One muscle group per day, hammered from every angle — the bodybuilder's hypertrophy classic.
Maximum per-session volume per muscle — chase the pump and full local fatigue.
Periodización
Cómo realizarlo
Level-up rule: run a column until you own EVERY top-of-range set at its loads for two consecutive weeks — then the next column is yours. Junior ≈ your first month, Intermediate ≈ month 3, Advanced ≈ month 6. Your bodyweight will change on the way; the loads don’t care — re-calibrate after every deload week and let the working weights, not the scale, decide the column.
Control de volumen
Series duras directas por grupo muscular y semana — los sinergistas no cuentan (los empujes también trabajan el tríceps, los jalones el bíceps). 10–20 series duras es la zona de crecimiento: por debajo es mantenimiento, por encima exige una recuperación de élite.
Cómo realizarlo
Encuentra tu peso
Don't max out to find your numbers. (1) Warm up, then load the reference weight for your level. (2) Do one set: if you finish the top of the rep range with MORE than the target RIR left, add 2.5 kg (upper) / 5 kg (lower) and repeat; if you can't reach the bottom of the range at the target RIR, take the same off. (3) That weight is your working load for every set that day. Junior: start one notch BELOW the reference and earn the jumps — clean reps beat heavy reps.
Cómo realizarlo
Maximal per-session volume per muscle. Hit the muscle from multiple angles, chase a strong pump, and push the final sets close to failure since each muscle gets a full week to recover. The core finisher recovers fast — you can also run it daily or on rest days; obliques count.
Progresión
Add reps first, then +2.5 kg when the top of the range is clean across every set.
Calentamiento
General: 5 min easy cardio + dynamic mobility for the day's joints. Per heavy compound, ramp: 10 reps empty bar → 5 @ 50% → 3 @ 70% → 1 @ 85% of your working weight. Isolation: one light feeder set.
Autorregulación (RPE/RIR)
RIR = reps in reserve (left in the tank); RPE 8 = 2 RIR. Pick a load that lands you on the target RIR at the last rep — feel strong, add weight; feel flat, take some off. Anchor every working weight to YOUR own 1RM, not the reference numbers.
Cardio
2 × 20–30 min zone 2 on the weekend rest days + 6–8k daily steps. With five lifting days, keep cardio easy — it should aid recovery, not compete with it.
Descarga
Every 5th–6th week: volume −40%, intensity −10%, every set left at 4+ RIR. One light week resets fatigue before the next mesocycle.
Horario semanal
Mon Chest · Tue Back · Wed Shoulders · Thu Arms · Fri Legs · weekend rest
El entrenamiento
Los pesos de trabajo son orientativos para un atleta de referencia. Ajústalos a tu propio 1RM y alcanza el RPE objetivo: la prescripción es el %1RM, las repeticiones y el RIR, no los kilos.
Las indicaciones en palabras claras
Cada ejercicio lleva algunas cifras. Así se leen, sin tecnicismos.
Reference loads assume an ~80–90 kg male. Lighter or female athletes typically scale to ~60–70% of the upper-body numbers and ~70–80% of the lower-body numbers — the %1RM, reps and RIR stay identical.
Fase de entrenamiento
Peso de trabajo por nivel
Pectorals · Core
6
Ejercicios
22
Series
~75
min
Flat and incline pressing first, the dip for depth, then the fly to fully fatigue the pecs.
This day is built around focused quality volume — supersets here would make the sets compete. Short on time: trim rest on everything except the primary lift by 15–30 s (saves ~6 min) and keep the primary's full rest untouched.
Shoulder blades pinned, bar to lower chest, drive through mid-foot.
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Series de calentamiento
Paso a paso
Barbell. Bench at 30–45°, bar to the upper chest, elbows ~45° — no bouncing off the chest.
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Per dumbbell. Stretch deep at the bottom, press in a slight arc.
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Assist weight — LESS assistance is harder. Lean forward for chest, deep stretch, stop before the shoulders shrug.
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Machine stack. Arms in a wide arc, squeeze the chest 1 s, slow stretch back.
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Paso a paso
Bodyweight. No swing — raise the legs with the abs, lower slow, control the return.
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A full chest day is the most one-sided position in the week — the pecs pull the shoulders forward for an hour. Open the chest hard, then give the upper back the opposite direction.

Clasp your hands behind your back, lift the sternum and pull the shoulders back and down. Don't arch the lower back — the stretch belongs in the chest, not the lumbar spine.

Interlace the fingers, press the arms forward and deliberately round the upper back to spread the shoulder blades. The exact counter-move to every row.

Elbow points at the ceiling, hand walks down between the shoulder blades. Keep the ribs down — otherwise the pelvis tips and you stretch your back, not the triceps.

