Workout Goal
Our goal today is to hit all the major muscle groups in a balanced and effective manner, focusing on strength building, fat burning and flexibility enhancement.
Daily Benefit
This total body workout not only burns calories for weight loss, but also helps build and tone muscles, improve cardiovascular health, and increase flexibility and body function, which are essential for daily activities.
Workout Plan
Warming Up (Duration: 10 minutes)
- Jumping Jacks
Instructions: Stand upright with your feet together, arms at your sides. Jump into the air and spread your legs slightly wider than hip-width while extending your arms overhead. Jump back into starting position.
Equipment: No Equipment necessary
Muscles worked: Full Body
- Arm Circles
Instructions: Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, extend your arms out to the sides, keeping them straight. Start making circular movements with your arms, first small, then gradually larger.
Equipment: No Equipment necessary
Muscles worked: Deltoids
Cardio Workout (Duration: 20 minutes)
Instructions: Either take a outside route or do it on treadmills, keep the pace moderate enough so you can hold a conversation.
Equipment: Treadmill(Optional)
Muscles worked: Full Body
Strength Training
Upper Body (Choose at least 3, duration: 20 minutes)
- Push-ups
Instructions: Start in a high plank position, descend your body until your chest touches floor, then push back up.
Equipment: Optionally use Push Up Stands for better grip
Muscles Worked: Chest, triceps, shoulders
- Dumbbell Rows
Instructions: Bend at your hips, hold a dumbbell in each hand, let them hang at arm length. Pull the dumbbells to your chest.
Equipment: Dumbbells
Muscles Worked: Back and biceps
- Overhead Press
Instructions: Stand holding a pair of dumbbells just outside your shoulders, palms facing each other. Press the weights up until your arms are completely straight.
Equipment: Dumbbells
Muscles Worked: Shoulders and triceps
Lower Body (Choose at least 3, duration: 20 minutes)
- Squats
Instructions: Keep your feet shoulder-width apart, descend your hips back and down, then push back up to the starting position.
Equipment: Optionally Use Dumbbells for added weight
Muscles Worked: Quads, hamstrings, glutes
- Lunges
Instructions: Step forward with one leg, lower your body until your front knee is at 90 degrees. Push back up to the starting position.
Equipment: Optionally Use Dumbbells for added weight
Muscles Worked: Quads, hamstrings, glutes
- Deadlifts
Instructions: Stand with your mid-foot under the barbell. Bend over and grab the bar. Lower your hips and flex the knees, look forward. Stand up with the weight.
Equipment: Barbell
Muscles Worked: Hamstrings, lower back, glutes
Stretching (Duration: 10 minutes)
- Standing Hamstring Stretch
Instructions: Stand and bend forward at your waist with your arms hanging down and your hands trying to touch your toes.
Equipment: No Equipment
Muscles Worked: Hamstrings
- Butterfly Stretch