Push Pull Legs Split
Push Pull Legs: The Ultimate Beginner Guide (Updat...
Push exercises
- Flat bench press / incline bench press (3 sets at 6 – 8 reps)
- shoulder (military) press / seating dumbbell shoulder press (3 sets at 6 – 8 reps)
- Overhead tricep extension (3 sets at 8 – 10 reps)
- flat dumbbell chest flys / incline dumbbell chest flys (3 sets at 8 – 10 reps)
- skull crushers (3 sets at 8 – 10 reps)
Pull exercises
- Deadlift (3 sets at 6 – 8 reps)
- ez bar curls (3 sets at 8 – 10 reps)
- bent-over barbell row (3 sets at 6 – 8 reps)
- hammer curls/incline curls (3 sets at 6 – 8 reps)
- good morning (3 sets at 6 – 8 reps)
Leg exercises
- squat / front squat (3 sets at 6 – 8 reps)
- bulgarian split squat (3 sets at 6 – 8 reps)
- leg extension (3 sets at 6 – 8 reps)
- lunges (3 sets at 8 – 10 reps)
- calf raises (DB) (3 sets at 8 – 10 reps)
day 1 - push
day 2 - pull
day 3 - legs
day 4 - push 2
day 5 - pull 2
3 x warm-up sets at 50% of max weight
aim for 10 lb increase in weight on each exercise, week after week
 add 5 lbs to each side of the bar when you reach the upper end of the rep range
Exercises requiring 6 – 8 reps
2 – 3 minutes rest
Exercises requiring 8 – 10 reps
1 – 2 minute rest