How many sets and exercises do you recommend for this push/pull routine? Could you please go into a little more detail? I need to bring up my shoulders, triceps, and the width of my lats a lot.
well, standard bulking is pick an exercise and do 3 sets of 8-10. more recently i've gotten into a bastardized version of DC training where i do a rest/pause set DC style (30 second break before doing the same exercise, repeated once more), using 2-3 exercises that use a different head of the muscle group.
for example, i'll do bench, incline and butterflys for chest, then military press and wide grip upright rows for delts, and an overhand/underhand/parallel grip for tri's. i still warm up to my heavy set, but its only one set, and its balls to the wall. if you've tried rest pause you understand how challenging it is. basically, my heavy set will be 8-10 reps, then i take a 30 second break and try again - this time i'll probably get 5 reps. break for another 30 and go again. this time 2-3 reps. i do this again for 2-3 heads of the muscle groups i'm working - i will not hit the same muscle head again for that workout. the next time i try the same workout, i have to increase my reps by at least one, or increase weight. if i fail doing that for two consecutive workouts, i'll sub that exercise out - maybe for dumbells, etc. this is followed by the DC style extreme stretching.
did i explain that properly or have i massively failed?