Mass Building Program.
 

Mass Building Program

THIS ROUTINE IS INTENDED FOR THE NATURAL TRAINER ONLY

DAY 1 PUSH

Incline or Flat Barbell or Dumbbell Bench Press
Barbell or Dumbbell Shoulder Presses
Tricep Dips or Close Grip Bench Press


DAY 2 LEGS

Front or Back Squats
Barbell or Dumbbell Stiff Leg Deadlifts
Calf Raises (3x12) - only if a seriously lagging body part
Weighted Crunches or Weighted Hanging Leg Raises (3x12)


DAY 3 PULL

Deadlifts or Power Cleans
Barbell Rows, Dumbbell Rows, or Wide Grip Chins
Barbell Curls, Close Grip Underhand Chins, or Hammer Curls

You do 5 sets of 5 reps, with the same weights.

Going up in 2 or 5 pound increments each week is great. You won't be able to add more weight each week, but that needs to be your mentality. Don't think about anything else but adding more weight.

Do moderate cardio 3 times per week for 25-30 minutes. You can ride a bike, speed walk on a tread mill, whatever. The only thing I wouldn't do is run.

I would do 5 minutes of warm up cardio at a moderate pace. Break a slight sweat and get your heart rate up a little.

Then, stretch for about 10 minutes. Stretch your legs, groin, back, and upper body. Even if it's PUSH day, stretch your lower back and legs as you'll use them both with overhead presses.

Now, you're ready to hit the weights. For each exercise do one warm up set with 50% of your work set weight for 5 reps and a second warm up set with 75% of your work set weight for 5 reps. Next, do your five work sets. Two warm up sets at 50% work weight aren't enough. You need the warm up set at 75%.

It is a total misconception that warm up sets should be in the 12-15 rep range. Warm up sets that light don't do anything other than burn up energy and don't help you with injury prevention.