Good for active individuals
Busy schedule, no gym nearby, or just prefer training at home? You can still build real strength. What matters is not the equipment, it is following a clear plan and making each week a little harder than the last.
Cover the key movements
A well-rounded home workout includes a squat, a hip hinge, a push, a pull, a single-leg exercise and some core work. Train all of them across the week and you will build strength from head to toe.
- Squat: goblet squat or bodyweight squat
- Hinge: dumbbell Romanian deadlift or single-leg hip hinge
- Push: push-ups, from incline to feet elevated
- Pull: dumbbell or backpack rows
- Single leg: lunges, split squats and step-ups
- Core: dead bugs, planks and side planks
Make it harder over time
Your body adapts to what you ask of it, so the work has to progress. With dumbbells, add a little weight or a few reps. With bodyweight, move to a harder variation, slow the lowering phase to three seconds, add a pause, or add a set.
Use effort as your guide
Finish most sets feeling like you could do two or three more good reps. That is hard enough to make progress and easy enough to keep your form sharp.
Three sessions a week is plenty
Thirty-five to forty-five minutes, three times a week, with at least one rest day between sessions, is enough to see real progress. Track your workouts so you always know what to beat next time.
The Home Strength Program gives you all of this in a six-week plan, with a dumbbell and a bodyweight option for every exercise.
Want it laid out for you? The Home Strength Program: 6 weeks of home workouts with dumbbell and bodyweight options, as a fillable PDF you can start today.
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