Body-part split · 5 days
workout plan.

Intermediate · 5 days per week. A familiar bodybuilding week with high focus and simple session decisions. Use it as written or change every exercise in the Setz workout builder.

Try this split in Setz
Frequency5×

training days each week

Best forOne muscle group per day

one focused muscle-group session per day

RhythmChest / Back / Legs / Shoulders / Arms

Keep the order flexible around recovery.

Every day.
Every exercise.

This is a practical starting point, not a locked prescription. Keep the structure long enough to compare performance, then adjust volume and exercise choice to match your recovery and equipment.

Chest

  1. Barbell Bench Press
  2. Incline Dumbbell Press
  3. Machine Chest Press
  4. Cable Fly
  5. Pec Deck

Back

  1. Conventional Deadlift
  2. Pull-Up
  3. Barbell Row
  4. Lat Pulldown
  5. Seated Cable Row
  6. Barbell Shrug

Legs

  1. Back Squat
  2. Romanian Deadlift
  3. Leg Press
  4. Leg Extension
  5. Lying Leg Curl
  6. Standing Calf Raise

Shoulders

  1. Standing Overhead Press
  2. Machine Shoulder Press
  3. Dumbbell Lateral Raise
  4. Rear Delt Fly
  5. Face Pull

Arms

  1. Close-Grip Bench Press
  2. Barbell Curl
  3. Cable Triceps Pushdown
  4. Dumbbell Curl
  5. Cable Overhead Extension
  6. Hammer Curl

Run the split.
Beat your baseline.

Repeat comparable work.

Keep the main movements stable enough that weight, repetitions, and set volume mean something from one session to the next.

Make one clear move.

Add a clean repetition, use a small weight increase, or complete more useful work without letting technique collapse.

Review the whole week.

Use the Setz muscle overview to catch training gaps that one strong lift or one hard workout can hide.

Make the plan
repeatable.

Is this Body-part split · 5 days plan good for intermediate lifters?

It is designed as a intermediate starting point. Exercise technique, recovery, and available training time still decide whether the weekly workload is appropriate for you.

How long should I follow this workout split?

Keep the core structure stable for several comparable weeks. Change the plan when your schedule, recovery, equipment, or training goal changes—not because one workout felt unusually easy or hard.

How does Setz track progress on this plan?

Setz brings the previous weight and repetitions into each set, compares the completed volume, saves the workout baseline, and shows muscle-group coverage across the week.