Workout programs

Pick the split around how often you can actually train.

These programs are built for the same job as RepStack: repeatable sessions, clear targets, and progression rules that survive real gym weeks.

The rule

Do not choose the most aggressive split. Choose the one you can finish for 8 weeks while your logged lifts still move.

3 days/week Intermediate 8 weeks

Push Pull Legs works when the progression is written down.

A practical Push Pull Legs program for lifters who want clear sets, reps, weekly structure, and automatic progressive overload in RepStack.

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4 days/week Intermediate 8 weeks

Upper Lower is the cleanest 4-day split for most lifters.

A 4-day upper lower split with exact exercise order, sets, reps, progression rules, and links to RepStack calculators and exercise guides.

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3 days/week Beginner 8 weeks

A full body workout should repeat the lifts that matter.

A 3-day full body workout program for beginners and returning lifters, with exact exercises, sets, reps, progression, and recovery rules.

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5 days/week Advanced 8 weeks

Powerbuilding only works if strength and volume stop fighting.

A 5-day powerbuilding program that combines heavy compound work with hypertrophy volume and RepStack's double-progression rules.

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4 days/week Beginner 8 weeks

A dumbbell program needs progression, not random circuits.

A 4-day dumbbell workout program for home gyms, with sets, reps, substitutions, and progression rules for strength and muscle.

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3 days/week Beginner 8-12 weeks

3 day full body beginner program

A beginner full-body strength program with three weekly sessions, exact sets, reps, rest times, progression, and swap rules.

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4 days/week Intermediate 8-12 weeks

4 day upper lower workout split

A four-day Upper Lower split with strength and volume days, exact exercises, progression rules, and recovery guardrails.

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5 days/week Intermediate 8-12 weeks

5 day workout split

A practical five-day split for strength and muscle with upper/lower anchors, push-pull volume, legs, progression, and recovery rules.

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6 days/week Advanced 6-10 weeks

6 day push pull legs program

A six-day PPL split with two push, pull, and leg exposures per week, progression rules, recovery checks, and exercise swaps.

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4 days/week Beginner 8-12 weeks

dumbbell only home workout program

A dumbbell-only home strength program with unilateral work, high-rep progression, light-dumbbell strategies, and exact workout days.

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4 days/week Beginner 8-12 weeks

Planet Fitness workout program

A machine-friendly Planet Fitness strength program using Smith machine, dumbbells, cables, leg press, pulldowns, and progression rules.

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3 days/week Beginner 8-12 weeks

over 40 beginner strength training program

A beginner strength plan for lifters over 40 with conservative progression, joint-friendly swaps, recovery guardrails, and exact workouts.

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3 days/week Beginner 8-12 weeks

women beginner strength training program

A beginner strength program for women with exact sets, reps, progression, gym-confidence notes, and exercise swaps.

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How to choose

Frequency is a recovery decision, not a motivation test.

3 days

Full body or 3-day PPL. Best when consistency matters more than specialization.

4 days

Upper Lower or dumbbell training. The default for most serious lifters.

5 days

Powerbuilding. Useful when strength and size both matter.

6 days

PPL repeat. Good only when recovery and schedule are boringly reliable.

Progress the plan

Run RepStack's double-progression rule on your latest sets.

Check exercise form

Use the 873-exercise database before loading a new movement.

Log it cleanly

Keep the data consistent enough to drive next-session targets.

RepStack for iPhone

Import the program, then let it progress

RepStack turns the plan into workouts and uses your logged sets to pick the next targets.

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