jeff seid workout routine

Five body-part workouts use descending rep pyramids, reduced-weight sets, supersets and bodyweight rep-outs.

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Week by week

Every workout, as Catalyst would give it to you.

Workout 1

Monday
  • Incline barbell bench press
    1 × 10, 2 × 8, 1 × 6
  • Dumbbell flat bench press
    1 × 10, 2 × 8, 1 × 6
  • Incline dumbbell fly
    1 × 10, 3 × 8
  • Parallel-bar dip
    3 × max
  • Cable chest fly
    1 × 12, 1 × 10, 1 × 8
  • Standing machine calf raise
    5 sets · 8–20 reps
  • Seated machine calf raise
    5 sets · 10–25 reps

Workout 2

Tuesday

This workout’s sets follow from your answers on the day.

jeff seid workout routine asks you questions before this workout, so its sets follow from your answers on the day.

Where it takes you

Each activity’s target, workout by workout.

jeff seid workout routine asks you questions before each workout, so its targets can’t be worked out ahead.

What it trains

Working sets in the first week for each muscle, counted once for each muscle an exercise trains.

  • Pectorals11
  • Calf muscles10
  • Anterior deltoids11
  • Serratus anterior11
  • Triceps11
  • Foot muscles10
Sets a week by muscle
MuscleMain moverHelping
Pectorals110
Calf muscles100
Anterior deltoids011
Serratus anterior011
Triceps011
Foot muscles010

The schedule

5 workouts a week, on Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri.

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Then it starts again from week 1, carrying on from the weights you reached.

How it works

The program’s own rules, as Catalyst runs them.

Do the weekly workouts in order. Choose your weights for each workout and keep to the repetition targets. Before starting any work without a set amount, decide how much you will do.

What you need

Everything its exercises call for. Missing something? The app suggests swaps that train the same thing.

  • Adjustable bench
  • Barbell
  • Cable stack
  • Dumbbells
  • Flat bench
  • Leg extension machine
  • Leg press machine
  • Lying leg curl machine
  • Parallel bars
  • Pull-up bar
  • Reverse-fly machine
  • Seated calf machine
  • Squat rack

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