Push pull legs: a complete three-day rotation.

A usable three-day push pull legs split with exercises, weekly schedule, progression and a route to six days only when appropriate.

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Push pull legs: a complete three-day rotation. This template is for a lifter who can train three reliable days and prefers sessions organised by movement and muscle group. Monday push, Wednesday pull and Friday legs. Keep the rest days when three days is the sustainable schedule.

Who this is for

A lifter who can train three reliable days and prefers sessions organised by movement and muscle group.

Most sessions should take roughly 50–75 minutes when rest periods and equipment access are predictable.

Weekly schedule

Monday push, Wednesday pull and Friday legs. Keep the rest days when three days is the sustainable schedule.

The sessions

Warm up for the movement and load in front of you. The listed sets are working sets.

  • Push: press, incline press, lateral raise, triceps extension
  • Pull: pulldown, supported row, reverse fly, curl
  • Legs: squat or leg press, Romanian deadlift, leg curl, calf raise

How to progress

Progress each exercise independently inside its rep range. Do not turn the split into six days merely because the name can repeat.

Keep one to three repetitions in reserve for most working sets unless the programme gives a different, deliberate target.

Substitutions

Preserve the movement role and target muscle when swapping. A leg press can replace a squat pattern when it is the better fit; it does not have to mimic the exact skill demand.

Common mistakes

Do not add exercises simply because the session felt short. Avoid changing several variables at once, and do not carry a missed session into the next day if that destroys the rest of the week.

Use it in Bulk Coach

Recreate the session as a saved workout, assign its weekday if the schedule is fixed, and choose each catalogue exercise by its intended movement role. One-click import is not claimed; review exercise names, sets and rep ranges before the first session.

Sources and further reading

  1. ACSM progression models for resistance training
  2. Proximity-to-failure systematic review
Updated 7 August 2026Reviewed by James Wood, founder