Hey everyone I started lifting weights again regularly after taking a 3 year break. I lifted from age (13-26) 4-7 times a week on average, age (18-22) was supervised by a very good weight lifting coach, although I definitely didn't get the strength gains with this coach as I would on my own ( could because of sports related focus from coach in training sessions). When I left off at 26 I hit 6x deadlifts raw at 455lbs, bench 315 x 4 raw, and squat about the same as bench, at 6"5 235. I'm lifting now for general strength and physique.
I've gotten to the point were I can do reps to failure again on 3-6 sets with 8-20 reps as per lift. My approach is I generally just smash 3 different muscles a day, with about 1-2 sessions of 30 minute cardio per week ( swim or stairs ), and give muscles about 3 days of recovery (more/less depending on how I feel).
I came to a realization yesterday that maybe I shouldn't be taking this approach, and I should alternate between failure and easy days, and that failing all the time is hurting my progress. Anyone have good insight on this??