20-Minute Full Body Workout with Weights
Scientific findings published by the American Heart Foundation recommend that adults exercise for at least 150 minutes weekly. This works out to about 30 minutes a day of moderate-intensity physical activity.
However, sometimes life comes at you hard, and when that happens, finding even 20 minutes in your day to exercise can seem like a luxury.
If you ever have less than 30 minutes a day to spare, you can squeeze in this 20-minute full-body workout with weights.
It’s important to put to good use whatever time is available to you because, at the end of the day, 15-20 minutes of exercise is so much better than none at all.
20-minute full-body workout with weights
This 20 minute workout with weights is the best because it hits the major muscle groups in the body.
- 12 barbell squats x2
- 12 deadlifts x2
- 12 Bench/floor press x2
- 15 bent-over dumbbell rows x2
- 15 dumbbell curls x2
- 15 dumbbell triceps extensions x2
- 12 kettlebell swings
- 15 standing dumbbell overhead press
- 20 bicycle crunches x2
- 12 glute bridges
- 20 Russian twists
There you have it! A fat-burning full-body workout with weights that will work your quads, hamstrings, back, chest, triceps, biceps, shoulders, and abs, all in 20 minutes.
If you need to use this workout plan for a week, you can do it two days in a row, rest on the third day to let the muscles recover, and then go at it again for another two days.
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Susan Chanda is a professional content writer/journalist with over 20 years’ experience. She holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing management from University of South Africa and a diploma in Journalism and Public relations.
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