Making a switch to HIT workout - worth it?

[boltboy]

Hello,

I've been hitting the gym hard for about 6 weeks now on the following routine,

4-day split: 2 on, 1 off, each muscle group every 6th day
day 1: chest biceps, abs
day 2: back, calves
day 3: shoulders, triceps, abs
day 4: quads, hamstrings

Each day consists of 2-3 workouts per muscle group, three sets each.

A little background on my build and goals: I'm pretty skinny dude at 5'10, 145 lbs. I'm looking to build mass. I do cardio for no more than 25 minutes of my off days to keep in shape for sports.

I've recently been reading about the many successes for smaller guys switching to a HIT routine with single sets + warmup. I was browsing through some routines when I found this one on bodybuilding.com:

Bodybuilding.com - Astounding Three Day Workout For Mass!

I was intrigued, mostly because of the simplicity of the whole workout and the less time required to lift leaving more time for recovery.

I'm looking for any advice/opinions on whether I should give this routine a go for 6 weeks. My results thus far with the 4 day split haven't been terrible (I've put on about 5kg in 5 weeks), but I'm struggling with moving up in weight on several workouts and I think there may be room for improvement.

However, I'm curious if going to a standardized routine 3 days a week would allow time for recovery. Doing a full-body workout every other day with a weekend rest would be quite a change from my 4-day split where each muscle had roughly 5 days to rest. But I'm fairly new to all this and more than willing to try it if people have seen great results from such a workout.

Thanks for your time.

 

[andyroid20]

A full body workout will give you greater results size and strength wise especially as from your comments you are new to lifting. I looked at the link and whilst I'm sure it does work you may initialy want to try something something like a basic 5x5 routine.
If you're really wanting size the 20 rep squats routine is sure to work but its not for the faint hearted and not really for beginners.

So, to clarify. A full body workout using mainly compound exercises - ie squats bench press, deadlifts, military press are going to work more muscles at once meaning you can do a full body workout in much less time that is more intensive. Also because you are working each muscle group more often, you don't need to spend so long on each particular group as you would be doing on a split routine.

Basically any full body workout will give very good results if done with good form (very important on big lift such as squats and deadlifts) correct diet and determination.

Good luck