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Incorporate Triphasic Training Accessory Work to Tack on More Muscle and Strength

Focus on the specific phase of an exercise—the up, down, and static—for optimal muscle fiber recruitment.

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Lat exercise: One-arm dumbbell row
Per Bernal / M+F Magazine
Lat exercise: One-arm dumbbell row
Per Bernal / M+F Magazine

Triphasic Training: Accessory Work

While following this plan, your accessory work doesn’t have to be rigid. Below, we outline a few templates—based on what you want to train—for you to tack on at the end of your main lifts. Follow each plan to a tee or sub in a similar exercise for any of the moves. Feel free to get creative.

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Hypertrophy Workout

Upper-body

Exercise
Equipment
Sets
Reps
Rest
Exercise 2 of 3

Lat Pulldown

Equipment
Adjustable Cable Machine, Lat Pulldown Bar
Sets
3
Reps
15
Rest
As needed
Exercise 4 of 3

One-arm Dumbbell Row

Equipment
Dumbbells
Sets
3
Reps
15 (each side)
Rest
As needed

Hypertrophy Workout

Lower-body

Exercise
Equipment
Sets
Reps
Rest

Strength Workout

Upper-body

Exercise
Equipment
Sets
Reps
Rest

Strength Workout

Lower-body

Exercise
Equipment
Sets
Reps
Rest
Exercise 12 of 3

Romanian Deadlift

Equipment
Barbell
Sets
3
Reps
5
Rest
As needed

Athleticism Workout

Upper-body

Exercise
Equipment
Sets
Reps
Rest

Athleticism Workout

Lower-body

Exercise
Equipment
Sets
Reps
Rest
Exercise 17 of 3

Bodyweight Split Squat

Equipment
No Equipment
Sets
2
Reps
10
Rest
As needed
Exercise 18 of 3

Glute-Ham Raise

Equipment
Sets
2
Reps
10
Rest
As needed
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