Training 6 days/week to much?

Willbelec

Hi folks!
Wondered If training 6 days a week will be beneficial for me? Will It helps to gain strength or it will slow the process?
I was thinking about the following workout routine as it make sense to me and my personal goals(bigger shoulders, chest, back and legs)
It goes like this:
Day 1: chest tris / High Volume
Day 2: Back bis / lower volume
Day 3: Shoulders legs / High Volume
Day 4: rest and stretch
Day 5: Chest tris / Lower Volume
Day 6: Back bis / High Volume
Day 7: shoulders legs / lower volume
Day 8: rest

So it’s 3 day on and 1 day off.
Lower volume meaning more isolation movements. Higher volume meaning more compounds movements.
What do you guys think?

rybo

Hitting each muscle 2x a week is fairly standard. The effectiveness of the program will depend on what exercises you are doing and how you handle progression. You'd probably be better to follow an established lifting program

bbell1985

I don't know. 6 days can be alright. You can hit each muscle group twice and work strength/power in 5 days if you run PH3. Not that I'm the biggest Layne fan anymore but that program is pretty legit.

Okiludy

Is this an established program or something you came up with?
How new to lifting are you?

I ask because many create sub-optimal programs instead of following an appropriate program for their lifting age. For a new lifter that would be too much stress. More accurately they could advance but gains would be slower and not taking advantage of the novice timeframe. Novice programs run close to perfect can last 3-6months for most people. Novice for me is being able to make linear progression at every session.

If you are past novice linear gains it might be appropriate depending on what high/low volume is. I prefer to look at it as High and Low stress. 3x5 at 60% of 1rm is low-stress. 3x5 @ 85% is pretty high-stress for many. I do 5x1 at 90+% for a high-stress day and it would kill some and not be enough for others. Isolation and compound lifts can both be high stress or low stress depending on percentages and reps (o RPE if you use this).

TL:DR - If novice yes too much and should follow an established program. If intermediate or more advanced it might be good but more data needed and goals would need to be specifically stated.