The best thing about full-body workouts is that they allow you to work a large number of muscle fibres in a short space of time. The result is that your body releases a flood of growth hormones that will make your muscles get bigger and stronger. They’re great if you’re new to training because they get your muscles used to weight training without putting them under too much stress. The downside of this workout is that it’s hard to fully exhaust your muscle fibres.
Designing your workout The key to a sound full-body workout is balance. That means making sure you have a pushing motion for every pulling motion you do and that you spend a roughly equal amount of time on your upper and lower body.
Opt for compound exercises (multi-joint moves that work several muscle groups at once), as these will give you maximum musclebuilding benefits. Leave abs-specific
exercises, such as the crunch, to the end of your workout because you don’t want to exhaust your core muscles before they’re called on to stabilise your spine in more demanding moves such as a table pull-up.
| Full-body sample workout | |
| Squat | |
| One-leg deadlift | |
| Table pull-up | |
| Press-up | |
| Inverted shoulder press | |
| Woodchop | |
| Jackknife |
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