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Beginner Strength Program
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Beginner Strength Program

Full-body, three days a week, add a little weight when you earn it

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This is an 8-week bar-bell plan: squat, bench, row, deadlift, press, pull-up. You will warm up without exhausting yourself, add 2.5 kg when you hit the reps, and deload when you stall instead of inventing a new program every Monday.

What you'll learn

  • Setup cues for the five main lifts
  • The exact A/B split
  • When to add weight
  • What a deload actually is

Inside this course

  • The liftsYou are practicing five patterns, not collecting exercises.
  • The weekMon A, Wed B, Fri A, next week starts with B. Three days. Not six.
  • Add weight when you earn itAll prescribed reps, with a rep still in the tank, then the smallest plates next time.
  • Recover enough to repeat itThis is not a deficit-and-all-nighter hobby.

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Braced trunk, whole foot, stand fully. Every rep.
01Squat

Bar on the upper back, not the neck. Brace like someone will poke your stomach. Sit between the hips, knees track over toes, stand all the way up. Depth: hip crease below the knee if your hips allow it today.

If your heels pop up, you don't have a 'more weight' problem, you have a setup problem. Lower the load.

Deadlift
02Deadlift

Bar over mid-foot, shins to the bar, hips above knees, back flat, lats on. Push the floor away. Lockout without leaning into a banana.

If your back rounds, raise the bar on blocks or take weight off. Ego loading is how beginners quit.

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