Full body Vs. Split body?

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So I have been tinkering around in the gym for about a week now. I've been meeting people and learning new things. But I want to get a workout program going. I've been reading up on bodybuilding.com, but I'm sort of confused. Which is better for over all mass/strength gains? Full or split body? I'm 6' 5" a naturally skinny guy, at 185 pounds. I don't really have to worry about getting fat, so I eat a ton. Any advice?

Thanks in advance!
 
My advice would be to try both for a while and see which works best for you. The current trend seems to be full body but that never seemed to work for me. I still follow old skool programs training no more than one large and one small part a day
 
I've gained the most strength off the full-body programs in "New Rules of Lifting."

So far, I've been doing the fat loss, but when I started I began my DLs at 135, had to drop to 115, now, 6 months later (some breaks and a restart later), I'm at 185. This is for the 12-15 rep range.
 
Full body is great for sportsmen, you get the frequency and by changing the order of your workout every time you get great strength and size gains.

Split work is good for gaining mass. split work allows you to go "all out" and give one muscle group hell in one workout. Which is good, but has drawbacks. i.e. there is more chance of injury and you need much much longer rest time.

You should have both. I would advise "average joe" to do 2months full body then 1month split work and so on.
For yourself I would suggest going 50/50.

Dont be tempted to doing all split work, you need variation.
 
Mr. Lewis makes some excellent points!

Typically, if you want to gain a lot of mass, then split workouts seem to be the rule.

However, you say you've been in the gym for a WEEK now....I would keep doing total body for a bit just to build a good foundation (get your tendons and ligaments and supporting muscles ready for bigger things). Then you could move to a split routine.
 
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If you find that you have a lagging body-part, then you might want to try this mix (if you have a few, then pick the worst for Day-5):

Day-1 full-body
Day-2 --
Day-3 full-body
Day-4 --
Day-5 specialization/split (one or two choice body-parts only)
Day-6 --
Day-7 --

But you may have to take it easy on full-body days that follow a specialization day (like go easy or skip the part or parts trained if still quite sore).
 
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