.

[blackjinx]

Nobody can say if you are too "advanced" if we dont know whats your lift.

What's your squat, bench, dead and press ?

[JourneymanDave]

OP: Bottom line is that you'll probably get the best results from a routine you're enthusiastic about. If the current one has gotten a bit worn out, it won't hurt anything to throw a curveball at your body for a few weeks and try out something new. I'll bet you see some results, and even if you don't but you're further motivated to keep working hard, then it's still a win.

It's easy to over-think this stuff...