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4-day dumbbell workout plan at home

Ready for more than three days at home? With four days, the plan splits into upper body and lower body sessions, so each day can give more work to fewer muscles. All you need is dumbbells and some floor space.

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Week 1 of 4

Dumbbells only · Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri · 45 minutes

  1. Monday: Upper A, about 37 minutes
  2. Tuesday: Lower A, about 40 minutes
  3. Wednesday: rest
  4. Thursday: Upper B, about 37 minutes
  5. Friday: Lower B, about 38 minutes
  6. Saturday: rest
  7. Sunday: rest
  • MonUpper A · Horizontal push and pull
  • TueLower A · Squat emphasis
  • ThuUpper B · Vertical push and pull
  • FriLower B · Hinge emphasis
workouts a week
4
per session, warm-up included
45 min
per block, the last one lighter
4 weeks
equipment
Dumbbells

Week 1

Your week, day by day

HybFit built it from the answers below with the same rules it uses for your own plan. Change an answer and the plan changes with it. Exercises, sets, reps and rest come with the full plan.

  1. Monday
    Upper A (locked)Horizontal push and pull · ~37 min
  2. Tuesday
    Lower A (locked)Squat emphasis · ~40 min
  3. Wednesday

    Rest day

  4. Thursday
    Upper B (locked)Vertical push and pull · ~37 min
  5. Friday
    Lower B (locked)Hinge emphasis · ~38 min
  6. Saturday

    Rest day

  7. Sunday

    Rest day

Why the plan looks like this

  • 4 strength sessions a week: Upper A, Lower A, Upper B, Lower B.
  • Training days: Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri — spread out to leave recovery time.
  • Goal "general fitness": main lifts 6–10 reps, accessories 10–15 reps.
  • Sessions fit 45 minutes including an 8-minute warm-up.
  • Week 4 is a lighter recovery week (fewer sets, easier effort).
  • Main lifts get an extra set in week 3.

Who it's for

  • You train at home with dumbbells.
  • You've trained for a while and want 4 days a week.
  • You have about 45 minutes per session.

What you need: Dumbbells (a few pairs, or adjustable ones) and some floor space.

Inside this plan

From plan to first set

Real screens of this plan in the HybFit app. With the full plan, every workout in the week opens like this.

  1. HybFit workout screen for Upper A in this plan
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    Upper A, set by set

    Every exercise in Upper A with its sets, reps, rest and effort, and how to progress.

  2. A workout screen with “Why this exercise?” open, showing the rule behind the exercise
    02

    The reason for every exercise

    Open “Why this exercise?” and HybFit shows the rule that put it in your plan.

  3. HybFit exercise page for Feet-Elevated Pike Push-up with its line drawingMuscles worked by the Feet-Elevated Pike Push-up
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    Feet-Elevated Pike Push-up

    Step-by-step drawings and a muscle map for every exercise in the plan.

Same answers, same plan

The answers behind it

Goal
General fitness
Experience
Intermediate
Trained in the last 3 months
Yes, consistently
Training days
Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri
Session length
45 minutes
Where
Home
Equipment
Bodyweight, Dumbbells

Questions

Why upper and lower days instead of full body?
With four days, splitting the body in two lets each session focus on half of it, and each half still gets trained twice a week. HybFit's rules choose the split from the number of days you pick.
What if my dumbbells feel too light?
The plan adds reps first, then weight. When you reach the top of a rep range with your heaviest pair, heavier or adjustable dumbbells give you room to keep progressing.

Make it your plan

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