Weight training is essential if you want to add muscle mass. The sample workouts include proven techniques that followed correctly will help you build muscle or lose fat. The mass workouts comprise mainly of compound movements that incorporate the most muscle fibers per workout to stimulate maximum growth.
Performing heavy weight workouts with low reps and sets will also stimulate your body to produce its own natural growth hormones such as testosterone and human growth hormone (HGH).
3-Day Push Pull Plan - Muscle Tone
Day 1 Shoulders, Pectorals, Triceps
Dumbbell Bench Press 3 X 10
Incline Dumbbell Press 3 X 10
Barbell Shoulder Press 3 X 10
Cable Flye 3 X 10
Bench Dip 3 X 10
Day 3 Back, Traps, Biceps
Deadlift 3 X 10
One Arm Row 3 X 10
Pull Up 3 X 10
Dumbbell Shrug 3 X 10
Barbell Curl 3 X 10
Day 5 Legs, Abs
Barbell Squat 3 X 10
Hack Squat 3 X 10
Dumbbell Lunge 3 X 10
15 Minutes Instinctive Abs Training
This plan can be changed if you want aim is to gain strength or if you want to add as much mass as possible. All you have to do is adjust the reps; instead of 10 reps per set, make it 4-7.
4-Day Mass and Strength
Day 1
Shoulder Press 3 X 5-7
Side Laterals 3 X 5-7
Incline Reverse Flye 3 X 5-7
Decline Skull Crusher 3 X 10-12
Close Grip Bench 3 X 10-12
Day 2
Deadlift 3 X 5-7
Dumbbell Row 3 X 5-7
Pull Up 3 X 5-7
Shrug 3 X 10-12
Day 4
Squat 3 X 10-12
Hack/Front Squat 3 X 10-12
Machine Leg Press 3 X 10-12
SLDL 3 X 10-12
Leg Extensions 3 X 10-12
Day 5
Bench Press 3 X 5-7
Incline Press 3 X 5-7
Decline Press 3 X 5-7
Bicep Barbell Curl 3 X 10-12
Seated Bicep Curl 3 X 10-12
Strength and hypertrophy
Day 1 Upper body
Incline bench 3 x 5
Pull ups 3 x 5
T-bar or barbell row 3 x 5
Shoulder press 3 x 5
Barbell/dumbell/EZ bar bicep curl 2 x 5
Tricep pushdown/skull crushers 2 x 5
Day 2 Lower body
Squats/SLDL 3 x 5
Leg extensions 3 x 5
Leg curl 3 x 5
Calf raises 3 x 5
Day 4 Back & chest
Pull ups 3 x 12
Barbell row/T-bar 3 x 12
Machine pulldown 3 x 12
Bench press 3 x 12
Cable flye 3 x 12
Day 5 Legs
Squats/SLDL 3 x 12
Leg curl 3 x 12
Leg extension 3 x 12
calf raises 3 x 12
Day 6 Arms & shoulders
Barbell bicep curl 3 x 12
Hammer curl 3 x 12
Side laterals 3 x 12
Rear delt raises 3 x 12
Skull crushers 3 x 12
Kick backs 3 x 12
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