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Many of the articles written aren't based on science but built upon their [the writers] past experiences and from word-of-mouth.
My personal advice, for what it is worth, is to find the best routine that you find comfortable with, and stick with that. Alternate days and muscle groups to allow for growth and you'll be fine.
Something that I found that was extremely helpful was to use Excel (or any other program) to create a spreadsheet of my workout exercises, followed by 3 sets of each. I recorded each day what I did (3 sets of 30lbs = 3x30), and a new sheet (i resized the sheet to the size of a notecard and printed a bunch out) for each day. By following this you can quantitatively measure how much more weight and/or reps you were able to complete. If you are so inclined, you could plot this data on the computer and get a graph going of your performance. This way you can not only see your results, but also quantitatively measure your muscle gain as well.
On the sheet, record if you did cardio that day, and weigh yourself before you workout as well. Try and weight yourself at the same time everday to get a more accurate point.
Hope this helps.
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