5 Full Body Exercises That are Worth Your Time

Attaining a fit body, worth second looks, needs hours of regressive workout and slaving yourself to those rusty iron bars day after day, year after year. Right? Well maybe not.

If you are unable to follow a strict workout plan and want a substitution, then you may need to follow some full body exercises that further require less time. Yes, you will need to work hard because you get what you put in your workout regime, however, these full body exercises can easily fit in your daily schedule, without hampering your social life.

I want to you to put everything you know about workouts aside and accept this new challenge. Well the exercises we are going to talk about are not that new, in fact, they are old school. The time when steroids were never heard of, bodybuilders used full-body training to achieve those artistic bodies.

For those who are looking to get the best shape and that too in limited time span, this is the plan for you.

1. Turkish Get Up

( Video Courtesy: Max Shank )

Benefits:

Promotes upper and lower body stability including legs, shoulders, forearms and spine. Increases core strength and endurance.
Improves left-right body coordination.
Elevates heart rate and helps in burning more calories.

2. Swing Squats

( Video Courtesy: Richard Pringle )

Benefits:

Swing Squats needs a strong thrust using your hamstring muscles and lower back, moreover, these muscles helps us in lifting, running and jumping movements. Performing Swing Squats regularly will let this power zone to beef up, resulting in more power.

3. Medicine Ball Slams

( Video Courtesy: functionalpatterns )

Benefits:

The medicine ball slam develops power, strength, and speed. It targets triceps, abdomen, calves, shoulders, back, glutens, quads, etc. Ball slam further increases heart rate and burns a good number of calories.

4. Burpees aka Squat Thrust Jumps

( Video Courtesy: Lipong )

Benefits:

Squat Thrust jumps are fast-paced, never-boring exercise and are a perfect addition to any workout. The exercise makes your heart pound and your breathing get quicker which is a great endurance booster. Further, pretty much every muscle in your body is involved while performing burpees and you end up burning more calories in less time, increasing lower body strength simultaneously.

5. Deadlifts with Overhead Press

( Video Courtesy: LIVESTRONG.COM )

Benefits:

This exercise helps you improve your body posture, increase grip strength, strengthen spine muscles and shoulders, and is a great cardio exercise. It further increases core and muscular strength. You can use either a pair of dumbbells or a barbell while performing this exercise.

Start following these five full body exercises and there is no one who can stop you from attaining your fitness goals. Further, this is the ultimate workout plan for beginners that will bear fruit in minimal time span.

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30 December 2016
Rohan Jaitly