The Best Full Body Workouts to Help You Lose Belly Fat and Build Muscle [Part 1]

Finding the right full body workouts that will keep you lean and healthy can be a problem sometimes. There are so many full body workouts routines out there that finding out the best one for you is hard. As a fitness trainer and enthusiast for many years, I have come across a lot of people that come into the gym with so much excitement and enthusiasm only to lose it a couple of weeks down the line. Why does this happen? They follow the wrong workout routines that are not effective. These routines take up so much energy and time with little or no results. This can be a motivation killer.

Here, I will provide you with some of the best and most effective full body workouts. It is important to have a balanced workout program, one that has both Strength and Cardio training.

Workout #1 – Strength Training

Muscle building exercises helps with the burning of calories especially when you are resting. Compound movements rather than isolation movements burn more calories when you do them. These include dead lifts, bench press and squats. These workouts, you do on 3 non consecutive days (Monday, Wednesday and Friday or Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) and alternate between the 2 full body workouts.

Set 1:
• 2 sets of incline bench press – 8 to 12 reps
• 2 sets of reverse grip barbell rows – 8 to 12 reps
• 1 set of dead lifts – 8 to 12 reps
• 2 sets of barbell curls – 8 to 12 reps
• 1 set of hanging leg raises – 10 to 15 reps
• Cardio

Set 2: (Alternate between Set 1 and Set 2)
• 2 sets of Standing Overhead Press 8-12 reps
• 2 sets of Pull ups 8-12 reps
• 2 sets of Squats – 8 to 12 reps
• 1 sets of Weighted Sit ups – 10 to 15 reps

With these strength training workouts, you will be on your way to a really great body. Do remember though that this is just the strength training side of the full body workouts. For the weight that you will put on the bars, that is totally up to you. The more weight you lift, the more warm up sets you need to go through. Warm ups are very important as they help to prevent serious injury. Spend a bit of time warming up before you go through the full body workouts sets above.

Check out the second part to our Full Body Workout Routine here.