Should I switch to a full-body routine to break through my plateau?

[Paisley65]

I’ve been doing a standard push-pull-legs split for over a year, but lately my progress on compound lifts has completely stalled. I’m wondering if switching to a full-body routine three days a week would be better for breaking through this plateau, since it would hit each major muscle group more frequently.

[Ronald.R]

I tried a full-body 3x/week for about two months. Hitting the big lifts each session, with roughly the same total work as my old push/pull/legs split. Early on my squat and bench crept up a bit, but by week five the progress stalled again. I kept the same exercises but slowed weight increases and tightened rest between sets, which helped a little but not a breakthrough.

[SofiaA]

I went 3 days a week full-body and was fried after the second session. I ended up cutting volume and using tighter RPE values, added a scheduled deload, and still didn’t see a real win. After a month I switched back to a split because recovery felt like the bottleneck for me, not the plan itself.

[Luke47]

Feels like maybe the issue isn’t the split at all. I focused on technique and consistency for months, and when I finally nailed grip, tempo, and breathing my numbers moved a bit, but then plateaued. I kept protein and sleep steady, but the data didn’t look promising.

[Eric.S]

Do you think the real problem is recovery, or should we keep chasing a different split and see if that helps?