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Three Sets to Success

Jeremy Williams- Bodybuilder

3 SETS TO SUCCESS        Jeremy Williams Exercise Program

 

Williams Program Basic Weight Training Guidelines

 

  1. Train each body part once a week with intensity (to failure).
  2. 3-6 sets per body part
  3. 1-3 sets per exercise
  4. 1-6 exercises per body part
  5. Train each set to failure
  6. Train with good form
  7. Do not do movements that hurt a pre-existing injury

 

Bodypart workout template example

 

Warm up set  20-40 reps

Exercise # 1

1-2 sets

12-20 reps

 

Exercise # 2

1-2 sets

8-12 reps

 

Exercise # 3

1-2 sets

3-8 reps

 

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Quads

Calves

Chest

Abs

Back

(Upper & lower)

Hams

Calves

Shoulders

(Delts & Traps)

Biceps

Forearms

Triceps

abs

Mon (Quads & Calves)

 

Quads

 

Note – Warm up sets = light, controlled, good form, not to failure, and increase in weight from sets one through three.

 

Warm up set #1 – Squats – Rep range 15 – 20 – Squats Wide stance

Warm up set #2 – Squats – Rep range  8 – 15 – Squats Close stance

Warm up set #3 – Squats – Rep range  1 – 8 – Shoulder width stance

 

Stretch Legs

 

Working Set #1 – Rep range 1 – 8 – Squats –  Shoulder width stance

Working Set #2 – Rep range 1 – 8 – Squats –  Shoulder width stance

Working Set #3 – Rep range 8 -15 – Squats – Squats Close stance

Working Set #4 – Rep range 15 -20 – Squats -Squats Wide stance

 

Calves

Warm up set #1 – Standing calf raises

Warm up set #2 – Standing calf raises

Warm up set #3 -Standing calf raises

 

Working Set #1 – Rep range 1 – 8 – Standing calf raises –  Toes straight

Working Set #2 – Rep range 1 – 8 – Standing calf raises –  Toes straight

Working Set #3 – Rep range 8 -15 – Standing calf raises – Toes out

Working Set #4 – Rep range 15 -20 – Standing calf raises -Toes in

 

Tue (Chest & Abs)

Chest

 

Note – Warm up sets = light, controlled, good form, not to failure, and increase in weight from sets one through three.

 

Warm up set #1 – Bench Press – Rep range 15 – 20 – Close grip

Warm up set #2 – Bench Press – Rep range  8 – 15 – Wide grip

Warm up set #3 – Bench Press – Rep range  1 – 8 – Shoulder or mid  grip

 

Stretch chest, shoulders, and triceps

Wed (Back)

Bent over rows

 

Thu (Hamstrings & Calves)

Straight leg deadlifts

Standing calf raises

 

Fri (Shoulders (Delts & Traps)

Side lateral raises

Front lateral raises

Rear lateral raises

Shrugs

 

Sat (Biceps & Forearms)

Curls

Wrist curls

Reverse grip wrist curls

 

Sun (Triceps)

 

Overhead tricep extensions

 

Examples of weekly body part groupings

 

7 days/week program option

Day 1 Quads, Calves

Day 2 Chest

Day 3 Back

Day 4 Hams, Calves

Day 5 Shoulders

Day 6 Biceps

Day 7 triceps

 

6 days/week program option

1 Day off per week. You may adjust where your “Off day falls depending on your preference

Day 1 Legs (quads, hamstrings, calves)

Day 2 Chest

Day 3 Back

Day 4 Shoulders (deltoid, trapezius)

Day 5 Biceps

Day 6 Triceps

 

5 days/week program option

2 Days off per week. You may adjust where your “Off days fall depending on your preference

Day 1 Legs (quads, hamstrings, calves

Day 2 Chest

Day 3 Back

Day 4 Shoulders (deltoid, trapezius)

Day 5 Biceps, Triceps

 

4 days/week program option

3 Days off per week. You may adjust where your “Off days fall depending on your preference

Day 1 Legs (quads, hamstrings, calves

Day 2 Chest, Triceps

Day 3 Back, Biceps

Day 4 Shoulders  (deltoid, trapezius)

 

4 days/week program option

3 Days off per week. You may adjust where your “Off days fall depending on your preference

Day 1 Legs (quads, hamstrings, calves

Day 2 Chest, Shoulders (deltoid, trapezius)

Day 3 Back

Day 4 Biceps, Triceps

 

4 days/week program option

3 Days off per week. You may adjust where your “Off days fall depending on your preference

Day 1 Legs (quads, hamstrings, calves)

Day 2 Chest

Day 3 Back, Biceps

Day 4 Triceps, Shoulders (deltoid, trapezius)

 

3 days/week program option

4Days off per week. You may adjust where your “Off days fall depending on your preference

Day 1 Legs (quads, hamstrings, calves)

Day 2 Chest, Triceps, Shoulders (deltoid, trapezius)

Day 3 Back, Biceps