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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

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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  

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Comments (2)

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Marc

Estella, Dan zou ik eerst eens naar de fysio gaan en daar overleggen wat je wel en niet kan, mag met je schouder. Maar je kan om te beginnen heel simpele been oefeningen doen en veel cardio, zo belast je je schouder niet. En spiermassa en afvallen kan, maar zou in eerste instantie gewoon voor afvallen alleen kiezen, gezien je “beperking” Zo voorkom je een hoop frustratie voor jezelf
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Estella

Ik zou graag willen afvallen en spiermassa opbouwen maar ik heb een viervoudigepgebroken schouder dus ik moet voorzichtig zijn maar ik heb 3 operaties gehad en ben teveel aangekomen..Ik wil daar van af.

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