Arm straight across the chest, pull on the upper arm — never on the elbow joint. Keep the shoulder down or the pull migrates into your neck.
Static stretching belongs AFTER the session, never before it — held before a heavy set it measurably costs force output. Move into each position until you feel mild tension, never pain, and breathe out into it. Hold still: no bouncing on a fatigued muscle. Skip a muscle that is cramping and walk it off first.
Lats · Upper Back · Traps · Core
6
Ejercicios
22
Series
~70
min
Vertical pulls for width, rows for thickness, traps to finish.
This day is built around focused quality volume — supersets here would make the sets compete. Short on time: trim rest on everything except the primary lift by 15–30 s (saves ~6 min) and keep the primary's full rest untouched.
Cable stack. Drive elbows to hips, squeeze the lats, control up.
¿Máquina ocupada o no está en tu gimnasio?
Series de calentamiento
Paso a paso
Assist weight — LESS assistance is harder. Set assist so the last 1–2 reps are hard. Full hang to chin-over-bar.
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Paso a paso
Bodyweight; add a belt once you clear 10 clean reps. Chin over the bar.
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Paso a paso
Torso ~45°, pull to the navel, no jerking the weight up.
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Paso a paso
Straight up, pause 1 s at the top — no rolling the shoulders.
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Curl the pelvis up against the cable, abs do the work — don't yank from the hip flexors.
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Back day loads the lat from every angle and the grip carries all of it. Lengthen the lat, rotate the spine out of its flexed working position, then release the forearms.

From all fours walk the hands forward, hips back toward the heels, sternum to the floor. Breathe into the flank — the lat only releases on the exhale.

Hands on the bench, push the hips back until the arms are straight, let the head sink between them. Long back, no rounding.

Arm straight, palm down, gently pull the fingers toward you, then turn the palm over and stretch the other side. After pulling and curling days this keeps the grip fresh.

On your back, arms in a T, lower the legs to one side under control. Both shoulder blades stay on the floor — the rotation comes from the thoracic spine, not the lower back.
Static stretching belongs AFTER the session, never before it — held before a heavy set it measurably costs force output. Move into each position until you feel mild tension, never pain, and breathe out into it. Hold still: no bouncing on a fatigued muscle. Skip a muscle that is cramping and walk it off first.
Delts · Traps · Core
7
Ejercicios
22
Series
~65
min
Overhead press first, then lateral and rear-delt raises for full 3D delts.
Short on time? Superset lever military press + dumbbell decline shrug v. 2: one set of each back-to-back, then rest 60 s — saves ~4 min with no cost on isolation work. Never superset the day's primary lift.
Seated, braced, press straight up — ribs down, full lockout, no lean-back.
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Series de calentamiento
Paso a paso
Per dumbbell. Press straight up, ribs down, full lockout.
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Per dumbbell. Lead with the elbows to shoulder height, soft bend, no swinging.
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Machine groove — push to lockout, lower to ear level under control.
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Per dumbbell. Straight up-and-down, 1 s hold, no shoulder roll.
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Hinge forward at the hips, flat back, soft elbows, lead with the pinkies — squeeze the rear delts, no trap shrug.
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Series de calentamiento
Paso a paso
Bodyweight. Roll up one vertebra at a time, lower under control, chin off the chest.
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Paso a paso
Delt volume this high stiffens the shoulder capsule and the upper traps take the rest. Rear delt and neck first — that is where a shoulder day actually gets tight.

Arm straight across the chest, pull on the upper arm — never on the elbow joint. Keep the shoulder down or the pull migrates into your neck.

Ear toward the shoulder, the hand adds only the weight of the head — never pull. The opposite shoulder stays down.

Clasp your hands behind your back, lift the sternum and pull the shoulders back and down. Don't arch the lower back — the stretch belongs in the chest, not the lumbar spine.

Interlace the fingers, press the arms forward and deliberately round the upper back to spread the shoulder blades. The exact counter-move to every row.
Static stretching belongs AFTER the session, never before it — held before a heavy set it measurably costs force output. Move into each position until you feel mild tension, never pain, and breathe out into it. Hold still: no bouncing on a fatigued muscle. Skip a muscle that is cramping and walk it off first.
Biceps · Triceps · Forearms · Core
7
Ejercicios
22
Series
~70
min
Biceps first, then the triceps block, then forearms. Supersets save time and boost the pump.
Short on time? Superset cable hammer curl + rope pushdown: one set of each back-to-back, then rest 60 s — saves ~4 min with no cost on isolation work. Never superset the day's primary lift.
Barbell curl: elbows pinned, no swing, full squeeze up, control down.
¿Máquina ocupada o no está en tu gimnasio?
Series de calentamiento
Paso a paso
Cable stack, rope. Neutral grip, elbows pinned, curl to a hard squeeze — hammers thicken the brachialis under the biceps.
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Paso a paso
Elbows tucked ~45°, bar to lower sternum — triceps-led press.
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Cable stack, rope overhead. Elbows narrow and high, extend to a full lockout — the overhead angle that grows the long head.
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Paso a paso
Cable stack. Elbows pinned to the ribs, spread the rope at the bottom, full squeeze.
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Paso a paso
Per dumbbell. Slow forearm rotation, full range, light and strict.
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Paso a paso
Bodyweight. Hands and feet meet over the middle, exhale hard at the top, lower slow.
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Paso a paso
Arm day is elbows and grip. The triceps long head crosses the shoulder, so it needs the overhead position; the forearms need the opposite of a full session of gripping.

