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WORKOUTS
Nick Wachter
Personal Trainer & Conditioning Coach
PhysiKcal Fitness, Jan 2014

MUSCLE GAIN
2 DAY SPLIT WORKOUT
DAY ONE - PUSH
ROWER / TREADMILL 5MIN WARM UP + 3 WARM UP SETS ON FIRST UPPER AND FIRST LOWER BODY EXERCISE
BENCH PRESS 3 X 10-12 REPS
INC DB PRESS 3 X 10-12 REPS
SQUATS 3 X 10-12 REPS
SEATED DB PRESS 3 X 10-12 REPS
DEADLIFTS 3 X 10-12 REPS
TRICEP PUSH DOWNS 3 X 10-12 REPS
THE WHOLE WORKOUT SHOULD TAKE APPAROXIMATLY AN HOUR
TOTAL WORKOUT SHOULD TAKE 40-50MINUTES EPENIDNG ON REST AND SET UP OF EQUIPMENT ETC
18 SETS OF WORKING X 45 SECONDS 13:30 MINUTES OF WORK
17 SETS OF REST X 90-120 SEC 25:30 - 34:00 MINUTES OF REST
DAY 2 - PULL DAY
3 SETS OF WARM UP ON FIRST EXERCISE
LAT PULL DOWN NARROW 3 X 10-12 REPS
LAT PULL DOWN WIDE 3 X 10-12 REPS
SEATED ROW WIDE 3 X 10-12 REPS
FULL SIT UPS 3 X 10-12 REPS
BICEP CURL 3 X 10-12 REPS
PLANKS X 4 30SETS X 3OSEC
3 CIRCUIT OF FRONT, REV, L SIDE, R SIDE
THE WHOLE WORKOUT SHOULD TAKE APPAROXIMATLY AN HOUR
TOTAL WORKOUT SHOULD TAKE 40-50MINUTES EPENIDNG ON REST AND SET UP OF EQUIPMENT ETC
15 SETS OF WORKING X 45 SECONDS 11:25 MINUTES OF WORK
14 SETS OF REST X 90-120 SEC 21 - 28 MINUTES OF REST
6 MINUTES FOR PLANKS (12 X 30 SECONDS)
40-50MINS
Many people prefer the option of a 2 day split, which focuses on bigger compound movements and strength over isolation exercises.
For example 4 training sessions a week will see legs being trained twice a week. in a 4 day split program they would only be trained once.




