Hotel Gym (3 day)

For travel or a small gym with light dumbbells: higher reps and short rests make light weights hard enough to keep your progress while you're away.

  • Beginner
  • 3 days a week
  • About 25 min
  • Dumbbells
  • Get fit and healthy

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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.

Day A

ExerciseSets × reps
Goblet Squat3 × 12-20
Dumbbell Bench Press3 × 12-20
Single-Arm Dumbbell Row3 × 12-20
Dumbbell Lateral Raise2 × 15-20

Day B

ExerciseSets × reps
Dumbbell RDL3 × 12-20
Push-up3 × 8-20
Chest-Supported DB Row3 × 12-20
Dumbbell Curl2 × 12-20

Day C

ExerciseSets × reps
Walking DB Lunge3 × 10-15
Seated Dumbbell Press3 × 12-20
Dumbbell Pullover3 × 12-15
Plank2 × 30-60s

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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.