<div class="bbWrapper">I'll share what works very well for me (in terms of strength and muscle mass gains).<br />
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I follow one of the most popular - push, pull, legs routine. As mentioned above, you should have push muscles in one day - chest, triceps, shoulders (there are few shoulder pull exercises like lateral raises, do them on pull/back day, shoulders press on push day).<br />
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Always start with compound exercise first (bench for push, deadlift for pull, squats for legs). For small muscle groups like biceps and triceps you don't need more than 2 isolation exercises (they are being worked on on compound lifts too!)<br />
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Apply progressive overload - more weight less reps. For example, I do bench like this weight1 - 10 reps, weight 2 - 8reps, weight3 - 6, weight4 - 4 reps. Sometimes, (twice a month) you can go for heavy 1-2 rep sets. <br />
Note: this is not essential, but it will get your strength up way faster than following the usual 4 set 8 rep routine. <br />
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And yes, include core work!</div>