Four-Day Body-Part Split

Chest and triceps, back and biceps, legs, shoulders and arms. One main body part a day with the volume to feel it, four days a week.

  • Intermediate
  • 4 days a week
  • About 55 min
  • Full gym
  • Build muscle

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Free in Platesmith. Start this program in the app and it fills in your weights, times your rests and moves the weight up for you. No subscription needed for any program.

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How it progresses

Each exercise has a rep range. Stay at the same weight and add reps until every set reaches the top of the range, then add a little weight and work back up.

The workouts

Every exercise can be swapped in the app for one that works the same muscles, so missing equipment never stops you.

Chest and triceps

ExerciseSets × reps
Barbell Bench Press4 × 6-10
Incline Dumbbell Press4 × 8-12
Cable Fly3 × 12-15
Dips3 × 8-12
Skull Crusher3 × 8-12
Triceps Pushdown3 × 12-15

Back and biceps

ExerciseSets × reps
Deadlift3 × 5
Pull-up4 × 6-10
Barbell Row4 × 8-10
Seated Cable Row3 × 10-12
Barbell Curl3 × 8-12
Incline DB Curl3 × 10-12

Legs

ExerciseSets × reps
Back Squat4 × 6-10
Romanian Deadlift3 × 8-10
Leg Press3 × 10-12
Lying Leg Curl3 × 10-12
Leg Extension3 × 12-15
Standing Calf Raise4 × 10-15

Shoulders and arms

ExerciseSets × reps
Overhead Press4 × 6-10
Dumbbell Lateral Raise4 × 12-15
Reverse Pec Deck3 × 12-15
Hammer Curl3 × 10-12
Overhead Cable Triceps Extension3 × 10-12
Cable Curl2 × 12-15

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General guidance, not medical advice. Start lighter than you think, and check with a doctor first if you have a health condition or injury.