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No. 05 — Training System · Your First MuscleFirst Build Beginner · 10 Weeks · 3 Days/Wk · Full-body
Training System

First Build

Ten weeks to put on your first real, visible muscle — more volume than Foundations, honest hypertrophy ranges, and a plate built to grow on.

LevelBeginner
Length10 Weeks
Schedule3 days / wk
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Three sessions
Hypertrophy ranges
Progressive overload
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The program

Once the movements feel natural, the question becomes how to grow. First Build is the answer for a beginner: more sets in the rep ranges where muscle is actually built, paired with eating enough to grow.

For beginners ready to put on their first real, visible muscle.

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How it runs

The arc
01–04VolumeBuild weekly sets in the growth ranges.
05–08IntensifyAdd load; push closer to failure.
09PeakVolume to its useful ceiling.
10DeloadBack off and grow into it.
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What's inside

01Three sessionsEvery muscle hit weekly.
02Hypertrophy rangesThe right reps and the right volume.
03Progressive overloadAimed squarely at size.
04The eat-to-grow platePaired with Eating to Grow.
05Week + lift logsWatch the numbers climb.
04

The science

First Build is built on what we publish in Studies. Read the evidence behind the method, then come back and put it to work.

Make it a system

The Beginner step of the Build Muscle path. See the path →
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A properly designed program — 13 pages — built to read on any device and print at home, plus the trackers that go with it.

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