Muscle Building Workouts
Our workouts database has hundreds of free workout plans designed for building muscle. The workouts are created by fitness experts and come with a free downloadable PDF you can reference when training. Use the filters below to find the best workout for your goal, training experience and equipment access.
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10-Week Lean & Strong Program for Women 40+
A 4-day strength training program for women over 40 designed to build muscle, burn fat, and improve fitness with simple nutrition and recovery support.
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Dumbbell Only Workout: Increase Your Bench Press in 8 Weeks
No barbell? No problem. This 8-week dumbbell workout is designed for beginners and home gym lifters to increase bench press strength.
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Stronger Together: 8-Week Parent & Teen Workout Program
This workout program is designed to build strength, improve fitness, and create lasting habits, and is designed for beginners and experienced lifters training together.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger idolized bodybuilding legend Reg Park. This workout, provided by Kaya Park (Reg Park's grandson) was used by Arnold and yielded great results.
This 4 day split by Scrutiny from Muscle & Strength is an effective muscle building workout that features an arm day sure to provide results.
Hoping to be crowned MVP of your intramural team? Gain the edge during the course of the week and become a true weekend warrior with this workout!
This highly effective strength and muscle building 5x5 workout by Bill Starr illustrates the importance of making systematic progression to drive gains.
An intense workout system focusing on training to failure, offering an alternative to the various high volume muscle building workout routines.
Tired of being a hardgainer? This program contains a detailed workout and progression scheme, along with eating advice and a sample daily diet plan.
Need a workout that fits your busy lifestyle and that you can perform in just 2 days per week? We've got you covered with this 2 day A/B full-body program.
A complete push, pull, legs muscle building workout program. Includes information on recovery, nutritional guidelines and supplement advice.
Shock your muscles with this full body workout! Each muscle is targeted with 2 exercises that train a different function of the muscle for optimal gains!
Finding an appropriate workout program can be hard for taller lifters. So, we created a 5 day muscle building split that's designed for the tall crowd.
In this month's Bodybuilding Icons segment we take a look at the original bodybuilder, Eugen Sandow, and his early form of training methods.
Finally! A three day workout split variation for the wildly popular Power, Muscle, Burn muscle building system. Thousands of people have used this system successfully.
It's time to go retro. This 3 month specialization program has you in the gym for 10 workouts each week. Back it with plenty of sleep and food for all kinds of gains!
This workout program incorporates an old-school training method and is designed to help you maximize your gains! Muscle Mass Inflation is a muscle building workout that will take you from small to swole.
Time for some blood and guts! Set aside volume training and focus on quality above quantity. This 4 day workout split is based upon the training style of Dorian Yates.
No equipment, no time? No problem! Using only dumbbells, bands and your bodyweight, Brad Borland shows you how to train for gains using supersets.
Welcome to phase training, where you'll change your workouts every so often to keep things interesting. This phase is for those looking to build muscle!
This is a starter workout designed for absolute beginners to muscle building. It is a 3 day a week routine which works all the major muscle groups in 1 session.
Nothing pretty here! You're about to become a big, bad anti-hero behemoth. This no frills, get it done 4 day workout split will help you pack on both muscle and strength.
Work out like the first avenger, Captain America, with this Chris Evans inspired workout program. Read more to learn how you can transform your physique!
Work out like Guardians of the Galaxy's Drax the Destroyer with this Dave Bautista inspired workout program! Read on and start building beastly muscle!
This 4 day workout routine is aimed at the intermediate to advanced bodybuilder who is currently in their growth cycle. Legs have been split up into 2 separate days.
If you're just wrapping up Phase 1 of The Next Step Intermediate Workout Program, we've got Phase 2 ready for you! Keep the gains coming with this series!
Paired with MuscleTech's Clear Muscle, this workout is designed to build muscle through a 3-phase training protocol that focuses on hypertrophy, power, and strength!
This workout has been designed for new weightlifters looking to build forearm muscle. It hits the forearms with two exercises, one set per exercise.
This program combines the concepts of training volume, progressive overload, and muscular tension in order to build strength and muscle while prioritizing lagging body parts.
Follow the workout logs for Cycle 1 of the Cut Like Cutler trainer. Week 1 is Heavy training and Week 2 is more Moderate.
Follow the workout logs for Cycle 3 of the Cut Like Cutler trainer. Week 5 is Heavy training and Week 6 is more Moderate.
This 4 day split by natural bodybuilding champion Sean Sullivan relies heavily on 6x6 training to encourage rapid strength and muscle gains.
Follow the workout logs for Cycle 5 of the Cut Like Cutler trainer. Week 9 is Heavy training and Week 10 is more Moderate.
Building lean muscle mass requires you to do a lot of things right. Kick start your efforts with this 6 day workout plan & guide to efficient muscle building.
Beef up your back with this back specialization routine from natural bodybuilding champion Sean Sullivan.
Massive traps can transform an ordinary bodybuilder into an extraordinary bodybuilder. Build big, beefy, beastly trap muscles now!
Does work have you trapped indoors all day? Enjoy the sunshine by taking your training to the great outdoors with this playground workout routine!
This 6 day workout split builds muscle by lowering the total volume in each workout and increasing the intensity on every lift. Read on to learn more!
Build a beastly body by alternating between intensity weeks and power weeks. Mr. NC Joe Ohrablo presents his incredibly effective muscle building system.
There's more than one way to prepare for tailgating for this week's game. Get jacked and rock your team's swag with pride by performing this workout!
This is the 4 day workout split of Team Scivation sponsored athlete and WNBF pro bodybuilder Kurt "The Animal" Weidner.
Build lean muscle like an absolute maniac with this 10 week workout program. This 6 day upper/lower workout maximizes frequency and volume to give you results!
Make use of non-conventional training tools including kettlebells, sandbags, stones and bodyweight lifts, and build muscle and strength.
Get both a jacked and athletic physique by performing this 6 week program. The program focuses on the muscles of the posterior chain to make you functional.
New to the gym scene? This second part of the Start from Scratch program can be used as a road map to help you learn how to build muscle the right way.
In this edition of a series of Planet Fitness appropriate workouts, we provide a push/pull workout one could do with the equipment at Planet Fitness
Don't waste your bodybuilding off-season by overconsuming calories and half-assing it in the gym. Instead, follow this program and make it progress season!
A lot of lifters have one single and simple goal - get huge. If you're looking for a workout program to get huge with, give this 12 week program a try!
Build muscle as quickly as possible using this 20-week program that features 3 unique stages: neuromuscular adaptation, conditioning, and maximization.
MuscleTech athlete and All-Pro tight end, Vernon Davis, takes us through his offseason muscle building push-pull superset workout. Give it a shot yourself!
This is a 4 day workout variation of one of the most popular training systems on M&S. You will hammer your muscles into effective growth using timed sets and supersets.
When using LoHiLo you will alternate between intense superset-focused weeks and the 12 to 16 rep range, and strength focused weeks that utilize 2 reps per set.
Looking for a new muscle-building challenge? This 8-week high-intensity training methodology pushes you to failure, not once but three times, for the ultimate pump.
