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DEL.ICIO.USTop 5 Tips to Make a Full-Body Workout Work for you
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Start with body-weight execises such as lunges, push-ups and squats. You want to work toward lifting your body weight with correct form and range of motion before you actually start lifting weights. Perform compound exercises such as deadlifts, squats and lunges - these will burn the most calories and let you work all of your muscles with fewer exercises.
Use a circuit-type routine, and keep your rest periods short. Pair upper-body exercises with lower-body ones and go back and forth between the two. Keep each of your rest periods 30 to 60 seconds long, with each set lasting 40 to 60 seconds.
Use no more than 24 sets per workout in total - this could be two sets of 12 exercises or three sets of eight exercises. Your workout should take less than an hour; beyond an hour, you’ll start to have diminishing returns.
Take at least one day off a week to let your body rest and recover. You will achieve results from your recovery period, not from your workout.
Don’t get stuck in the same routine for months on end. You have to change it up every four to six weeks. In order for your body to keep changing, you must continue to alter your routine, so as your body adapts, make a change.
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