Schedule for people who lift
briislovely
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What's everyone's schedule for lifting weights? Curious on the ones who lift 6 days a week?!
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I do a push pull leg split 6 days a week.my rest day is sunday.2
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chest and triceps Monday and Thursday, back and biceps on Tuesday and Friday, Shoulders and Legs on Wednesday and Saturday. Off Sunday. I throw in Abs and cardio every other day.1
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I have a legs, upper body push, and upper body pull rotation. Each one gets 2 days a week, but one is lighter with higher reps (10-12), the other is brutal and in the 4-5 rep range. Most of the exercises are different, with compound movements getting the heavy treatment and single joint movements the higher reps. Just listen to your body and get rest so your muscles can grow.0
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I've varied between 4-5 days a week over the last couple of years. My bench and press seem to get the most progress if I work chest and shoulders three days a week, my squats seem okay between two to three days a week, and my deads I only do once a week while using trap bar deads to fill in one to two times a week.0
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I strength train 4 days a week and cardio on the weekends.
Monday: chest and biceps
Tuesday: back and triceps
Wednesday: rest
Thursday: legs
Friday: shoulders and traps
Saturday: cardio (walk jog sprints)
Sunday: cardio (walk jog sprints)1 -
I've always done 4. I've either broken it up by compound lifts, and followed with accessories. I've also done two days power, two days hypertrophy, split by upper and lower. Now my program is:
Monday-Squat volume, Bench Heavy, Hip Thrust
Tuesday-Squat Strength, Bench hypertrophy, Deadlift Power
Thursday-Squat Power followed by glute work: cable pull throughs, cable kick backs, hip abduction
Friday-Bench Strength, Deadlift Strength. Then I do good mornings, followed by upper body accessories like face pulls, seal rows, skull crushers, bicep curls, lat pull downs.
All in all I'm focused on my compound lifts. Squat 3x per week, Bench 3x, deadlift 2x.0 -
Saturday - lower body (hip thrusts, squats, quad/ham superset, band abduction variation, squat finisher)
Monday - upper body (vertical pull/push, shoulders, tris/bis)
Wednesday - lower body (deadlifts, glute bridges, quad/ham superset, band abduction variation, squat finisher)
Friday - upper body (horizontal pull/push, shoulders, tris/bis)
Right now I'm using a 4 week training block, cycling through sets of 8-10, 6-8, 10-12, and 15 depending on the week.0 -
I do 3x2
monday - chest and abs
tuesday - shoulders and back
wednesday - legs and arms
thursday - chest and abs
friday - shoulders and back
saturday - legs and arms... and cartoons
sunday - rest day
depending on mood and energy levels, I switch accessory lifts and rep schemes in the second half of the week.0 -
Wendler 531
Mon - Heavy OHP, main lift then 5x10 bench plus back accessories
Tue - Heavy deadz, main lift then 5x10 squats plus accessories like abs
Wed - Rest
Thur - Heavy bench, main lift then 5x10 OHP plus back accessories
Fri - Heavy squat, main lift then 5x10 deadz plus more leg accessories
Sat - Rest
Sun - Rest
It follows a 3 week heavier progression with fewer reps then the 4th week is a light deload week.
Essentially I have a heavy main lift then the opposite lift as a lighter weight for 5x10. Accessories are whatever you want to throw in extra but Wendler and other's always caution about "majoring in the minors".
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5 days a week, and what lift goes where depends on the focus for any given cycle. Currently on a squat and deadlift focus so doing both three times a week plus benching twice.1
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Right now I am doing a 4x per week full body program, with focus on glutes.
In the past I did a 5 day split:
M - Glutes
T - Chest/Shoulders/Tri's
W - Quads/Glutes
Th - Back/Bi's
F - Hams/Glutes
I actually prefer the full body program though1 -
Starting Strength program generally 3x's a week (MWF); sometimes every other day including weekends. Split routine. Day 1: Squat, Bench Press and Power Clean. Day 2: Squat, Overhead Press and Deadlift. Usually do 2-3 warm ups at lower weights and 3 sets of 5 reps for all except Deadlifts, which only requires 1 set of 5 reps. Weight is increased 5# each session or fractionally as necessary. Still in linear progression and have not needed to incorporate an intermediate training program yet.
