Fitness. Full Body workout.

 Full Body Circuit

I have hit every main muscle group throughout my blogs, but now it is time to hit them all at once.  This blog will cover a quick full body workout that will hit every muscle in your body.  I am going to begin with my experiences that I have seen at the gym.  I rarely see people doing full body exercises at the gym.  People tend to focus on a few muscle group at once, which is fine, but fail to realize the significance a full body workout can give you. Lets say you only have time to go to the gym once or twice a week for whatever reason.  A full body workout will allow you not to get behind on a specific muscle group because you will be hitting everything on your body.

Have you ever seen those P90X videos or INSANITY videos? Well if you have, you'll notice they don't ever do bench or barbell squats or anything with HUGE weight or enormous bars required for the exercise, yet they are all so jacked.  They simply use body-weight or small dumbbells to exercise with. This full body workout I am about to show you is just like that. I go to Sport and Health in Stafford, and if you have ever seen somebody doing a full body workout there then you know the person doing it is always jacked or cut over half of the time, either way you know he/she works out. I am telling you this just to show you that even though you wont be doing the heaviest weights, doing a full body workout is excellent for muscle growth or simply just trying to shred some weight by burning calories and toning up a bit.

This is called a circuit exercise, you will "do 10 reps of each exercise, and complete as many circuits as you can in 15 minutes". According to the article once reps become easier and easier, just increase reps per set.

I will begin with Body weight Squats:

 "Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. Lower your body as far as you can by pushing your hips back and bending your knees until your thighs are parallel to the floor. Pause, and slowly stand back up." This will workout your lower back as well as every muscle in your legs. 

                                        

Next exercise will be Judo Push-Up:

"Begin in a pushup position but move your feet hip-width apart and forward, and raise your hips so your body almost forms an upside-down V. Lower the front of your body until your chin nears the floor. Then lower your hips as you raise your head and shoulders toward the ceiling. Now reverse the movement and return to the starting position". This exercise works your calves, triceps, abs, entire back, as well as your chest (plus a little bit of forearm just because you're holding yourself up). 

     

The next exercise is my favorite which is the Sprinter Sit-Ups:

This exercise burns a lot of calories. The muscle groups it hits are your quads, abbs, lower back and upper back (trapezoid). Here is how you perform the exercise: Lie on your back with your legs straight and arms at your sides, keeping your elbows bent at 90 degrees. As you sit up, twist your upper body to the left and bring your left knee toward your right elbow while you swing your left arm back. Lower your body to the starting position, and repeat to your right.

And this is my circuit Full-Body workout that I like to use at the gym. Remember this thing hits 300 muscles, I was simply naming the main muscle groups people like to go for when workout out.  The first time I did this I was winded very quickly, and took many breaks. The following day my entire body felt like mush, so trust me when I say to take breaks. The easier it becomes the less breaks you will take, but no matter what you will get a great workout from this circuit!

"15-Minute Workout." Quick Full-Body Workout: Men's Health.com. Rodale Inc., 2012. Web. 19 Apr. 2013.