Build Muscle / Muscle Gain
Build Muscle
Build muscle with stable exercises, rep progression and planned recovery. Four gym-based options distribute the work over 3, 4, 5 or 6 days. For trainees familiar with basic lifting technique; this is a training block, not a contest preparation plan.
- Length
- 12 weeks
- Schedules
- 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 days / week
- Experience
- Beginner · Intermediate · Advanced
- Equipment
- Full Gym
Get Stronger / Performance
Get Stronger
Practise squat, bench press, overhead press and deadlift with controlled heavy, medium and technique work over 3, 4, 5 or 6 gym days. For trainees with established barbell technique; higher frequencies require intermediate or advanced experience. General strength development without a mandatory maximal test.
- Length
- 12 weeks
- Schedules
- 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 days / week
- Experience
- Beginner · Intermediate · Advanced
- Equipment
- Full Gym · Basic Gym
Strength & Physique / Muscle Gain
Strength & Physique
Progress important compound lifts while training upper chest, shoulders, back and arms alongside legs and posterior chain. Choose 3, 4, 5 or 6 gym days. For trainees familiar with lifting technique; physique-focused resistance training does not replace nutrition or promise fat loss.
- Length
- 12 weeks
- Schedules
- 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 days / week
- Experience
- Beginner · Intermediate · Advanced
- Equipment
- Full Gym
Foundation / Muscle Gain
James Swift Women's Foundation
An 8 week foundation block for a woman starting structured training, in the accumulation phase. Pick the split that fits your week: full body three days, upper/lower four, or body part five.
- Length
- 8 weeks
- Schedules
- 3 / 4 / 5 days / week
Specialization / Muscle Gain
James Swift Women's Specialization - 8 Week Programme
An 8 week specialization phase for a woman already training with structure: 4 weeks of six-day volume accumulation, then 4 weeks of five-day deload and max-effort work.
- Length
- 8 weeks
- Schedules
- 6 days / week
Optimization / Muscle Gain
James Swift Women's Optimization - 5 Day Lower / Upper
A 10 week optimization phase on a five day lower/upper split: strength and hypertrophy days alternating through the block, deload weeks built in.
- Length
- 10 weeks
- Schedules
- 5 days / week
Men's PPL / Muscle Gain
James Swift Men's PPL System
A 13 week push-pull-legs system in three phases: base hypertrophy, max effort, then a supercompensation block, with a deload in the final week. Run it 4, 5 or 6 days a week.
- Length
- 13 weeks
- Schedules
- 4 / 5 / 6 days / week