2-Day Beginner Gym Workout Plan to Lose Fat

Two full-body sessions a week to lose fat while keeping your muscle. Made for gym beginners with only two slots to spare.

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Week 1, day by day

Full body A

≈ 30 min
Warm-up (5 min)
  • Ride the bike or walk on the treadmill for 3 minutes to warm up.
  • Do 10 shoulder rolls and 10 bodyweight squats.
  • For your first exercise, do one light set of 10 reps.
  1. Leg press

    Leg press

    3 × 12 · rest 60 s

    Push through your whole foot and don't lock your knees at the top.

  2. Machine chest press

    Machine chest press

    3 × 12 · rest 60 s

    Keep your shoulder blades pinned to the pad and press without arching your back.

  3. Seated cable row

    Seated cable row

    4 × 12 · rest 60 s

    Pull your elbows back and squeeze your shoulder blades, keeping your back straight.

  4. Machine shoulder press

    Machine shoulder press

    2 × 12 · rest 60 s

    Press up without arching your back and lower slowly.

  5. Seated leg curl

    Seated leg curl

    2 × 12 · rest 60 s

    Curl your heels under you, then return slowly with your hips pressed back.

  6. Plank

    Plank

    2 × 30 s · rest 45 s

    Keep head, back and legs in one line and brace your abs without sagging.

Full body B

≈ 30 min

Same warm-up as the first session.

  1. Dumbbell squat

    Dumbbell squat

    3 × 12 · rest 60 s

    Hold a dumbbell in each hand at your sides, sit your hips back with a straight back and your heels down.

  2. Wide-grip lat pulldown

    Wide-grip lat pulldown

    3 × 12 · rest 60 s

    Pull the bar to your upper chest, chest up, without swinging.

  3. Incline dumbbell press

    Incline dumbbell press

    3 × 12 · rest 60 s

    Lower the dumbbells to chest level, then press them up and slightly together.

  4. Dumbbell stiff-leg deadlift

    Dumbbell stiff-leg deadlift

    3 × 12 · rest 60 s

    Push your hips back with soft knees and keep your back flat.

  5. Triceps pushdown

    Triceps pushdown

    2 × 12 · rest 60 s

    Keep your elbows tight to your sides and fully straighten your arms.

  6. Cable crunch

    Cable crunch

    2 × 15 · rest 45 s

    Curl your torso, bringing ribs toward hips, without pulling with your arms.

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