I have been going through my workouts the last few days keeping an eye on what can be improved. I’m hoping you can help point out what I can do better.

I have already broken the schedule down into days for the large muscle groups such as legs, back and chest with another day dedicated to the smaller muscle groups.

According to Sean Nalewanyj, when building muscle it is important not to over-work the muscles. Therefore, I have chosen to alternate my workouts so that I can do one workout with one grip style (ie. narrow or wide) or choice of legs (ie. single or double), then switch during the next workout. As you can see from the schedule, this creates a full 8-day cycle, including my rest day. My problem arises from the fact that day 8 would be a very long workout session, which I would like to keep under an hour.

So, should I break day 8 into two days, stretching the cycle to 9 days and extending recovery time for the large muscle groups, or should I simply rework the plan all together? My goals for building muscle is to achieve greater strength more than size. I know this will be a success, however, if I get bigger, I wouldn’t complain either.