A little background on my workouts

For the past 2.5 months (since Xmas, really) I've been alternating one week consisting of one full body workout, with another week consisting of a three-way split. Part of this was due to the lack of desire to train hard around the holidays, while also seeing this as a way to back off the demands somewhat and ideally not lose much in the appearance department. So far so good, but there is absolutely a difference in fullness/hardness during the weekends following the higher volume weeks.

The single session usually occurs on Thursday simply due to scheduling ease, while the three weekly workouts are performed on Tues/Wed/Thurs. In years past I've always left a day between each session (i.e., Mon/Wed/Fri) for 'recovery', but in talking with a few others that have attempted training three days in a row, the metabolic effect seems to be better. That is, there's not an 'up-down-up-down' effect, instead a continual climb ('up-up-up') before dropping off. I'm still getting four days off each week - certainly enough for optimal recovery, and particularly with an 'easier' schedule every other week.

Moving toward my goals outlined in the previous post, total workout volume will increase - but not via more exercise during each session. Instead, two consecutive weeks of three workouts will be incoroporated for every week of one workout. This will last approximately 6 weeks (2 cycles of 2:1), followed by another increase to three consecutive weeks of three workouts for every week of one workout (2 cycles of 3:1). Unless something goes wrong, I expect that I will be able to then move to three workouts each week through mid-July (6+ continuous weeks).

The goal with each workout within the three-way split is maximum pump of the target area in minimal time. At this point I have a good idea of what that will entail, but of course things don't go as planned every time so adjustments can be made on the fly. For example, 3 exercises performed Zone Monster Set style for chest pump that area maximally 90% of the time. If during the other 10% something doesn't click, and an additional exercise needs to be added, so be it. But each body part of each workout needs to reach that goal before terminating the session. During full body workouts, one set per body part (9-10 exercises) will suffice.