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As a beginner you should follow an established program rather than make one up yourself0
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I lift 4x a week. 3 of those days consist of a full body workout. All compound lifts lifting heavy AF. On the other day I focus on shoulders and mobility. I can't stress the importance of good shoulder health. After each session I'll do a variation of HIIT cardio. For the other days in the week I'll dabble in bodyweight stuff nothing major.0
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Monday- heavy squat, light(er) bench, tricep and glute/ham accessories
Wednesday - light squat, heavy bench, abs/upper back accessories
Friday - deadlift (either heavy, moderate or light deficit), BB rows, SSB squat, abs/upper back accessories
That's it. No more than three days a week. When I go to four, my recovery is for crap. Never would I lift 6 days a week but some people make it work. Everyone's recovery is different and affected by a number of things. The best way to find out is try it and see what works for you.0 -
Monday: glute activation, glutes, hip abduction, hip rotation
Tues: back, arms, abs
Wed: glute activation, hip abduction, hip rotation
Thur: shoulders, legs
Fri: glute activation, glutes, hip abduction, hip rotation
Sat/Sun: hike, cycle for fun
Mon-Fri: run followed by speed work or endurance training0 -
Depending on what your goals are this schedule will be different for everyone. Someone doing a 5x5 program who is trying to gain strength would lift fewer days a week. I am currently doing Jim Stoppani short cut to shred and I go all the days of the program and if there are more rest days than I want then I fill in cardio on those days. I agree with a previous poster you should use a set routine and not try and make your own if you are just starting out. Good luck lady!0
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I am doing the 5X5 program exactly as laid out. 3 days a week. 6 months in, it is coming along great.0
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My wife and I both follow the same plan. On my compound lifts I do pyramid set of 12, 10, 10, 8, 8, and all isolation movements I do 3 set of 10, with one dropset at the end of each muscle worked.
1 to 2 hours lifting plus 30 minutes of cardio each day.
Day one Chest and triceps plus cardio
Day two Back and Biceps plus cardio
Day three cardio only
Day four Legs plus low impact cardio
Day five Shoulders plus cardio
Day six arms (wife skips this arm day) plus cardio
Day seven outdoor (mountain biking, jogging, hiking & etc.)
I do abs and calves every day.
I do all the cardio because I believe it lets me eat more while staying trim.0 -
4 days/ week is plenty for me. I follow the PHUL lifting program.1
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I lift 4 days a week. Sometimes i'll add in cardio afterwards.
Sun- Upper Back and arms
Tues- Lower body Pull
Thurs- Lower body Push
Friday- Chest and Abs
I hit lower body twice because it's a weak area for me.0 -
I'm currently doing a modified version of the PHUL program.
Power cycle (heavier weight, less reps, more compound movements)
Day 1 - Legs
Day 2 - Chest and back
Day 3 - Shoulders and arms
Hypertrophy cycle (higher reps, mix of compound and isolation movements)
Day 4 - Legs
Day 5 - Chest and back
Day 6 - Shoulders and arms
Day 7 - rest0 -
@kwtilbury have you checked out PHAT? It is similar to phul but 5 days0
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SL 5x5
3x a week. ~45-60min per session.0 -
Full body 3x week. MWF.0
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Lift: Tues, Thurs, Sat. I don't have a set schedule but I rotate (basically SL 5x5): squats, benchpress, deadlift, pullups, bent over rows across those three days. Most lift days I do get my whole body though or will throw in some curls or L-sits on occasion. No idea how people lift more than 3-4 days a week; it just isn't enough time to recover if I've been lifting to max capacity/failure.0
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Full body, compound lifts, heavy weights, 3x/week, followed by cardio. MWF. I skate or bike T and/or TH and Sundays, giving me 1-2 days off/week.0
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singingflutelady wrote: »@kwtilbury have you checked out PHAT? It is similar to phul but 5 days0
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Currently doing Beachbody's Body Beast Lean rotation:
Day 1 Chest/Tris
Day 2 Legs
Day 3 Back/Bis
Day 4 Cardio/Abs
Day 5 Shoulders
Day 6 rest
Day 7 Kettlebells - not in the program but like to do a full body workout with kettlebells at least once a week
I usually finish each workout with 15 minutes of rowing on my water rower.
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