3-day muscular endurance workout plan High Rep Machine Endurance

Three machine sessions in the 15 to 20 rep range with short rests, training muscle to keep working once it starts to burn.

Level
Beginner
Days a week
3
Per session
44–54 min
Goal
Muscular endurance
Equipment
Machine, Cable Machine
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Workout schedule

3 days a week · 15 exercises · select a name for its video and how-to

Day 1 · ~51 min Endurance A

5 exercises · 15 sets · ~51 min

  1. Machine Leg Press Glutes · Machine 3 sets of 20 reps · 0:45 rest 0:45 rest
  2. Machine Chest Press Chest · Machine 3 sets of 18 reps · 0:45 rest 0:45 rest
  3. Machine Seated Cable Row Lats · Cable Machine 3 sets of 18 reps · 0:45 rest 0:45 rest
  4. Calf Press Calves · Machine 3 sets of 25 reps · 0:40 rest 0:40 rest
  5. Machine Crunch Abs · Machine 3 sets of 25 reps · 0:40 rest 0:40 rest

Day 2 · ~44 min Endurance B

5 exercises · 15 sets · ~44 min

  1. Machine Hack Squat Quads · Machine 3 sets of 20 reps · 0:45 rest 0:45 rest
  2. Machine Pulldown Lats · Machine 3 sets of 18 reps · 0:45 rest 0:45 rest
  3. Machine Plate Loaded Front Military Press Front Delts · Machine 3 sets of 18 reps · 0:45 rest 0:45 rest
  4. Seated Leg Curl Hamstrings · Machine 3 sets of 20 reps · 0:40 rest 0:40 rest
  5. Hand Plank Abs · Bodyweight 3 sets of 45s · 0:40 rest 0:40 rest

Day 3 · ~54 min Endurance C

5 exercises · 15 sets · ~54 min

  1. Machine Neutral Row Lats · Machine 3 sets of 20 reps · 0:50 rest 0:50 rest
  2. Machine Leg Extension Quads · Machine 3 sets of 25 reps · 0:45 rest 0:45 rest
  3. Machine Pec Fly Chest · Machine 3 sets of 20 reps · 0:45 rest 0:45 rest
  4. Machine Hip Abduction Glutes · Machine 3 sets of 25 reps · 0:35 rest 0:35 rest
  5. Kneeling Cable Crunch Abs · Cable Machine 3 sets of 25 reps · 0:35 rest 0:35 rest

About this plan

Who it's for

For anyone new to training, or coming back after a long break. You'll need the equipment listed above.

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What to expect

Each week is 45 working sets across 15 exercises, about 2 h 30 min in total.

Sets run from 18 to 25 reps, with 0:35 to 0:50 of rest between them.

Main muscles: Glutes, Quads, Chest, Lats, Calves, Abs, Front Delts, Hamstrings.

How to progress

Endurance builds by doing a little more work at the same effort.

  1. 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.
  2. Volume before speed. Add volume before you add speed: a session you finish does more than a faster one you abandon halfway.
  3. Learn the movements. In your first weeks much of the progress is learning the movements, and it comes quickly. Keep the load light enough that every rep looks the same, and expect to add a little most weeks.

If you miss a week: Repeat the last session you finished rather than skipping ahead.

When it gets easy: Muscular Endurance Split, the same goal at intermediate level, 4 days a week.

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