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Originally Posted by Silock
Full-body workouts absolutely help strength gains for most people. Unless you're a competitive lifter, or have been doing it so long that they no longer work for you (that takes soooo many years, though), you'll be fine on a full-body workout. Starting Strength and Madcow 5x5 both use full-body workouts three times per week. The key to them is that they work different muscle groups in different amounts. For instance, you aren't doing deadlifts every single workout. One day may emphasize squats, while another emphasizes deads. One day may emphasize chest and back, and the other may emphasize shoulders and arms. Still compound lifts, still full-body workouts, still a great way to make progress.
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That makes sense changing up the intensity and volume on certain muscle groups. I think NC was basically going to failure on the last set every other day on bench. IMO that's over training. It's going to be okay for a noob because basically doing anything in a gym for a noob will make them stronger, but once you start hitting the 6 month plateau that people start to hit I think that's too much.