First Strength (3 day)

Three short sessions a week on the big lifts. Add a little weight every session while the reps keep coming. Built for your first months in the gym.

  • Beginner
  • 3 days a week
  • About 40 min
  • Full gym
  • Get stronger

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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

Add a little weight every session while every set hits its reps. Miss twice and the weight stays; keep missing and it drops back about 10% so you can build up again. The 2 workouts rotate across your 3 training days, so each week starts where the last one finished.

The workouts

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

Day A

ExerciseSets × reps
Back Squat3 × 5
Barbell Bench Press3 × 5
Barbell Row3 × 5
Plank3 × 30-60s

Day B

ExerciseSets × reps
Back Squat3 × 5
Overhead Press3 × 5
Deadlift1 × 5
Hanging Leg Raise3 × 10-15

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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.