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Character Dragon Ball Z

Son Goku

Saiyan Warrior

The greatest warrior in the universe who started as a low-class Saiyan baby. Goku's program is built on the principle that consistent growth beats raw talent progressive, relentless, joyful.

10 Weeks 4 days/week Intermediate Strength Training
Son Goku
Son Goku Training Program

Training Progression

At A Glance

Weekly Schedule

MON
Day 1
Push
TUE
Day 2
Pull
WED
Rest
THU
Day 3
Legs & Power
FRI
Day 4
Conditioning & Agility
SAT
Rest
SUN
Rest
4 Training Days 40–55 Min / Session
Equipment
Agility Ladder Barbell Barbell or Dumbbell Bench Bodyweight Cable Machine Dumbbell Dumbbells or Farmer Handles Jump Rope Lat Pulldown Machine Parallel Bars Track or Open Space
The Complete Plan

Training Plan

Every phase, every session, every exercise — expand a day to see the full prescription.

Phase 1 · Weeks 1–5 Intermediate

Power Foundation

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Technique and baseline strength across all four lifting days — moderate effort (target RIR 3) while the big compound patterns get grooved in.

4 Workouts In This Phase
Push
Monday · 50 min · 4 exercises
Bench Press
4 × 8 · 120s restRIR 3
Overhead Press
3 × 8 · 120s restRIR 3
Close-Grip Bench Press
Triceps-focused pressing variant
3 × 10 · 90s restRIR 3
Dip
3 × 10 · 90s restRIR 3
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Pull
Tuesday · 50 min · 4 exercises
Deadlift
4 × 6 · 150s restRIR 3
Barbell Row
4 × 8 · 120s restRIR 3
Lat Pulldown
3 × 10 · 90s restRIR 3
Face Pull
Rear-delt and shoulder health
3 × 15 · 60s restRIR 3
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Legs & Power
Thursday · 50 min · 4 exercises
Barbell Back Squat
4 × 8 · 150s restRIR 3
Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift
3 × 10 · 120s restRIR 3
Bulgarian Split Squat
3 × 10 each side · 90s restRIR 3
Farmer Carry
Heavy carry — the safe, real alternative to Power Cleans for building total-body power
3 × 40s · 90s rest
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Conditioning & Agility
Friday · 40 min · 4 exercises
Agility Ladder Drills
4 × 25s · 60s rest
Sprint Intervals
6 × 20s · 90s rest
Jump Rope
1 × 600s
Broad Jump
3 × 5 · 90s rest
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Phase 2 · Weeks 6–10 Advanced

Saiyan Strength

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Heavier loads and tighter effort (target RIR 2) across the same four-day structure, with conditioning density increasing.

4 Workouts In This Phase
Push
Monday · 55 min · 4 exercises
Bench Press
4 × 8 · 120s restRIR 2
Overhead Press
4 × 8 · 120s restRIR 2
Close-Grip Bench Press
3 × 10 · 90s restRIR 2
Dip
4 × 12 · 75s restRIR 2
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Pull
Tuesday · 55 min · 4 exercises
Deadlift
4 × 6 · 150s restRIR 2
Barbell Row
4 × 10 · 120s restRIR 2
Lat Pulldown
4 × 10 · 90s restRIR 2
Face Pull
3 × 15 · 60s restRIR 2
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Legs & Power
Thursday · 55 min · 4 exercises
Barbell Back Squat
4 × 8 · 150s restRIR 2
Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift
4 × 10 · 120s restRIR 2
Bulgarian Split Squat
4 × 10 each side · 90s restRIR 2
Farmer Carry
4 × 45s · 75s rest
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Conditioning & Agility
Friday · 40 min · 4 exercises
Agility Ladder Drills
5 × 30s · 45s rest
Sprint Intervals
8 × 20s · 75s rest
Jump Rope
1 × 600s
Broad Jump
4 × 5 · 75s rest
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Program Overview

Why This Program Works

Philosophy

Goku's legacy page is a real gym split, and the honest version of that identity is a program built around getting stronger on the big lifts — not machine isolation work. Push, Pull, Legs & Power, and Conditioning & Agility each get their own day so every pattern gets real, focused volume across the week.

Physique Goal

Broad, powerful, functional muscle built from heavy compound lifts — a strong back, powerful legs, and real pressing strength, not an aesthetics-only bodybuilder look.

Performance Goal

A genuine strength base on the big compound lifts (squat, deadlift, bench, row, overhead press) plus real explosive conditioning — measurable numbers going up, not just more bodyweight reps.

How Progression Works

All barbell/dumbbell lifts use double progression: add reps within the prescribed range each week, then add load and drop back to the bottom of the range once the top of the range is hit for all sets. Conditioning work (sprints, agility ladder, jump rope) uses density progression — same work, less rest. Target RIR drops from 3 to 2 across the two phases.

Training Philosophy

How Son Goku Trains

Goku's real training identity isn't a fictional power level, it's that he's the site's one character who genuinely trains with heavy barbell weights instead of bodyweight alone — a real strength foundation (squat, deadlift, bench, row, overhead press) paired with the kind of explosive agility conditioning a lifelong martial artist would actually do. Progress here is measured in the most honest way possible: the weight on the bar going up, week over week.