Elbow points at the ceiling, hand walks down between the shoulder blades. Keep the ribs down — otherwise the pelvis tips and you stretch your back, not the triceps.

Arm straight, palm down, gently pull the fingers toward you, then turn the palm over and stretch the other side. After pulling and curling days this keeps the grip fresh.

Clasp your hands behind your back, lift the sternum and pull the shoulders back and down. Don't arch the lower back — the stretch belongs in the chest, not the lumbar spine.

Arm straight across the chest, pull on the upper arm — never on the elbow joint. Keep the shoulder down or the pull migrates into your neck.
Static stretching belongs AFTER the session, never before it — held before a heavy set it measurably costs force output. Move into each position until you feel mild tension, never pain, and breathe out into it. Hold still: no bouncing on a fatigued muscle. Skip a muscle that is cramping and walk it off first.
Quads · Hamstrings · Glutes · Calves · Core
9
Ejercicios
32
Series
~95
min
Squat heavy, then leg press, hamstring and glute work, calves last.
Short on time? Superset lever seated squat calf raise on leg press machine + lever seated leg curl: one set of each back-to-back, then rest 60 s — saves ~4 min with no cost on isolation work. Never superset the day's primary lift.
Bar in the front rack on the upper chest, elbows high — brace, sit between the hips, knees track over toes, drive up.
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Paso a paso
Per dumbbell. Long stride, back knee toward the floor, push the heel.
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Paso a paso
Soft knees, hips back, feel the hamstring stretch, bar close to legs.
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Sled loaded. Feet mid-platform, knees track the toes, stop just short of lockout — never bounce.
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Cable stack. Face away, hinge, let the rope pull the hips back — snap to a full lockout and squeeze the glutes.
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Paso a paso
Machine stack. Pull the pad to full bend, 1 s hold, 3 s lowering — hips stay pinned.
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Paso a paso
Full stretch at the bottom, 1 s squeeze at the top — no bouncing.
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Paso a paso
Machine stack. Full stretch at the bottom, 1 s squeeze at the top — no bouncing.
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Paso a paso
Bodyweight. Back flat to the pad, raise straight legs to parallel, no kipping.
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Paso a paso
The longest cooldown of the week, because leg day loads the most tissue. Hip flexor first, then quads, hamstrings, glutes and calves — in that order.

Deep lunge, drive the back hip forward, tuck the pelvis. Short hip flexors tilt your pelvis into every squat that follows — this is the priority after squatting and leg pressing.

Lying on your side, grab the top foot, heel to the glute, push the hip slightly forward. Keep knee beside knee — don't let it flare out.

Front heel down, toes up, hinge forward from the hip with a flat back. A rounded back stretches nerve, not muscle.

Ankle over the opposite knee, chest pushed forward and tall. The moment the back rounds you are stretching the back, not the glute.

Back leg straight, heel down, drive the hip toward the wall. This targets the gastrocnemius — the heel never leaves the ground.
Static stretching belongs AFTER the session, never before it — held before a heavy set it measurably costs force output. Move into each position until you feel mild tension, never pain, and breathe out into it. Hold still: no bouncing on a fatigued muscle. Skip a muscle that is cramping and walk it off first.
Para el entrenador
Technique before load — full range, controlled 2–3 s eccentric, no momentum.
Progressive overload — log every set and beat last week's reps or weight.
Proximity to failure — compounds at 1–2 RIR, isolation at 0–1 RIR.
Volume landmarks — build toward 10–20 weekly hard sets for the muscles the split emphasizes, counting the compound work that hits them on the way.
Recovery is training — 7–9 h sleep, 1.6–2.2 g protein/kg bodyweight, 48 h per region.
Para el entrenador
Ego-lifting and half reps — load that buries technique builds nothing.
Jumping the weight in big steps instead of small, repeatable increments.
Skipping the warm-up ramp — cold heavy sets are where joints get hurt.
Programme-hopping every week — you can't measure progress you keep resetting.