Dan John’s Minimalist Training is a 2-day-per-week, full-body strength template. You train both days as full sessions and rest the other five or so days. There’s no fixed length to the program, and it’s built to run during busy stretches when you can’t give the gym much time.

It’s a good fit for busy lifters who still want real strength work. Two sessions a week covers the deadlift, squat, and press, plus enough accessory work to keep things balanced.

We built Dan John’s program into a clean Lift Vault spreadsheet. Enter your 10-rep max for each accessory once and the sheet works out every set load for you, so you just train and log what you hit.

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