Heavy day, light day & medium day, any good?

[Gaffer]

After 12 weeks of......

Monday - Chest, Tri's & Shoulders

Wednesday - Back & Bi's

Saturday - Legs & Ab's

.....I've decided to switch things up a bit. (even though I've made progress on the above routine)

As it happens I was reading an article in June's Musclemag Int where they gave an example of a strength program............

Monday - Heavy day
Bench Press
Squats
Deadlifts
Bent-over rows
Incline DB press
Calf raises

Wednesday - Light day
Overhead press
Squats (50lb less than Monday)
Good mornings
Stiff-leg deadlifts
Straight-arm pullovers
Curls (BB or DB)

Friday - Medium day
Incline bench press
Squats (20lb less than Monday)
Clean high pulls
Shrugs
Chins
Dips

What are your thoughts on this kind of routine?

[Alex(AJ)]

go heavy or go home....

[ebon00]

Looks like a slight modification of Bill Starr's original program. (Well, he made it main-stream anyway...) The idea is good and it works well for beginners to advanced strength athletes. Doing full-body strength work three days a week is tough and the light days are also about technique and auxilary work. I used it a few years ago over a summer. Don't let the light and medium names fool you though. It is brutal work if you do it Bill's way.

[Gaffer]

Thanks for the advice guys.

Ebon, in what way does the Musclemag example differ from Bill Starr's program?

And did it work for you?