TRAINING 4 TIMES A WEEK

Training four times a week allows for sufficient rest between training individual muscle groups and provides strong training of each muscle group. You can do this training in a larger number of series per muscle group compared to training 3 times a week without fear of overtraining.

In the training cycles, endurance, hypertrophy, and strength training alternate.

In this example, I will show 4 times a week strength training.

You can do strength training twice a year for 3-5 weeks.

Classic hypertrophy training for bodybuilders is typically performed in the range of 6-10 repetitions.

This training is done with a lower number of repetitions and longer breaks between series, with mandatory basic exercises.

The benefit of strength training is that you can gradually put a greater load on the muscle and thus achieve a stronger stimulus that will lead to greater muscle growth. When you increase the strength of your squat with the 3-5 rep range, you will definitely be able to work with heavier weights in the 6-12 rep range.

The training schedule requires three training sessions during the working week and one training session on the weekend.

I suggest the following schedule:

 

Day

Training

Monday

A – chest, triceps

Tuesday

B – back, biceps

Wednesday

Rest

Thursday

C – shoulders, traps, abdominals

Friday

Rest

Saturday

D – legs, calves

Sunday

Rest

 

  • A – training

Muscle group

Exercises

Sets

Reps

Tempo

Rest

Chest

Bench press

5

11,9,7,5,3

2-0-2

120

 

Incline bench press

5

11,9,7,5,3

2-0-2

120

 

Decline bench press

5

11,9,7,5,3

2-0-2

120

Triceps

Close-grip bench

4

11,9,7,5

2-0-2

120

 

Weighted dips

4

11,9,7,5

2-0-2

120

 

  • B – training

Muscle group

Exercises

Sets

Reps

Tempo

Rest

Back

Dead lift

5

11,9,7,5,3

2-0-2

120

 

Bend over barbell row

5

11,9,7,5,3

2-0-2

120

 

Weighted chin up

5

11,9,7,5,3

2-0-2

120

Biceps

Barbell curl

4

11,9,7,5

2-0-2

120

 

Scott curl

4

11,9,7,5

2-0-2

120

 

  • C – training

Muscle group

Exercises

Sets

Reps

Tempo

Rest

Shoulders

Front press

5

11,9,7,5,3

2-0-2

120

 

Upright rows

5

11,9,7,5,3

2-0-2

120

 

Bend over lateral raises

5

11,9,7,5,5

2-0-2

120

Traps

Barbell shrugs

5

11,9,7,5,3

2-0-2

120

Abdominals

Crunches

4

max

2-0-2

90

 

Leg rotation on the pull up bar

4

max

2-0-2

90

 

  • D – training

Muscle group

Exercises

Sets

Reps

Tempo

Rest

Legs

Squat

5

11,9,7,5,3

2-0-2

120

 

Front squat

5

11,9,7,5,3

2-0-2

120

 

Leg press

5

11,9,7,5,5

2-0-2

120

Hamstrings

Lying leg curl

5

11,9,7,5,5

2-0-2

120

Calves

Standing calf raises

4

11,9,7,5

2-0-2

120

 

Seated calf raise

4

11,9,7,5

2-0-2

120

Along with quality nutrition and sleep, this type of training is guaranteed to lead to an increase in strength and quality muscle mass.

 

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