Strength Foundations: 3 Days
Learn the barbell lifts with room to spare: moderate weights, crisp reps and steady weekly progress on squat, bench, deadlift and press.
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- Length
- 8 weeks
- Days a week
- 3
- Sessions
- 24
- Exercises
- 15
Equipment: Barbell, Dumbbell, Bodyweight and Cable
The program, week by week
Each line is sets × reps (or time) at the load to use: RPE is how hard the set should feel out of 10, and a percentage is of your one-rep max. Estimate your one-rep max.
Week 1 repeats for all 8 weeks.
Week 1
3 sessions
Day 1Day A
4×5-6 @ RPE 7 · rest 2m
4×5-6 @ RPE 7 · rest 2m
3×6-8 @ RPE 7 · rest 2m
3×8-10 @ RPE 7 · rest 1m30
3×40s @ BW · rest 1m
Day 2Rest
Rest day
Day 3Day B
3×4-5 @ RPE 7 · rest 3m
4×5-6 @ RPE 7 · rest 2m
3×8-10 @ RPE 7 · rest 1m30
3×8-10 @ RPE 7 · rest 1m30
3×8-10 @ BW · rest 1m30
Day 4Rest
Rest day
Day 5Day C
3×5-6 @ RPE 7 · rest 2m
3×6-8 @ RPE 7 · rest 2m
3×8-10 @ RPE 7 · rest 1m30
3×8-10 @ RPE 7 · rest 1m30
3×30s @ RPE 7 · rest 1m
Day 6Rest
Rest day
Day 7Rest
Rest day
Questions
- How many days a week is Strength Foundations: 3 Days?
- 3 sessions a week for 8 weeks, 24 sessions in all. Each one is written out below with every exercise, set, rep, load and rest.
- What equipment does Strength Foundations: 3 Days need?
- It uses barbell, dumbbell, bodyweight and cable.
- Is Strength Foundations: 3 Days free?
- Yes. Read it here for free, or run it in CoachVana with a free account: pick it from the program library and every set you log is saved, with rest timers and your personal records.
- Can a coach give Strength Foundations: 3 Days to a client?
- Yes. A coach assigns it to a client, changes the client's copy to fit them, and sees every set the client logs. CoachVana is free for a coach's first 3 clients.
Run Strength Foundations: 3 Days free
Create a free account, pick it from the program library, and CoachVana logs every set with rest timers and your personal records. Coaches can assign it to clients.
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