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Example exercise schedule When building an exercise schedule for weight loss, people can try to incorporate a range of cardiovascular and strength-building exercises.

You won't make gym progress without structure, so you'll need to make a workout plan. Use these tips for your framework, then you'll make more gains.

For example, you might do six rounds rather than five of the pressing workout, or complete SparHawk once through, rest for a few minutes, then repeat it, trying to beat your first time.

If you’re doing a pull day (see workout splits below), you might start with a bent-over row (compound), move on to a chinup (compound), and then transition to biceps curl (isolation), for example.

That’s the minimum frequency required for consistent adaptation (e.g., growth), so if your weekly schedule only allows two trips to the gym, make them both total-body sessions (see “total-body ...