Oct 16, 2026 · 16 min · 8 segments
In this episode, I cover why training 4 days per week for most busy men is the perfect sweet spot for a realistic routine that's sustainable along with building the ultimate cover body physique. Get…
Chris WrightHost
Now, most men either training too much or kind of just being a bit of a busy fool, or just simply not doing enough.

We get some guys that literally are one a week at their absolute, their best, you know, super inconsistent, not actually sticking to a routine.

And then I speak to some men that actually love the training, they love the gym, like, "I train every day," or, "I do something every day," but they're just not really training in a very quality way.

Their sessions aren't productive, they're wasting time, and they're just not really getting great results.

Now, I think four days is the absolute sweet spot, because you're not living in the gym and you still have a life.

But if you actually break down four hours across the week, it's really not that significant.

Most men should really be able to commit to that consistently without it becoming way too much.

And with the four days per week, it just gives you enough to be able to hit the level of frequency that you need on each muscle to really see great results.

You can just really get everything nicely crammed into those four sessions so that you're not spending loads of time in the gym per session, and you're able to get the, the best results.

Now there is nothing wrong with three days per week, and I wanna say that again.

We've had some insanely good results, and I will post some on the screen, of guys that have trained three days per week.

So if you are a guy thinking that four days is quite a lot, or maybe you're doing three days and it's working, keep doing that.

Like, that's still a fantastic volume of training per week which is gonna make a difference.

But just saying, if we wanna see, like, the best possible results, the ultimate kind of sweet spot where I think you can really reach let's say full potential, I do think that four sessions is probably the sweet spot when it comes to weights.

Like, when I'm trying to improve my body composition the most, and, like, that is my goal...

Like right now my goal is not body composition, my goal is obviously more performance, it's more HYROX, it's running.

When I'm, like, pushing for photo shoot physiques and stuff, I'm probably doing four sessions per week.

I think that's the sweet spot for me because I can recover on the days that I'm not training, and I can push hard on four days, and that's the perfect thing for me.

So like I said, three days is not bad, but I just think if you can get the extra day done some weeks where you can be consistent, it is worth probably just making the effort if you can and you enjoy the gym to go and get those four sessions.

Now, most men either training too much or kind of just being a bit of a busy fool, or just simply not doing enough.

We get some guys that literally are one a week at their absolute, their best, you know, super inconsistent, not actually sticking to a routine.

And then I speak to some men that actually love the training, they love the gym, like, "I train every day," or, "I do something every day," but they're just not really training in a very quality way.

Their sessions aren't productive, they're wasting time, and they're just not really getting great results.

Now, I think four days is the absolute sweet spot, because you're not living in the gym and you still have a life.

But if you actually break down four hours across the week, it's really not that significant.

Most men should really be able to commit to that consistently without it becoming way too much.

And with the four days per week, it just gives you enough to be able to hit the level of frequency that you need on each muscle to really see great results.

You can just really get everything nicely crammed into those four sessions so that you're not spending loads of time in the gym per session, and you're able to get the, the best results.

Now there is nothing wrong with three days per week, and I wanna say that again.

We've had some insanely good results, and I will post some on the screen, of guys that have trained three days per week.

So if you are a guy thinking that four days is quite a lot, or maybe you're doing three days and it's working, keep doing that.

Like, that's still a fantastic volume of training per week which is gonna make a difference.

But just saying, if we wanna see, like, the best possible results, the ultimate kind of sweet spot where I think you can really reach let's say full potential, I do think that four sessions is probably the sweet spot when it comes to weights.

Like, when I'm trying to improve my body composition the most, and, like, that is my goal...

Like right now my goal is not body composition, my goal is obviously more performance, it's more HYROX, it's running.

When I'm, like, pushing for photo shoot physiques and stuff, I'm probably doing four sessions per week.

I think that's the sweet spot for me because I can recover on the days that I'm not training, and I can push hard on four days, and that's the perfect thing for me.

So like I said, three days is not bad, but I just think if you can get the extra day done some weeks where you can be consistent, it is worth probably just making the effort if you can and you enjoy the gym to go and get those four sessions.
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