About this plan
A complete three-day plan that needs nothing but dumbbells and a bench — ideal for a home setup or a crowded gym. Every session covers the whole body with a push, a pull, legs, and a finisher.
One workout per training day, 3 days a week: Day 1 — Press & Pull, Day 2 — Hinge & Carry and Day 3 — Incline & Rear.
The workouts
Sets × reps as the plan prescribes them. Weights are yours to choose — the app shows what you lifted last time beside every set, so the next weight is never a guess.
Day 1 — Press & Pull
- Squats using Dumbbells 3 × 10–12
- Dumbbell Bench Press 3 × 8–12
- Dumbbell Bent-over Row 3 × 8–12
- Dumbbell Lateral Raise 3 × 12–15
- Crunches 3 × 15
Day 2 — Hinge & Carry
- Dumbbell Lunges 3 × 10
- Dumbbell Shoulder Press 3 × 8–12
- Dumbbell Straight Leg Deadlift 3 × 10–12
- Alternating Bicep Curl with Dumbbell 3 × 10–12
- Front Plank 3 sets
Day 3 — Incline & Rear
- Step Ups with Dumbbells 3 × 10
- Incline Dumbbell Press 3 × 8–12
- Dumbbell Rear Delt Row 3 × 10–12
- Bent-Over Two Arm Triceps Extension with Dumbbell 3 × 10–12
- Lying Leg Raise 3 × 12
In the app
- Every exercise here has a demo clip and written form cues in Gym Log+, so a name you don't know is a tap away from a picture of it.
- Swap anything. No cable machine? Replace the exercise from the logging screen and the plan keeps going.
- It runs on the Watch too. Start the day's workout on your wrist, log sets with the phone in your bag, and it all syncs afterward.
- Free, no account. The plan library, logging, and the Watch app are in the free tier. Nothing to sign up for.
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