Named programs

Named programs are ready-made training templates you can apply in one tap instead of building routines from scratch — a starting point, not a replacement for the engine that drives your progress every session after. All nine also show up in the plan chooser's "Pick a program" list, described in one line each; this page is the fuller library with the full description and day count for every one. Every program is also laid out day by day, with its exercises, sets and reps, on the program pages.

Each card shows the program's name, how many days a week it runs, and a plain-language description of the split. Apply this program creates (or updates) its routines and puts its training days on your schedule. It takes over the training week: the days a previously applied program — or the starter plan from setup — had put on your calendar are cleared, so you end up running one program rather than half of each. Days you added to the schedule yourself are never touched, and no routine is ever deleted — the previous program's workouts stay in the Workouts tab with their full history and targets, ready to start any time or to put back on the calendar.

The moment a program is applied, it's an ordinary routine like any other: BulkForged's own double-progression engine takes over from your very first session, adjusting weight and reps the same way it does for anything you built by hand.

The library holds two kinds of card. Three are modeled on the structure of a well-known training style without using its name — the card says "in the style of…" where that's true, and no author's own text, tables or images are reproduced. Six are named after, and credit, the real program and the person who wrote it, because BulkForged's engine runs their set-and-rep scheme exactly as designed. Not affiliated with or endorsed by any program author.

Heavy Top-Set Wave — inspired by classic percentage-wave, top-set-effort programs, in the style of 5/3/1.
Stepped Linear Base — inspired by the structure of stepped linear-progression programs, in the style of Starting Strength.
High-Frequency Linear — inspired by the structure of high-frequency linear-progression programs.
Mehdi's 5x5 — Mehdi Hadim's 5x5.
Daily Squat Linear — inspired by the structure of classic linear-progression programs.
Greyskull LP — John Sheaffer's Greyskull LP.
Reddit PPL — The r/Fitness PPL by Metallicadpa.
GZCLP — Cody Lefever's GZCLP.
PHUL — Brandon Campbell's PHUL.

Applying a program again later updates the same routines and schedule rather than duplicating them, so re-applying to reset a day you've since edited is safe.