That's why ive always like the 3 day split of push/pull/legs it minimizes overtraining on the certain muscles.
As a hobbyist bodybuilder I have two goals:
1. get as big as I can get with minimium effort
2. not get hurt while doing it
That's why I don't use gear, I keep up my middle body strength and I have learn right range of movement and posture for every lift I use in my workouts. I don't use belts and knee warps, only wrist warps and straps in some workouts, because most of all, it will prevent me to overdo it. Instead of idiotic amount of weight and ridiculously short range of movement, I use pre-exhaust and super sets, drop sets, etc. If we use chest workout for example, it would typically go like this: Warm up = 30 reps with 80lb, then 5 set with + 40lb for every set. Last set is the drop set, and you concentrate lower the barbell as slow as possible, while your spotter helps it up if necessary. Then -40lb and more reps and you repeat this down to empty barbell. I can guarantee that you have a good pump in your pecs after this. Then some cable flyes and you are ready. 10 min and you are ready for next muscle group, triceps, which you have pre-exhausted while doing bench press, and then biceps, which allows you rest your chest and triceps. I could do biceps with back workout, but combined with that my hands are too exhausted to maintain the grip through the bicep workout, all those heavy pull downs and dead lifts are too much for one day. With shoulder presses I don't need a grip at all, I use the monkey grip for all movements where it is possible, so I can do it quite efficiently after my dead lifts. I use drop sets with military press also, 4 sets upwards and one down with slow motion.
