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5-day endurance workout plan Endurance Volume Block
Five days of high aerobic volume with one interval day and one strength day, written for endurance athletes in a build phase.
- Level
- Advanced
- Days a week
- 5
- Per session
- 38–83 min
- Goal
- Endurance
- Equipment
- Machine, Barbell, Kettlebell

Workout schedule
5 days a week · 13 exercises · select a name for its video and how-to
Tick a box for each set you finish, or write in the reps you got. Every exercise's how-to is at gymvim.app/exercises.
Day 1 · ~83 min Long Run
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Treadmill Run
Calves · Machine
1 sets of 1h 10m
- Movement
- Cardio
- Primary
- Calves, Glutes, Quads
- Also works
- Abs, Hamstrings
- Exercise level
- Beginner
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Single-Leg Standing Calf Raise
Calves · Bodyweight
3 sets of 25 reps · 0:40 rest
0:40 rest
- Movement
- Isolation
- Primary
- Calves
- Exercise level
- Beginner
Day 2 · ~53 min Tempo Bike
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Indoor Cycling (Spin Bike)
Quads · Machine
6 sets of 6m · 2:00 rest
2:00 rest
- Movement
- Cardio
- Primary
- Quads
- Also works
- Calves, Glutes, Hamstrings
- Exercise level
- Beginner
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Front Plank on Elbows
Abs · Bodyweight
3 sets of 45s · 0:45 rest
0:45 rest
- Movement
- Core
- Primary
- Abs
- Also works
- Front Delts, Glutes, Quads
- Exercise level
- Beginner
Day 3 · ~39 min Interval Row
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Rowing Intervals
Quads · Machine
10 sets of 2m · 1:00 rest
1:00 rest
- Movement
- Cardio
- Primary
- Quads, Upper Back
- Also works
- Abs, Biceps, Glutes, Hamstrings
- Exercise level
- Intermediate
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Machine 45 Degree Back Extension
Abs · Machine
3 sets of 20 reps · 1:00 rest
1:00 rest
- Movement
- Hinge
- Primary
- Abs
- Exercise level
- Beginner
Day 4 · ~38 min Support Strength
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Barbell Squat
Quads · Barbell
4 sets of 8 reps · 2:30 rest
2:30 rest
- Movement
- Squat
- Primary
- Quads
- Also works
- Glutes
- Exercise level
- Intermediate
-
Barbell Stiff Leg Deadlifts
Glutes · Barbell
3 sets of 10 reps · 2:00 rest
2:00 rest
- Movement
- Hinge
- Primary
- Glutes, Hamstrings
- Also works
- Abs
- Exercise level
- Intermediate
-
Lying Leg Curl
Hamstrings · Machine
3 sets of 15 reps · 1:00 rest
1:00 rest
- Movement
- Isolation
- Primary
- Hamstrings
- Also works
- Calves
- Exercise level
- Beginner
-
Kettlebell Farmers Carry
Forearms · Kettlebell
4 sets of 60m · 1:00 rest
1:00 rest
- Movement
- Carry
- Primary
- Forearms
- Exercise level
- Beginner
Day 5 · ~60 min Easy Long Mix
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Elliptical
Glutes · Machine
1 sets of 40m
- Movement
- Cardio
- Primary
- Glutes, Quads
- Also works
- Abs, Front Delts, Hamstrings
- Exercise level
- Beginner
-
Ski Erg
Abs · Machine
1 sets of 15m
- Movement
- Cardio
- Primary
- Abs, Triceps, Upper Back
- Also works
- Chest, Front Delts, Glutes, Quads
- Exercise level
- Intermediate
-
Elbow Side Plank
Abs · Bodyweight
3 sets of 45s · 0:45 rest
0:45 rest
- Movement
- Core
- Primary
- Abs
- Exercise level
- Beginner
About this plan
Who it's for
For people with years of training behind them. You'll need the equipment listed above.
Not the right fit?
- Want something less demanding: Endurance Machine Split, intermediate, 4 days a week.
- Training at home: Bodyweight Stamina Builder, intermediate, 3 days a week, no equipment.
What to expect
Each week is 45 working sets across 13 exercises, about 4 h 35 min in total.
Sets run from 8 to 25 reps, with 0:40 to 2:30 of rest between them.
Main muscles: Calves, Glutes, Quads, Abs, Upper Back, Hamstrings, Forearms, Triceps.
How to progress
Endurance builds by doing a little more work at the same effort.
- Change one thing. Add a few seconds to a timed interval, a round to a circuit, or a few reps to a set. Keep everything else as it was until the change feels routine.
- Volume before speed. Add volume before you add speed: a session you finish does more than a faster one you abandon halfway.
- Measure in months. Progress at this level is slow and measured over months. Small improvements count, and an easier week every so often helps you keep training hard the rest of the time.
If the numbers stop moving: If nothing moves for several weeks, look at sleep and recovery before adding more work.












