(Brooks Kubik) Classic 3 Lift Programs

There are many other excellent threeexercise workouts. For example, the
classic three-exercise workout for
strength and bulk training looks like
this:
1. Squats 1 x 20 or 5 x 5
2. Bench press 3 x 10 - 12 or 5 x 5
3. Bent-over rowing 3 x 10 - 12 or 5 x 5

The above routine, by the way, was a

favorite of both Peary Rader and Bradley
J. Steiner, which means it comes with one
heck of an endorsement.
A good variation of the classic program
looked like this:
1. Squats 1 x 20 or 5 x 5
2. Pull-ups 3 x 10 - 12 or 5 x 5
3. Dips 3 x 10 -1 2 or 5 x 5

The classic Big Three for athletes was

similar:
1. Power cleans 5 x 5 or 5 x 3
2. Bench press, push press or military

press 5 x 5 or 5 x 3
3. Squats 5 x 5

On each program, train two or three times

a week. Try using a light/medium/heavy
program. Or use a simple cycling system
over a four week or six week period. (See
Gray Hair and Black Iron for details.)
Also note that you can alternate two
different three exercise workouts, using
a Workout a and Workout B system -- but
still doing just two or three workouts per
week. In other words, Workout A on Mon,
rest on Tues, Workout B on Wed, rest
on Thursday, Workout A on Friday and
rest on Sat and Sun.
Each workout should take about one hour
to complete -- which was about how many
hours per week Reg Park trained when he
was doing strength and bulk work -- and
it's awfully hard to argue with his
results.
By the way, Tommy Kono trained three times
a week for 60 to 90 minutes per workout -and it's awfully hard to argue with his
results, either.
I call this kind of training abbreviated
training. You can call it anything you
like -- but give it a try. It works!