Workout Routine

Charmaine & Cheryl

by Albertkwek92

Upper body focusing on lats, arm definition. Bench dip can be progressed into assisted dip using the pullup assist machine if it gets too easy(I.e. able to do 20 reps in one set for 3 sets), and then eventually progressing into 0 assist dips.

Lower body on glute development.

Program uses a 4 week periodization plan progressing from 3 x 12 -> 3 x 10 -> 4 x 8 -> 5 x 5. Idea is to progressively add weight or difficulty every week, and then cycle back to 3 x 12 again on the 4th week. Warmup sets are not programmed into the workouts. For example if your working sets for Bulgarian split squats are 3 X 10 reps of 30kg, you can warmup with 1 X 10 bodyweight and then 1 X 10 of 15kg etc to get to the working set intensity, but the warmup sets do not count towards the 3 sets that you are supposed to do.

Workouts

Week 1: Upper Body

Assisted Pull ups (more weight = easier)

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
12
100 sec
2
12
100 sec
3
12
100 sec

Assisted Pull ups (more weight = easier)

3 sets

seated cable row

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
12
100 sec
2
12
100 sec
3
12
100 sec

seated cable row

3 sets

lat pulldown

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
12
100 sec
2
12
100 sec
3
12
100 sec

lat pulldown

3 sets

hammer curl

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
12
100 sec
2
12
100 sec
3
12
100 sec

hammer curl

3 sets

Bench Dips

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
12
100 sec
2
12
100 sec
3
12
100 sec

Bench Dips

3 sets

Week 1: Lower Body

bulgarian split squat

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
12
100 sec
2
12
100 sec
3
12
100 sec

bulgarian split squat

3 sets

romanian deadlift

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
12
100 sec
2
12
100 sec
3
12
100 sec

romanian deadlift

3 sets

hip thrust

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
12
100 sec
2
12
100 sec
3
12
100 sec

hip thrust

3 sets

cable kickback

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
12
100 sec
2
12
100 sec
3
12
100 sec

cable kickback

3 sets

Week 2: Upper Body

Assisted Pull ups (more weight = easier)

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
10
100 sec
2
10
100 sec
3
10
100 sec

Assisted Pull ups (more weight = easier)

3 sets

seated cable row

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
10
100 sec
2
10
100 sec
3
10
100 sec

seated cable row

3 sets

lat pulldown

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
10
100 sec
2
10
100 sec
3
10
100 sec

lat pulldown

3 sets

hammer curl

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
10
100 sec
2
10
100 sec
3
10
100 sec

hammer curl

3 sets

Bench Dips

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
12
100 sec
2
12
100 sec
3
12
100 sec

Bench Dips

3 sets

Week 2: Lower Body

bulgarian split squat

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
10
100 sec
2
10
100 sec
3
10
100 sec

bulgarian split squat

3 sets

romanian deadlift

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
10
100 sec
2
10
100 sec
3
10
100 sec

romanian deadlift

3 sets

hip thrust

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
10
100 sec
2
10
100 sec
3
10
100 sec

hip thrust

3 sets

cable kickback

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
10
100 sec
2
10
100 sec
3
10
100 sec

cable kickback

3 sets

Week 3: Upper Body

Assisted Pull ups (more weight = easier)

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
8
100 sec
2
8
100 sec
3
8
100 sec
4
8
100 sec

Assisted Pull ups (more weight = easier)

4 sets

seated cable row

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
8
100 sec
2
8
100 sec
3
8
100 sec
4
8
100 sec

seated cable row

4 sets

lat pulldown

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
8
100 sec
2
8
100 sec
3
8
100 sec
4
8
100 sec

lat pulldown

4 sets

hammer curl

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
8
100 sec
2
8
100 sec
3
8
100 sec
4
8
100 sec

hammer curl

4 sets

Bench Dips

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
15
100 sec
2
15
100 sec
3
15
100 sec

Bench Dips

3 sets

Week 3: Lower Body

bulgarian split squat

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
8
100 sec
2
8
100 sec
3
8
100 sec
4
8
100 sec

bulgarian split squat

4 sets

romanian deadlift

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
8
100 sec
2
8
100 sec
3
8
100 sec
4
8
100 sec

romanian deadlift

4 sets

hip thrust

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
8
100 sec
2
8
100 sec
3
8
100 sec
4
8
100 sec

hip thrust

4 sets

cable kickback

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
8
100 sec
2
8
100 sec
3
8
100 sec
4
8
100 sec

cable kickback

4 sets

Week 4: Upper Body

Assisted Pull ups (more weight = easier)

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
5
120 sec
2
5
120 sec
3
5
120 sec
4
5
120 sec
5
5
120 sec

Assisted Pull ups (more weight = easier)

5 sets

seated cable row

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
5
120 sec
2
5
120 sec
3
5
120 sec
4
5
120 sec
5
5
120 sec

seated cable row

5 sets

lat pulldown

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
5
120 sec
2
5
120 sec
3
5
120 sec
4
5
120 sec
5
5
120 sec

lat pulldown

5 sets

hammer curl

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
5
120 sec
2
5
120 sec
3
5
120 sec
4
5
120 sec
5
5
120 sec

hammer curl

5 sets

Bench Dips

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
20
100 sec
2
20
100 sec
3
20
100 sec

Bench Dips

3 sets

Week 4 - Lower Body

bulgarian split squat

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
5
120 sec
2
5
120 sec
3
5
120 sec
4
5
120 sec
5
5
120 sec

bulgarian split squat

5 sets

romanian deadlift

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
5
120 sec
2
5
120 sec
3
5
120 sec
4
5
120 sec
5
5
120 sec

romanian deadlift

5 sets

hip thrust

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
5
120 sec
2
5
120 sec
3
5
120 sec
4
5
120 sec
5
5
120 sec

hip thrust

5 sets

cable kickback

Set
Intensity
Weight
Reps
Rest time
1
5
120 sec
2
5
120 sec
3
5
120 sec
4
5
120 sec
5
5
120 sec

cable kickback

5 sets