When you start with fitness and bodybuilding, your body doesn't need much to respond to the training. Once you've been exercising for a while, your body needs more training stimulus to produce a good response, which translates into more muscle mass and strength.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was always a big advocate of high volume, so lots of sets, repetitions, and weight. If this works well for your body, perfect. However, there is always the danger of doing too much, but much can be offset with good nutrition such as protein and dietary supplements.
Fitness Schedule: 5 Days per Week
More training stimulus can mean several things:
- more exercises
- more sets
- more repetitions
- more weight
- less time for the same training
- intensity-enhancing techniques
The following training is aimed at gaining more muscle mass, dividing the body into five parts trained over five days. It's not a schedule that does everything for you but provides a nice variation in your training. Try it for a month or three and share your results in the comments.
Training Details
- Weight: Increase the weight with each successive set in all exercises. Try to choose a weight that challenges you to achieve the prescribed number of repetitions with difficulty.
- Rest: Rest a maximum of one minute between sets.
- Training Duration: Weight training will take you about an hour to a maximum of an hour and a half.
Monday
Run your fitness business with more structure
- Planning, member management and coaching in one platform
- Built for coaches, studios and gyms
- Fewer separate tools, more overview
| Muscle Group | Exercise | Sets | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
| Chest | Incline Dumbbell Press | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | |
| Flat Bench Barbell Press | 4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | ||
| Incline Dumbbell Flyes | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | |||
| Cable Crossovers | 2 | 15 | 12 | ||||
| Triceps | Cable Pushdowns | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | |
| Overhead Rope Extensions | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | |||
| Dumbbell Kickbacks | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 |
Tuesday
| Muscle Group | Exercise | Sets | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
| Back | Front Pulldowns | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | |
| Close-grip Front Pulldowns | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | ||
| Seated Cable Rows | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | ||
| Hyperextensions | 3 | 20 | 20 | 20 | |||
| Biceps | Incline Dumbbell Curls | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 10 | |
| Standing Barbell Curls | 4 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
Wednesday
| Muscle Group | Exercise | Sets | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
| Cardio (30 to 45 minutes on stationary bike, treadmill, or elliptical) | |||||||
| Abs | Crunches | 3 | ∞ | ∞ | ∞ | ||
| Leg Raises | 3 | ∞ | ∞ | ∞ | |||
| (∞ = as many as you can) |
Thursday
| Muscle Group | Exercise | Sets | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
| Legs | Squats | 5 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
| Leg Extensions | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 10 | ||
| Lunges | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Leg Curls | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 10 | ||
| Calves | Standing Calf Raises | 4 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 12 |
Friday
| Muscle Group | Exercise | Sets | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 |
| Shoulders | Military Press | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
| Standing Side Lateral Raises | 4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | |
| Barbell Upright Rows | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | ||
| Seated Bent-over Lateral Raises | 2 | 15 | 12 | |||
| Supersets | ||||||
| Seated Dumbbell Extensions | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | |
| Biceps/triceps | Seated Dumbbell Hammer Curls | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
| Cable Pushdowns & Barbell Curls | 3 | 15 | 1 | 10 |
Curious how FITsociety fits your business?
See how intake, training, payments and communication come together.
Start a free trial and explore the workflow at your own pace.