Here a routine that I think works better for beginners. It's high volume. Liberator on this board gained 17 lbs of muscle in 3 months on this program AS free.
"This is a routine that I wrote for a guy in your situation. It has worked for a number of people.
Mon: chest, tris
Tues: legs
Wed: rest
thur: back, bis
fri: delts, abs
sat: rest sun: rest
Basically it's the old 2 days on/ 1 day off, 2days on/ 2 days off
Chest: Pre-exhaust (I hope you remember what this is)
2 sets of db flat flyes (20-25 reps)
1-Bench press: 6 sets; 1 warm-up(20), 2 feel set(15-12), 3 work sets(10,8,8)
2-Incline db flyes: 4 sets; 1 feel (15), 3 work (12)
3-Chest Dips: 3 sets; If you can do more then 12 add some weights.
Tris: 4-Lying tricep extensions (skullcrushers): 6 sets; 1 warm-up(20), 2 feel set(15-12), 3 work sets(10,8,8)
5-Rope presses: 4 sets; 1 feel set (15); 3 work(12-10)
Legs: Pre-exhaust, 2-3 sets of leg extensions (20-25)
Quads 1-Squats: 7 sets; 1 warm-up(20), 3 feel set(15-12), 3 work sets(12,10,8)
2-Leg extensions: 4 sets; 1 feel set(15); 3 work(12-10)
Hams
3-Stiff-leg deadlifts: 6 sets; 1 warm-up(20), 2 feel set(15-12), 3 work sets(12,10,8)
4-lying leg curls: 4 sets; 1 feel set(15); 3 work(12-10)
Calves
5-Calf raises: 6 sets; 1 warm-up(25), 2 feel set(20-15), 3 work sets(12)
Back: Pre-ex. 2 sets of lat pulldowns(25-20)
1-Wide grip chin-ups (basically your hands place like on a lat machine ) 4 sets; If you can do more then 12 add some weights
2-Barbell rows: 5 sets: 1 feel(15), 4 work sets(12,10,8,8)
3-Seated Cable rows: 4 sets: 1 feel(15), 3 work (12-10)
Biceps
4-Barbell curls: 6 sets; 1 warm-up(15), 1 feel(12): 2 sets close grip(10,8) alternate with 2 sets wide grip(10,8), follow the rep scheme, higher reps first.
Forearms
5-Barbell wrist curls: 3 sets of 15-12 reps
Delts
1-dumbbell shoulder press (do barbell if you can): 7 sets; 2 warm-up (20), 2 feel set (15-12), 3 work sets (10,8,8)
2-Lateral raises: 4 sets: 1 feel (15), 3 work (12,12,10)
3-Upright rows: 4 sets (12,10,12,12) 2 wide for shoulders, and 2 close for traps.
4-Shrugs: 5 sets: 1 feel (12), 4 work sets (10,8,8,8)
Abs
5-leg raise: 3 sets; If you can do more then 15 add some weights
6 (optional if you don't do it, add a set for leg raises) crunches: 3 sets (20-15)
Warm-up is a light set, feel is a set 1-2 reps close to failure, and work is a set to failure.
Oh and you really need to learn how to perform these exercises properly, or you might as well stay home. If you don't you might even get injured.
Remember don't rest that long (1-2 min, and sometimes 2-3 min).
You should also get at least 8:30 hours of sleep. And learn how to control the negative portion of the rep(the way down), it is half the rep, remember that.
I'll give you some basics: I use a 3-4 month bulking cycle, more than that and you'll burnout, trust me I know from experience. The first thing you need to understand is that what works for some people will not work for everyone. However, there are only a few ways to do things right. You need to experiment and find out what works best for you.
The trick to gaining muscle is quite simple, your workouts should not exceed 60 mins. It is better to train 45 min, 4 times a week then 1h30min, 3 times a week. But here's the catch, you shouldn't rest that long between sets, 1-2 mins.
You might think that you don't rest that much between sets, but you really need to time it, you'll be surprised.
These are things that people never do or take for granted that would make or break a physique.
Warm-up: do 7-10 min low intensity before each workout, just enough to break a light sweat.
Strech: The entire body before working out, and the muscle trained in between sets.
Mind-Muscle connection: lifting your couch will build any muscle. Why? because you are not thinking of using those muscle.
Drink Water: you need to drink at least 1 gallon a day, and especially before and after working out. Pre-exhaust: For larger muscles (Chest, Back, Legs), you need to pre-exhaust. It means that you would do a couple of sets (20-25 reps) before your workout making sure you don't go to failure.
Pre exhausting:
Let's take bench pressing for example. The bench works the chest, shoulders, and tris. The problem is that your shoulders and tris will fail before your chest, and you will end up not working your chest to failure.
Examples: for chest: 2 sets of flat flyes, for back: 2sets of pulldowns, for legs 2-3 sets of leg extensions.
Post workout meal: Right after working out: 60-80g of simple carbs, 30-40g of fast absorbing protein(whey). 30-60 min later a full high protein, high carb meal."
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