10-12 week plan

Bodybuilding 5-day workout Level 3


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Day 1

Chest, Triceps

Chest-

  • Chest upper hammer press (on smith, machine, or dumbbell)- 5 sets 12,10, 6-8-10 drop set
  • Chest press flat press (on smith, machine, or dumbbell) – 5 sets of 5-7 reps
  • Chest upper flys pulley or dumbbells superset with chest close grip push press- each exercise 12,10,8,8 reps.
  • Chest Lower cable flys – q4 system 3 rounds (hold 10 seconds, 5 reps slow hold 5, 5 reps fast hold 5, 5 reps slow hold 5, five reps fast hold 5. (20 total reps)
  • Chest machine press- 50 reps drop set (start with a weight drop 10 pounds each time until 50 reps is completed.


Triceps-

  • Triceps extensions rope wide (every other week do reverse triceps extensions)- 5 sets 12,10, 6-8-10 drop set.

Day 2

Back, Biceps

Back

  • Back Lat pull downs- 5 sets 12,10,8,6,6 reps
  • Bent over barbell dead stop rows- 5 sets 10,8,8,6-12 drop set 
  • Cable rows- q4 system 3 rounds (hold 10 seconds, 5 reps slow hold 5, 5 reps fast hold 5, 5 reps slow hold 5, five reps fast hold 5. (20 total reps)
  • T-bar rows (standing version)- 4 sets 12,10,8,6 reps
  • Single lat pull backs (isolateral row or dumbbells)- 4 sets 8-10 reps
  • Close grip pull downs superset with straight arm push downs- 4 sets 10 reps each


Biceps

  • Bicep rope hammer curls (every other week Bicep concentration curls)- 12,10,8, 5-7-9 drop set 

Day 3

Legs

  • Lying leg curls- 5 sets 12,10,8,8,6 reps
  • Inner thigh adductor superset with outer thigh abductor- 4 sets of 12 reps each
  • Leg press feet low and together (every other week, feet low and apart)- 15,12,10 then 4 set drop 10 reps each set for 40 reps. (Drop a plate and continue to do 10 reps)
  • Vertical Leg press- 4 sets 15,12,10, 6-12 drop set
  • Back squat smith machine or free weight (every other week front squat machine)- 4 sets 10 reps
  • Leg extensions (every other week, feet pointed out)- 5 sets of 20 reps
  • Seated calf raises- 5 sets 20 reps

Day 4

Shoulders, Traps, Core

Shoulders-

Shoulder press (dumbbell or machine, or plate loaded) - 6 sets 12,10,8,6,6-12 drop

Shoulder single arm side raise with pulley- 4 sets 10-12 reps each arm

Shoulder front raise dumbbell alternating each arm superset with bent over reverse delts dumbbells- 4 sets (front raise 16 total reps, and bent over 10 total reps each time)

Shoulder cable press (cable row handle) – 12,10 then 3 sets of 7 with 10 seconds rest.



Traps

Dumbbell Side Shrugs- 5 sets 10 reps

Barbell Upright rows- 5 sets- 12,10,8,6,6 reps 

Finish with extra core exercises


Choose three of these listed:

  • Ab crunch machine- 4 sets 15-20 reps
  • Plate twists- 3 sets 20 reps
  • Leg raises hanging- 4 sets 15 reps

Day 5

Triceps and Biceps

  • Tricep standing rope extensions straight down superset with cable curls pulley- 4 sets 10-12 reps each
  • Tricep skull crushers- 6 sets 12,10,8, 6-12 drop set
  • Bicep ez bar curls - 5 sets 12,10,8,8,6 reps
  • Tricep overhead rope superset with bicep alternating hammer curls- (overhead rope 10 reps, hammer curls 16 total reps.
  • Bicep preacher curls– 4 sets 10 
  • Tricep press smith machine or hammer strength- 4 sets 12,10,8, 6-12 drop set
  • Tricep straight bar extensions-  - q4 system 2 rounds (hold 10 seconds, 5 reps slow hold 5, 5 reps fast hold 5, 5 reps slow hold 5, five reps fast hold 5. (20 total reps)
  • bicep concentration curls- - q4 system 2 rounds (hold 10 seconds, 5 reps slow hold 5, 5 reps fast hold 5, 5 reps slow hold 5, five reps fast hold 5. (20 total reps)

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