I can’t find one, like not one that seems decent.
I only see Upper Lower Rest - PPL Or PPL Rest UL
But they all have a rest day somewhere between monday and friday.
I really need a plan from Monday to Friday (weekends off) cause every second weekend I could end up not going to the gym and skipping that.
So my current plan is this, I structured it myself but I was wondering if anyone could look over it or maybe really show me an “ideal” upper lower split with 3 upper days?
Here is my current idea
Upper A (Full Upper Focused, Chest Focused and AMRAP Chest Press Machine:
- Incline Dumbbell Bench Press 3x9-12
- Wide Grip Lat Pulldowns 3x9-12
- Machine Chest Press 1x5-8; 2x9-12, 4. Set is AMRAP (65% weight, 45 second pause after last set)
- T Bar Rows Neutral Close Grip 3x9-12
- Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press 3x9-12
- Cable Rope Hammer Curls 3x9-12
- Overhead Cable Tricep Extensions 3x9-12
Lower A:
- Barbell Squats 1x6-9; 2x9-12
- Unilateral Leg Curls 3x9-12
- Bilateral Leg Extensions 3x9-12
- Smithmachine Calf Raises 3x9-12 with 1x AMRAP (80% weight, 45 second Rest)
- Cable Abductor 3x10-15
- Decline Crunches 2x to failure bodyweight
Wednesday was my Fat Oxidation Optimization Session day, where I’d just do 1 Hour of Zone 2 around 130 bpm incline walking.
Thursday Upper B (Push Day)
- Incline Dumbbell Benchpress 2x6-9; 1x9-12
- Seated DB Shoulder Press 3x9-12
- Machine Chest Press 3x9-12
- EZ Bar Skullcrushers 2x9-12; 1x6-9
- Unilateral Cable Pushdowns 3x10-15
- Lateral Cable Raises 3x12-16
Friday Upper C (Pull Day)
- Neutral Grip Pull Ups 3x5-10
- T Bar Rows Wide Grip 3x9-12; 1 AMRAP (50% weight, 45 second rest)
- Cable Hammer Curls 2x9-12; 1x6-9 + AMRAP (50% Weight, 30 second rest)
- Cable Face Pulls 3x10-15
- EZ Bar Curls 3x10-15
Saturday Lower B (which I skip a lot cause of family, friends,…)
- RDLs 2x5-7; 1x9-12
- Leg Press 2x6-9; 1x9-12 + AMRAP (50% weight, 45 second rest)
- Unilateral Leg Extensions 3x9-12
- Bilateral Leg Curls 3x9-12
- Leg Press Machine Calf Raises (3x10-15)
- Cable Adductor 3x10-15
- Leg Raises 2x to failure
You guys think I could skip the rest day on wednesday and just do UpperLowerPushPullLegs Rest Rest or how could I modifiy it so I don’t skip my saturday anymore?
So that was the plan I made like a month ago but tend to skip saturdays which isnt optimal in my opinion.
My new plan in short would be doing this:
- Incline Dumbbell Bench Press 3x9-12
- Wide Grip Lat Pulldowns 3x9-12
- Machine Chest Press 1x5-8; 2x9-12, 4. Set is AMRAP (65% weight, 45 second pause after last set)
- T Bar Rows Neutral Close Grip 3x9-12
- Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press 3x9-12
- Cable Rope Hammer Curls 3x9-12
- Overhead Cable Tricep Extensions 3x9-12
every Monday Wednesday and Friday, but changing the order for “A”, “B”, “C” versions. A would be Chest starting + 1 AMRAP on Chest exercise. B Would be replacing wide grip lat pulldowns with Pull Ups and starting the session with Pull and C would be basically starting with Shoulders.
But is it possible to manage fatigue with 3 full"body"upper days?
Or maybe another question:
Could I do 2 Sets of Lat Pulldowns and 2 Sets of T Bar Rows on Monday but then do 3 hard sets of Cable Rows + 3 Sets of Pull Ups on Wednesday? My Back should be recovered from 4 sets of monday til Wednesday? Then I could just play around with sets (Monday 2 Sets Lat, 2 Sets back, Wednesday 2 Sets Lat, 2 Sets Back and Friday 4 Sets of Lat and 4 Sets of Back) and do this with all muscle groups.
So instead of doing Biceps Curls on Monday, I’d just do them only on wednesday and friday, while I do Triceps on Monday and thursday?
This is really frustrating to me. I also don’t see how I could get my volume in by just 2x Upper days. Imagine if I do my day “A” twice a week. I’d only have 6 Sets of Lat Pulldowns and 6 sets of Rows the whole week without Pull Ups.
It may be helpful to consider that your program does not necessarily have to fit into a 7-day week as such, just a thought.
For example, my current split is a 4-day split. I just do the 4 days in order continuously. I take a rest day when I need it, or when I’m too busy, so it varies by week. Then I’ll pick up the next day in my programme when I’m back in the gym.
Say I manage to work out 6 days this week, I might do:
- Mon: glutes/hamstrings
- Tue: back/biceps
- Wed: quads/calves
- Thu: chest/shoulders/triceps
- Fri: glutes/hamstrings
- Sat: back/biceps
- Sun: rest
At the start of the next week, I just pick up where I left off - so Monday would be quads/calves, and so on. Does that make sense? My muscles don’t care what day of the week it is anyway, only about frequency and rest.
You could choose PPL but not fixing it to days of the week, using a similar approach to what I’m doing.
You can also choose to do PPLUL over 5 weekdays, and then have two days off - I think either approach would be fine.

