Yeh basic can often be better. Before i originally hurt my back i was doing 'Starting Strength' simply it was
A
Back Squat
Shoulder Press
Deadlift
B
Front Squat
Bench Press
Clean
WOrkout our 2 times a week rotating those 2....id throw sum weighted pullups in after deadlifts, and weighted dips after cleans, but that was it.
After i hurt back i had to work around it....i devised a pyramid circuit, heres kinda what i mean (hard to explain):
Example workout for chest/shoulders/back
Do 1 rep of Db incline press, followed straight away by 2 reps of weighted pullups, followed straight away by 3 reps Upright row (so iv done 1rep,2reps,3reps 1,2,3)....Then straight away go back to incline press and do 2 reps incline Db, 4 reps weighted pullups,6 reps upright row (2,4,6).....This continues like this until u reach top of pyramid and do 6 reps incline Db,12 reps weighted pullups, and 18 reps upright row (6,12,18).....
You then cum back down again 5,10,15....4,8,12 etc etc until u finish were u started 1 reps iNcline Db, 2 reps weighted pullups, 3 reps upright row (1,2,3).
Each muscle gets worked 3 times in 2 weeks. And using those above muscle groups, next time i work them shoulders would be at the bottom of pyramid (1-6), chest would be in the middle (2-12), and back would be at the top (3-18)....Using diff exercises for each different stage in the pyramid.
Haha sounds complicated but they use similar system in army for work on dips,pushups,pullups etc.
Davie