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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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.
Take your gains to a whole new level with this challenging muscle building system. Super-8 training focuses on ramping sets of eight on big compound movements.
Learn how giant sets and density training can help ignite fat loss and spark new muscle growth. Feature includes sample push, pull, leg and fat burning workouts.
This program tackles 3 of the 5 different types of workouts that will hopefully keep your body growing in the right direction. Each phase is 4 weeks.
Maximize your muscular gains by utilizing this workout split! This split incorporates a breakdown of workout days, HIIT cardio days, and rest days!
This upper/lower split allows you to maximize your bodybuilding efforts by pushing for progressive overload using auto-regulation and a myriad of rep ranges and weights.
Build stronger, more defined forearms with targeted workouts, anatomy insights, and training tips to boost grip strength and complete your physique.
A variation on the classic push, pull, legs split, working shoulders and back on the same day, and biceps with legs. This workout was designed by Troy (tadolfi).
Follow the workout logs for Cycle 2 of the Cut Like Cutler trainer. Week 3 is Heavy training and Week 4 is more Moderate.
Follow the workout logs for Cycle 4 of the Cut Like Cutler trainer. Week 7 is Heavy training and Week 8 is more Moderate.
Follow the workout logs for Cycle 6 of the Cut Like Cutler trainer. Week 11 is Heavy training and Week 12 is more Moderate.
Most workout routines are designed for the evening lifter. If you're an early riser, we've got the perfect morning workout routine and advice for you!
Finding an appropriate workout program can be hard for taller lifters. So, we created a push/pull/legs workout split that's designed for the tall crowd.
Are you stuck in a plateau? Do you want to increase your strength, size, and muscular definition? Use these exercises to design your own routine, and send your body into an anabolic state.
They say Father Time is undefeated, but that doesn't mean you can't make gains all of your life. Check out these training strategies for older athletes.
Pro bodybuilder RJ Perkins combines aspects of Layne Norton's PHAT, Wendler's 5/3/1 and Westside training into a muscle building system that packs a punch.
Are you training with optimal training volume? Check out this workout plan to ensure you're putting the right amount of stress on your muscles for gains!
4 day "Mini-Dozer" Bulldozer Training muscle building split. Combines rest-pause sets with progressive resistance. Lower volume variation.
Finding an appropriate workout program can be hard for taller women. So, we created a full body workout routine that's designed for them.
New to the gym scene? This third 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.
Mr. Olympia competitor and Team Muscletech member Branch Warren shares his pre-contest 5 day training split, along with a sample eating and supplementation plan.
Want bigger arms? These three convenient and efficient giant sets will help you stretch sleeves and achieve the pump of your dreams in 30 minutes or less.
It's time to get nasty in the gym. This muscle building approach has you working both squats and deadlifts on the same day, alternating between heavy and volume days.
If you're trying to add lean muscle quickly, the huge in a hurry workout program is perfect for you! Try out this 3 day a week program to build muscle!
Build the body you want using the fundamentals. Focus your will to succeed and get bigger, stronger and leaner during the new year with this complete workout & diet plan.
Blast your body with this potent muscle building workout by Steve Shaw. This four day plan is an upper/lower training split which cycles intensity over a 3 week period.
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!
Not everyone wants to be a bodybuilder. This workout is perfect for the college student who wants to build muscle with the primary goal of looking great at the beach.
