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Routines > Muscle Building Workout Program  
  
 

Muscle cells, as many studies have shown, grow through the rest phase after a workout - not during the workout itself. Working out helps to stimulate your body, but rest in between is just as important for muscle development.

Therefore, to gain muscle, this routine suggests you workout four days a week - leaving a gap in between 2 of the days. An example would be working out on Monday and Tuesday, then resting before completing the routine.

Perform a warmup set of each exercise everyday first by using 2/3 of the normal amount of weights.  Additionally, do two exercises back-to-back, then rest for 2 minutes, and continue onto the next two exercises that you'll perform back-to-back with no rest (this is called 'supersetting'). Finally, complete each routine three times each day, adding 2 repititions everytime you go through the list (ie, do 6, then 8 and finally 10 repititions of the bench press).
 

Day 1
Bench Press
6 repetitions
 
Bent-Over Row
6 repetitions
Dumbbell Fly
8
repetitions
    Chest Workout Technique 7
Seated Reverse Fly
8 repetitions
Back Exercises - Seated Reverse Fly
Swiss-ball Preacher Curl
6
repetitions
Arm Exercise - Swiss-Ball Preacher Curl
French Press
6 repetitions
 Arm Exercises - French Press
 

Day 2


Beginner Squat
4 repetitions
    Leg Exercise - Squat
Dumbbell Lunge
8
repetitions
Seated Calf Raise
10 repetitions
 
Crunch Twist
10
repetitions

Reverse Crunch
10 repetitions
 

 
Day 3


Machine Assisted Pullup
5 repetitions
  Back Weightlifting Technique 1  
Military Press
5 repetitions
  
Upright Row
8
repetitions
 
     N/A
 
Assisted Dip
6 repetitions
 Arm Routine 6
Biceps Curl
8
repetitions
Arm Routine 1
Triceps Extension
6 repetitions
 Arm Routine 5

 
Day 4


Deadlift
4 repetitions
 
Decline Leg Curl
6
repetitions
Leg Workouts - Decline Leg Curl
Dumbbell Lunge
8 repetitions
 
Standing Calf Raise
8
repetitions
Hanging Leg Raise
8 repetitions
 
Abdominal Crunch on a ball
6
repetitions