TRAINING 3 TIMES A WEEK

Who is this training plan for, and what is the training schedule?

This plan is for people who are doing advanced training with six or more months of exercise experience and have a goal of gaining muscle mass. It fits perfectly into various lifestyles.

You exercise on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays according to the schedule shown in the table:

 

Day

Training

Monday

A – chest, back

Tuesday

Rest

Wednesday

B – Shoulders, triceps, biceps

Thursday

Rest

Friday

Rest

Saturday

C – legs, calves, abdominals

Sunday

Rest

The exercise schedule ensures enough rest between the training of individual muscle groups, and it is easy to include it in the duties and activities required of you by business, university, or school. You exercise two days during the work week, and you have the third training on the weekend.

The great advantage of this program is time efficiency, enough rest between training individual muscle groups, as well as enough rest for the whole body. The training lasts no longer than an hour, and there is no harmful effect of catabolic hormones.

What exercises do you do, in how many sets and repetitions?

Muscle groups have several different parts that need to be trained with different exercises in order to hit them from all angles and develop them harmoniously.

Thus, the shoulders have a front, middle, and back part. You practice the front one with front press, the middle one with side lateral raise, and the last one with bent-over lateral raises.

The chest has an upper, middle, and lower part. You practice the upper one with exercises on an inclined bench, the middle one on a flat bench, and the lower one on a decline bench.

Do 12 sets for larger muscle groups, and 8 for smaller ones.

The breaks between sets are 60 seconds, which allows for quick training, yet enough rest for intensity that promotes muscle hypertrophy. The tempo is standard, you raise the weight for two seconds, do not keep the weight in the zero position, and lower the weight for two seconds.

  • A – training

Muscle group

Exercises

Sets

Reps

Tempo

Rest

Chest

Incline bench

4

15,12,10,8

2-0-2

60

 

Bench press

4

12,10,8,6

2-0-2

60

 

Decline bench press with dumbbells

4

12,10,10,10

2-0-2

60

Back

Dead lift

4

12,10,8,6

2-0-2

60

 

Front lat pull-down

4

12,10,8,8

2-0-2

60

 

Seated cable row

4

12,10,8,8

2-0-2

60

 

  • B – training

Muscle group

Exercises

Sets

Reps

Tempo

Rest

Shoulders

Front press

4

15,12,10,8

2-0-2

60

 

Bend over lateral raises

4

12,10,10,10

2-0-2

60

Triceps

Skull crushers

4

12,10,8,8

2-0-2

60

 

Cable v bar push down

4

12,10,8,8

2-0-2

60

Biceps

Barbell curl

4

12,10,8,6

2-0-2

60

 

Scott curl

4

12,10,8,8

2-0-2

60

 

  • C – training

Muscle group

Exercises

Sets

Reps

Tempo

Rest

Legs

Leg press

4

15,12,10,8

2-0-2

60

 

Squat

4

12,10,8,6

2-0-2

60

 

Front squat

4

12,10,8,8

2-0-2

60

Hamstrings

Lying leg curls

4

12,10,8,6

2-0-2

60

Calves

Seated calf raise

4

12,10,10,10

2-0-2

60

Abdominals

Legs rotation on the pull up bar

4

Max.

2-0-2

60

If you have a busy schedule, but still want progress and muscle hypertrophy, this training is ideal for you. With the intake of 2 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight and 4 grams of high-quality carbohydrates with a low glycemic index, with a gradual increase in working weight, it will allow you to gain strength and muscle.

 

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