Maximum Shred: 8-Week Cutting Program
Maximum Shred: 8-Week Cutting Program is an intense bodybuilding-style program designed to help you strip away body fat while maintaining as much muscle, strength, and fullness as possible.
The program is divided into two progressive 4-week phases, for a total of 8 weeks. The workouts repeat throughout the program, allowing you to track your performance and maintain consistent training quality.
Phase 1 — Weeks 1–4
You will perform 4 weight-training sessions per week, focused on maintaining strength, muscle mass, and training intensity. In addition, you will complete 5 cardio sessions per week, 35 minutes each.
Phase 2 — Weeks 5–8
Training volume increases to 6 weight-training sessions per week, while cardio remains at 5 sessions per week but increases to 45 minutes per session. This phase is designed to further develop your conditioning and muscular definition.
Cardio can be performed fasted in the morning or immediately after your weight-training session, depending on your schedule and preference.
Nutrition is a crucial part of the program. Stick consistently to your diet and maintain an appropriate calorie deficit. If progress stalls, consider a modest reduction of approximately 100–200 calories in your daily intake, guided by your weight trend, recovery, and training performance. Further reductions may not be necessary as cardio volume and overall training demands increase.
The objective is simple: preserve the muscle you have built, progressively reduce body fat, and reveal a leaner, more defined physique over 8 weeks.
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Weeks:
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Day 1Week 1FreeChest & Triceps
This is a fast, high-intensity session designed to be completed in less than one hour.
1h 00m Chest & Triceps + Cardio -
Day 2Week 1FreeFull Back & Biceps finisher
This is a bodybuilding-style workout designed with one main goal: building serious size.
1h 10m Back & Biceps + Cardio -
Day 3Week 1Full legs
This is a brutal bodybuilding-style leg workout built for serious size and quad development.
1h 15m Legs -
CardioDay 4Week 1
Cardio Day
30m Cardio -
Day 5Week 1Shoulders & Arms
It includes 8 exercises in total: 4 for shoulders, 2 for triceps, and 2 for biceps.
1h 15m Shoulders & Arms + Cardio -
Rest DayDay 6Week 1
Rest Day
Rest -
CardioDay 7Week 1
Cardio Day
30m Cardio
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Day 1Week 2
Chest & Triceps
This is a fast, high-intensity session designed to be completed in less than one hour.
1h 00m Chest & Triceps + Cardio -
Day 2Week 2
Full Back & Biceps finisher
This is a bodybuilding-style workout designed with one main goal: building serious size.
1h 10m Back & Biceps + Cardio -
Day 3Week 2
Full legs
This is a brutal bodybuilding-style leg workout built for serious size and quad development.
1h 15m Legs -
CardioDay 4Week 2
Cardio Day
30m Cardio -
Day 5Week 2
Shoulders & Arms
It includes 8 exercises in total: 4 for shoulders, 2 for triceps, and 2 for biceps.
1h 15m Shoulders & Arms + Cardio -
Rest DayDay 6Week 2
Rest Day
Rest -
CardioDay 7Week 2
Cardio Day
30m Cardio
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Day 1Week 3Chest & Triceps Day
The workout includes 7 exercises in total: 4 for the chest and 3 for the triceps.
1h 10m Chest & Triceps + Cardio -
Day 2Week 3Bigger Back workout
The workout is designed to build serious back size, width, and thickness.
1h 10m back + Cardio -
Day 3Week 3Legs
This is the leg workout designed to build massive, detailed legs.
1h 15m Legs -
CardioDay 4Week 3
Cardio Day
30m Cardio -
Day 5Week 3Shoulders & Biceps
Destroy your shoulders and biceps and push them toward serious growth with this workout.
1h 20m Shoulders & arms + Cardio -
Rest DayDay 6Week 3
Rest Day
Rest -
CardioDay 7Week 3
Cardio Day
30m Cardio
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Day 1Week 4
Chest & Triceps Day
The workout includes 7 exercises in total: 4 for the chest and 3 for the triceps.
1h 10m Chest & Triceps + Cardio -
Day 2Week 4
Bigger Back workout
The workout is designed to build serious back size, width, and thickness.
1h 10m back + Cardio -
Day 3Week 4
Legs
This is the leg workout designed to build massive, detailed legs.
1h 15m Legs -
CardioDay 4Week 4
Cardio Day
30m Cardio -
Day 5Week 4
Shoulders & Biceps
Destroy your shoulders and biceps and push them toward serious growth with this workout.
1h 20m Shoulders & arms + Cardio -
Rest DayDay 6Week 4
Rest Day
Rest -
CardioDay 7Week 4
Cardio Day
30m Cardio
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Day 1Week 5Chest & Triceps: Ultra Size
This is a high-intensity session designed to be completed in less than one hour.
1h 00m Chest & Triceps + Cardio -
Day 2Week 5Massive Back workout
This is a bodybuilding-style back workout designed to build serious size, width, and thickness.
1h 15m Back + Cardio -
Day 3Week 5Leg Day: Go hard or go home
This is a brutal 90-minute leg workout built around 7 exercises and one simple principle: go heavy and keep the reps coming. The goal is to use as much weight as possible during your working sets while still performing a high number of quality reps. Heavy does not mean sloppy. Every rep should be performed with maximum control, proper technique, and full focus on the target muscles. No swinging, bouncing, shortening the range of motion, or cheating just to complete another rep. Throughout the workout, you’ll push your legs with a combination of heavy loads, higher rep ranges, controlled movement, and intense working sets. Choose weights that truly challenge you, but never sacrifice execution just to move more weight. This workout is designed to overload the entire lower body and create a massive pump while challenging both your strength and muscular endurance. Go as heavy as you can, do as many quality reps as you can, and make every single rep count.
