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I'll try n make this brief
basically ive been doing a routine where i do each body part 2/3times a week for the last year or so and although it has many flaws in it, i've really progressed. Ive recently gotten bored of it and been unable to continue to progress and have been looking for new routines. After reading many forums and different books on routines ive decided i want a routine where i go 5 days straight and do most, if not all, body parts twice a week. Im not a huge believer or fan of the do each body part once a week shiz.
Can any of you guys suggest a routine like this? im ok to work out the exercises myself, just bit lost when to do each body part...

Thanks in advance

Cheers
Carl

Upper-Lower. 4x a week. On your "off" day, spend one day doing some low intensity cardio.

i would struggle to do lower more than once a week cos ive got fucked tendons in me knees that always play up, so im lucky if i can do them once a week, and as for cardio i do plenty with soccer/footy training so no need for it at gym etc

i was thinking:

Mon: Chest/back
Tue: Shoulders/ Arms
Wed: Legs
Thur: chest/back
Fri: shoulders/arms

doin abs most days as well
am i not giving myself enough rest?

I am not well versed/educated in knee problems. Do you mean that you can run around, etc but if I were to ask you to learn to squat properly (that means below parallel) slowly and steadily for 2x a week over the course of 2-3 months it would be too hard to do? I'm not being sarcastic...I just want to know what you think.

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it really varies mate, sometimes i can barely walk or run because the tendon is so inflamed and then some weeks it's fine
i do squats etc if i can e.g yesterday i had a great leg session, but sometimes it really aggravates the tendon after doing leg work. They also get inflamed n really farkin sore after ive played a big game, which means i cant do legs until a few days after which is why i chose to do them wednesday, gives me time to recover from saturdays game and time to recover from the session for the next game. Been to the physio for ages and specialists, none of em know what it is, they think it's tendinitis but that's about it

i know what you mean, i tore my acl for the third time now and have to get it fixed this time. however each time after recovering from surgery its a hit or miss thing with the workouts.

Why not this:
Mon - chest/shoulders
Tue - back
Wed - legs/posterior chain
Thur - chest/shoulders
Fri - back

That's how I would do it...you might have to take a random day off every now and then for recovery. I have never understood why people train chest and back on the same day and then arms the next day... No offense. If you can think of a good reason, then tell me.

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you might also be interested in looking at defronco's WS4SB programs

i don't really have a good reason for training chest and back in the one day then arms, it's just what i came up with
what do you mean by posterior chain?
and what's defronco's WS4SB programs and where can i find info on them?

cheers
carl

If you don't know what the posterior chain is AND you have knee problems..I'd say that may be related. Among many factors that is a big one. Not trying to be a smartass, on the contrary, just saying you can probably get healthier knees rather than just thinking "i can't do this or that".

One thing people seem to never consider is what they CAN do.

Also...since you've been separating your body into "parts" I would assume that your leg workouts are high volume. You don't have to get all your volume on one day. May be part of the problem.

The most basic view of the posterior chain is the hip and lumbar extensors. So the hamstrings, glutes, and lower back. But basically you could say the whole back of your body

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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.