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Toning, female-focused, 3 workouts/week, 12 week program templateFile > Make a copyFile > Download > ...
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Workout 1 - Lower body
Weekly volume target increase (1-5% or more as necessary)
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ExerciseSetWeight (lbs)Target RepsRepsVolume (sets*weight*reps)5.00%
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Goblet Squats1120
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Information about this workout template
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312The purpose of this spreadsheet
The pupose of this spreadsheet is to guide you in a workout program if you're just starting out. Each tab represents one week and holds 3 workouts for that week.
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Dumbbell Romanian Deadlifts1120
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212General strategy
To progress in fitness, it is important to increase the difficulty of your workouts over time. This spreadsheet will automatically suggest increases in the amount of repetions (reps) or weight that you do for each exercise week after week.
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Dumbbell Walking Lunges1120Yellow highlighting
The only cells that you need to fill out are the yellow cells. You will input the amount of weight and the reps that you did for that set of that exercise. Everything else is automatically calculated.
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Each exercise is hyperlinked to a demonstration video.
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Barbell Hip Thrusts1120
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212Reps and target reps
In the yellow "Reps" column, enter the amount of reps you did for each set using the "Target Reps" column as a goal for the amount of reps to do.
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Leg Press1120Weight and target weight
In the yellow "Weight" column, enter the amount of weight you did for each set using the "Target Weight" column as a goal.
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In the first week, there is no "Target Weight" column because there is no baseline. Just start by testing out a weight to use and aim for the "Target Reps"
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Bulgarian Split Squats1120
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212Volume
In weight lifting, volume is a convenient way to keep track of how much work you have done in a particular exercise and is defined as the sets*weight*reps for that exercise in one workout. Research shows a clear dose-response relationship between training volume and muscle development. The greater your training volume, the greater your gains will be.
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Weekly volume target
If you are just starting out, your weekly volume increases can be huge as you learn and improve technique for an exercise. As you settle into your training, weekly volume increases of 1-5% are more reasonable. However, it is totally normal to not hit your volume goals every week.
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Workout 2 - Upper body
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ExerciseSetWeight (lbs)Target RepsRepsVolume (sets*weight*reps)Rest time
Rest time can vary depending on the training but this workout plan was designed with 1-1.5 minute rest intervals between sets. In this way, workouts should take less than 1 hour.
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Dumbbell Bench Press1120
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212Warmup sets
Each set in the workout plan refers to "working sets" which are sets of your target weight for target number of reps. It doesn't count any lighter or easier sets you did to warm up to that weight.
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Machine Shoulder Press1120Questions?
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Lat Pulldown1120
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Rope Triceps Extension1150
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Seated Cable Row1120
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Workout 3 - Full body (lower body focus)
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ExerciseSetWeight (lbs)Target RepsRepsVolume (sets*weight*reps)
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Dumbbell Sumo Squats1120
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Cable Flys1150
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Bent-over Barbell Rows1120
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Dumbbell Deadlift1120
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Dumbbell Step-Ups1120
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