1h 30m Legs -
CardioDay 4Week 5
Cardio Day
45m Cardio -
Day 5Week 5Shoulders & Biceps
Destroy your shoulders and biceps and push them toward serious growth with this workout.
1h 20m Shoulders & arms + Cardio -
Day 6Week 5Leg Day: Hams & Glutes
The main focus is on the hamstrings and glutes, with only one quad-focused movement included. This allows you to add extra weekly volume to the areas you want to improve without simply repeating your first leg day.
1h 00m legs -
CardioDay 7Week 5
Cardio Day
45m Cardio
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Day 1Week 6
Chest & Triceps: Ultra Size
This is a high-intensity session designed to be completed in less than one hour.
1h 00m Chest & Triceps + Cardio -
Day 2Week 6
Massive Back workout
This is a bodybuilding-style back workout designed to build serious size, width, and thickness.
1h 15m Back + Cardio -
Day 3Week 6
Leg Day: Go hard or go home
This is a brutal 90-minute leg workout built around 7 exercises and one simple principle: go heavy and keep the reps coming. The goal is to use as much weight as possible during your working sets while still performing a high number of quality reps. Heavy does not mean sloppy. Every rep should be performed with maximum control, proper technique, and full focus on the target muscles. No swinging, bouncing, shortening the range of motion, or cheating just to complete another rep. Throughout the workout, you’ll push your legs with a combination of heavy loads, higher rep ranges, controlled movement, and intense working sets. Choose weights that truly challenge you, but never sacrifice execution just to move more weight. This workout is designed to overload the entire lower body and create a massive pump while challenging both your strength and muscular endurance. Go as heavy as you can, do as many quality reps as you can, and make every single rep count.
1h 30m Legs -
CardioDay 4Week 6
Cardio Day
45m Cardio -
Day 5Week 6
Shoulders & Biceps
Destroy your shoulders and biceps and push them toward serious growth with this workout.
1h 20m Shoulders & arms + Cardio -
Day 6Week 6
Leg Day: Hams & Glutes
The main focus is on the hamstrings and glutes, with only one quad-focused movement included. This allows you to add extra weekly volume to the areas you want to improve without simply repeating your first leg day.
1h 00m legs -
CardioDay 7Week 6
Cardio Day
45m Cardio
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Day 1Week 7Chest & Triceps
This workout is designed to build your chest and triceps in minimal time using a classic bodybuilding-style approach.
1h 15m Chest & Triceps + Cardio -
Day 2Week 7Pull Day: Full Back
The workout consists of 5 exercises in total and should take around 60 minutes to complete. The back portion combines different pulling movements and angles to target the lats, upper back, and overall back thickness, while the final biceps work adds direct volume to fully finish the pulling muscles. The focus throughout the workout is on challenging weights, controlled reps, full ranges of motion, and strong muscle contractions. Don’t simply move the weight from point A to point B—make every rep count, maintain proper form, and focus on creating as much quality tension as possible. The goal is simple: chase size and hypertrophy.
1h 00m Back + Cardio -
Day 3Week 7Legs: Build Size & Shape
This 7-exercise bodybuilding-style leg workout is designed to build serious size, shape, and overall leg development by targeting the quads, hamstrings, and glutes.
1h 30m Legs -
CardioDay 4Week 7
Cardio Day
45m Cardio -
Day 5Week 7Shoulder & Biceps
This is a high-volume bodybuilding workout designed to create an extreme pump while building size across the shoulders and arms. The workout consists of 10 exercises in total: 4 for the shoulders, 5 for the biceps, and 1 for the triceps as a finisher, and should be completed within 90 minutes.
1h 30m Shoulders & Arms + Cardio -
Day 6Week 7Glutes & Hamstrings
This is meant to be your second leg day in the same week, rather than another regular, full leg workout.
1h 00m legs -
CardioDay 7Week 7
Cardio Day
45m Cardio
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Day 1Week 8
Chest & Triceps
This workout is designed to build your chest and triceps in minimal time using a classic bodybuilding-style approach.
1h 15m Chest & Triceps + Cardio -
Day 2Week 8
Pull Day: Full Back
The workout consists of 5 exercises in total and should take around 60 minutes to complete. The back portion combines different pulling movements and angles to target the lats, upper back, and overall back thickness, while the final biceps work adds direct volume to fully finish the pulling muscles. The focus throughout the workout is on challenging weights, controlled reps, full ranges of motion, and strong muscle contractions. Don’t simply move the weight from point A to point B—make every rep count, maintain proper form, and focus on creating as much quality tension as possible. The goal is simple: chase size and hypertrophy.
1h 00m Back + Cardio -
Day 3Week 8
Legs: Build Size & Shape
This 7-exercise bodybuilding-style leg workout is designed to build serious size, shape, and overall leg development by targeting the quads, hamstrings, and glutes.
1h 30m Legs -
CardioDay 4Week 8
Cardio Day
45m Cardio -
Day 5Week 8
Shoulder & Biceps
This is a high-volume bodybuilding workout designed to create an extreme pump while building size across the shoulders and arms. The workout consists of 10 exercises in total: 4 for the shoulders, 5 for the biceps, and 1 for the triceps as a finisher, and should be completed within 90 minutes.
1h 30m Shoulders & Arms + Cardio -
Day 6Week 8
Glutes & Hamstrings
This is meant to be your second leg day in the same week, rather than another regular, full leg workout.
1h 00m legs -
CardioDay 7Week 8
Cardio Day
45m Cardio
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