Bodyweight Workout Plan (No Equipment)
Push-ups, squats, lunges, bridges and core work — a structured plan you can do anywhere. A pull-up bar unlocks the back exercises.
Beginners and travellers without equipment.
Why this split
- Great for beginners: practise each movement often.
- Each major muscle is trained at least twice a week.
- Volume was trimmed to fit your time.
- No major muscle is trained on consecutive days.
Your training week
Mon
Full Body
Tue
Rest
Wed
Full Body
Thu
Rest
Fri
Full Body
Sat
Rest
Sun
Rest
MonFull Body A
≈19 min · 6 sets
QuadricepsHamstringsGlutesChestBackShouldersBicepsTricepsCalvesAbs
Warm-up: 5 minutes of easy cardio plus mobility for the joints you'll train. Before Reverse Lunge: 1 light set of 10–12 reps and 1 set of 4–6 at about 70% of your working weight.
Primary: Quadriceps, Glutes · Secondary: Hamstrings · Difficulty: Beginner
Reps8–12Primary: Chest · Secondary: Triceps, Shoulders, Abs · Difficulty: Beginner
Reps8–12Primary: Back · Secondary: Shoulders, Traps · Difficulty: Beginner
Reps10–15
WedFull Body B
≈19 min · 6 sets
QuadricepsHamstringsGlutesChestBackShouldersBicepsTricepsCalvesAbs
Warm-up: 5 minutes of easy cardio plus mobility for the joints you'll train. Before Bodyweight Squat: 1 light set of 10–12 reps and 1 set of 4–6 at about 70% of your working weight.
Primary: Quadriceps, Glutes · Secondary: Hamstrings · Difficulty: Beginner
Reps8–12Primary: Chest · Secondary: Triceps, Shoulders · Difficulty: Beginner
Reps8–12Primary: Back · Secondary: Biceps, Abs · Difficulty: Beginner
Reps8–12
FriFull Body C
≈19 min · 6 sets
QuadricepsHamstringsGlutesChestBackShouldersBicepsTricepsCalvesAbs
Warm-up: 5 minutes of easy cardio plus mobility for the joints you'll train. Before Reverse Lunge: 1 light set of 10–12 reps and 1 set of 4–6 at about 70% of your working weight.
Primary: Quadriceps, Glutes · Secondary: Hamstrings · Difficulty: Beginner
Reps8–12Primary: Chest · Secondary: Triceps, Shoulders, Abs · Difficulty: Beginner
Reps8–12Primary: Back · Secondary: Shoulders, Traps · Difficulty: Beginner
Reps10–15
How to run each session
- Warm-up (5–8 min)
- 3–5 minutes of easy cardio (bike, treadmill or jumping jacks), mobility for the joints you will train and 1–2 light sets of the first exercise before your working sets.
- Effort
- Finish each set feeling you could do 2–3 more reps. Technique first: the load will go up over time.
- How to progress (double progression)
- When you hit the top of the rep range on every set of an exercise, add 2–5% load next session and go back to the bottom of the range. Log your loads and reps.
- Deload week
- Every 6–8 weeks, do a week with half the sets at the same load to let your joints recover and come back stronger.
Your next 4 weeks
1Week 1
Learn the exercises and find your weights: finish sets with 3 reps left.
2Week 2
Add weight where it felt easy. Stop with 2 reps left.
3Week 3
Go for the top of the rep range. Stop 1–2 reps from failure.
4Week 4
Hit the top of the range on every set? Add 2–5% weight. Log everything to compare.
Every 6–8 weeks, take an easy week with half the sets.
For fitness: add 2–3 sessions of 20–30 minutes of cardio a week.
Weekly metrics
- Total weekly sets
- 18
- Sessions per week
- 3
- Avg. duration
- 19 min
- Exercises per session
- 3
Sets per muscle / week
- Chest6 / 6 · 3×/week
- Back6 / 6 · 3×/week
- Shoulders5 / 4 · 0×/week
- Biceps1 / 3 · 0×/week
- Triceps3 / 3 · 0×/week
- Quadriceps6 / 6 · 3×/week
- Hamstrings3 / 4 · 0×/week
- Glutes6 / 4 · 3×/week
- Calves0 / 3 · 0×/week
- Abs3 / 3 · 0×/week
Volume distribution
- Chest 15%
- Back 15%
- Shoulders 13%
- Biceps 3%
- Triceps 8%
- Quadriceps 15%
- Hamstrings 8%
- Glutes 15%
- Calves 0%
- Abs 8%
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