2-Day Full Body Workout
Two full-body sessions a week for when time is short. Compound lifts and a few more sets each.
About the program
If you can only get to the gym twice a week, each session has to cover the whole body. Day A is built around the squat and bench press, day B around the deadlift and overhead press. Leave at least two rest days in between (e.g. Tuesday and Friday).
Who it is for
Busy people, beginners and anyone combining the gym with another sport.
Muscles worked
Part of these collections
The plan, day by day
Pick your own weights: the last reps of each set should be hard but clean.
Day A
17 sets
Day B
16 sets
How to progress
Add 2.5 kg a week to the compound lifts as long as every set stays clean. On the rest, build reps to the top of the range first.
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