Everyone wants to know what a top Olympia physique actually trains. Almost nobody gets to see the sheet.
This is the exact program written for Urs Kalecinski's 2025 Olympia prep, designed, tweaked and modified the whole way through, with back and arms as the priority.
That means back twice a week, biceps in three sessions and triceps in two, with the rest of the physique held and supported rather than left behind.
No junk volume. No random exercises.
Just the real prep, week by week, for lifters who want their back and arms to lead.
A
Dips
10, 10, 12
B
Seated Cable Cross Extension
10, 10, 12
C
Incline Smith
10, 10, 12
D
Machine Flat Press
2 x 8
E
Roller Cable Flys
10, 12, 12
F
Single Arm DB Preacher Curls
10, 10, 12
A
Chest Supported Tbar Row
8, 10
B
Single Arm Cable Pull Down
8, 10
C
Forward Lean Machine Lat Row
8, 10
D
Wide Grip Pull Ups
8, 8, 12
E
Seated Cable Row
8, 10
F
Reverse Pec Dec
3 x 10
A
Standing Incline Cable Curls
10, 10, 12
B
Seated Leg Curl
8, 8, 10
C
Hack Squats
8, 12, 15
D
Adductor Machine
2 x 10
E
Leg Press
10, 12
F
Leg Extensions
10, 10, 15
G
Lying Leg Curls
2 x 8
A
Cross Cable Triceps Extensions
10, 10, 12
B
Machine Dips
10, 10, 12
C
Lying Cuff Lateral Raises
10, 10, 12
D
Cable Rear Delts
10, 10, 12
E
Rack Military Press
8, 10
A
Machine Pulldown
8, 10
B
Chest Supported Dumbbell Row
8, 10
C
Chest Supported Machine Row Upper Back And Lat
8, 10
D
Seated Rope Pull Over
2 x 10
E
Machine Preacher Curls
3 x 10
F
Dumbbell Hammer Curls
3 x 10
Joe Bennett
Olympian Coach | Educator | 20+ years of coaching experience I have coached thousands of lifters and competitors and specialize in building muscle through intelligent programming, not guesswork. This is the program I designed and modified all the way through Urs Kalecinski 2025 Olympia prep.
If your back and your arms have been the two things holding your physique back, more of the same week will not fix them. Train them more often, in the right order, with a plan built for exactly that. This is that plan.
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