Full Body Workout Routine to Lose Belly Fat and Build Muscle [Part 2]

This Full Body Workout Routine article is a follow up to our Full Body Workouts one. When you do full body strength training workouts, you need to push yourself. Get out of your comfort zone if you want to achieve the best results. Do note that you should ‘push yourself to strain and not to pain’. You do not want to overdo your training to the point of muscle failure.

The general rule for full body workout routine that involves strength training should be 1 to 2 reps from failing. What this means is that you should do weight training up to the stage where you feel you can do 1 or 2 more reps. It is totally different for abdominal exercises or workouts that target your core and abs. These exercises you do till failure. Rest time between warm up sets should be 45 seconds to a minute while for strength training routines, you should have about a minute or 2 between sets.

Full Body Workout Routine: Cardio

Straight after your warm up, do some cardio. You can do this on an elliptical machine, a rower, a stationary bike or even a treadmill. Do cardio for about 20 minutes. Your cardio workout should start with getting you winded in 2 minutes. When you get to that stage, slow the pace down (do not stop) for a minute or 2 than repeat the cycle 4 or 5 times. At the end of the 20 minutes you should be winded. If you still have a lot of energy, it means that you did not push yourself through the sprints.

Full Body Workout Routine for Anyone (reps = repetitions)

• Seated Military Press – Do 2 sets of this with 11 or 12 reps (targets your shoulders)
• Lateral Pull Down – Do 2 sets of 12 reps (targets your back)
• Decline, Close Grip Bench Press – 2 sets of 12 reps (targets your chest)
• Seated Triceps Extension – 2 sets of 11 to 12 reps (targets your arms)
• Dumbbell Biceps Curl – 2 sets of 11 to 12 reps (targets your arms)
• Machine Leg Curl – 2 sets of 10 to 12 reps (targets your legs)
• Machine Leg Press – 2 sets of 12 reps (targets your legs)

Try this full body workout routine out to really start seeing results. Do not that weight training goes hand in hand with cardio workouts and a good diet. Any progress you make in the gym can be easily lost with the food that you eat.

Check out more of our Full Body Workouts for more information.