The gym has better equipment.
Delta a quote from the site
"Experiment. Don’t take anything for granted from anyone or anything, including this site. Science doesn’t matter, results do. Be open minded, read everything and find what works by experimenting."
I have made gains isnt that the most important thing?
Funny didn't I say something similar to you not long ago - don't take everything at face value (including what I say), and do your own research?
You have injured yourself, you have worn yourself out, but yes you seem to think you are making gains. Does that mean its the BEST way to work out for you - I'd say no. You yourself even say its a crap routine - I'm offering you a solution. Its up to you to believe it works and try it out.
Did I listen to people when i started - yep a whole host of them. They said:
No one ever looks at your legs - work back chest and arms
Squats are dangerous for your knees
Deadlifts are dangeous for your back
Doing a split is THE only way to gain muscle
Train everyday of the week as hard as you can and you'll get massive
Do 12 reps to get huge muscles
You must always get "the pump"
You must always train to failure
Machines are better than free weights
A smith machine is the best way to do bench
etc etc
I listened and got weight loss - which at the time was good - but very little strength gain. I got tired and was unhappy. Eventually i injured my back as it was not strong enough - so I got fat again.
My life has been all about learning and knowing more than others - I'm just completeing a PhD and I lecture at a university - and yet for some reason exercise was one area I had completely overlooked in my life to study up on. I rectified that - spent lots of time reading exercise physiology books and researching training programs and talking to people at gyms who were lifting the bigger weights and asked them what they did to get there. I made friends with the people at work who looked big and lo and behold two of them used the same program I was thinking about. After talking ot them for ages and hearing their sucess story of doing full body workouts and moving to a split after 1.5x BW squat I became enthused again.