When to change from intermediate to advanced routines?

[muscle99]

Hi I am currently weight training every third day doing full body workouts targeting every muscle with 1 exercise 3 sets of 8 or 3 sets of 12 which takes just over an hour. I have been doing this for about 8 months. When should I switch it up to an advanced routine training 2 or 3 muscles per workout with 3 or 4 exercises each & allowing 7 days for recovery ?

Thanks

[Dontrunwithknives]

I think the title should be "When to change from beginner to intermediate routines?"

If you have stopped seeing gains I would swap now.

To be honest I never really did the all over body workouts, just jumped straight into the intermediate routines :pfft:

[Grymyrk]

I have just done a cycle of HST http://www.hypertrophy-specific.com/hst_index.html

It's an advanced full body workout, 3 times a week. Seems to work for me although it was only my first cycle so I need to tweak it a little to see even better results.

[Gym rat]

I do some advanced routines in my training for chest for examaple sometimes I do five excerises for chest also I do five excerises for quads and the same for back as well also I do FST-7 which is advance training method which is used by Phil Heath and Jay Cutler

[tomsammce]

I do some advanced routines in my training for chest for examaple sometimes I do five excerises for chest also I do five excerises for quads and the same for back as well also I do FST-7 which is advance training method which is used by Phil Heath and Jay Cutler

Awsome mate, what results have you seen from this?

[Gym rat]

From what I have notice so from using FST-7 it makes the workout more intense because of the short rest peroids between sets which are 30 to 45 seconds and when I first came across FST-7 in Flex I thought sweet I will have to try that.The results that I have notice from using FST-7 you get a wicked mean pump from using it but when using FST-7 for the last excerise ie when training hamstrings you leave the gym looking like some old dude who lost there zimmer frame.I will be using it for the quads and shoulders for the first time not to sure at this stage what results will I get from it.I will post the website for FST-7 which is http://www.fst-7.com it is a good website plus it worth checking out.

[Chemo]

what was HST like? gains, strength?

I was keen on it for explosive training doing lots of static holds and big compound/action movements.

[tomsammce]

thanks Gymrat.

[Beowulf]

I would jump to intermediate after 6 months provided you were training with some level of consistency and then move to advanced when you are no longer seeing gains with your intermediate routine or when it becomes boring for you,

although this is kinda dependant on gains and the individual

[lazyeye]

i would jump to intermediate when linear progression doesnt work for you anymore

cant say i ever seen anyone not respond to a decent intensification/accumulation intermediate split

[Jigga]

From what I have notice so from using FST-7 it makes the workout more intense because of the short rest peroids between sets which are 30 to 45 seconds and when I first came across FST-7 in Flex I thought sweet I will have to try that.The results that I have notice from using FST-7 you get a wicked mean pump from using it but when using FST-7 for the last excerise ie when training hamstrings you leave the gym looking like some old dude who lost there zimmer frame.I will be using it for the quads and shoulders for the first time not to sure at this stage what results will I get from it.I will post the website for FST-7 which is http://www.fst-7.com it is a good website plus it worth checking out.

sounds like doggcrap? tried to have a look at it but it requires you to register