Advanced Full Body Workout: 8 Explosive Movements to Challenge Yourself
Advanced Full Body Workout: 8 Explosive Movements to Challenge Yourself
Feeling stuck in your workout routine? Maybe you’ve hit a plateau or just need to up the intensity. This advanced full body workout is designed to challenge your strength, power, and endurance with explosive movements that maximize calorie burn in a short amount of time. If you’re a busy professional looking for an effective, no-equipment workout, you’re in the right place!
Quick Stats:
- Total Time: 25-30 minutes including warm-up and cool-down
- Equipment Needed: No equipment required
- Difficulty Level: Advanced
- Calories Burned: Approximately 250-350 calories depending on intensity
Warm-Up (5 minutes)
- High Knees: 30 seconds
- Form Cue: Drive your knees to hip level as you pump your arms.
- Arm Circles: 1 minute (30 seconds forward, 30 seconds backward)
- Form Cue: Keep your arms straight and make small circles.
- Bodyweight Squats: 1 minute
- Form Cue: Keep your chest up and push through your heels.
- Lateral Lunges: 1 minute (30 seconds each side)
- Form Cue: Sit back into your hips as you lunge, keeping your knee over your ankle.
- Dynamic Stretching (Leg Swings): 1 minute (30 seconds per leg)
- Form Cue: Swing your leg front to back, keeping your core tight.
Explosive Movement Workout
Complete in: 20 minutes
Exercise List
| Exercise Name | Reps | Sets | Rest | Form Cue | Modification | |--------------------------|----------------|------|----------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------| | 1. Jump Squats | 12 reps | 3 | 45 seconds | Land softly and keep your knees behind toes | Bodyweight squats (no jump) | | 2. Plyometric Push-Ups | 10 reps | 3 | 45 seconds | Push off the ground and land with soft elbows | Kneeling push-ups | | 3. Box Jumps | 10 reps | 3 | 45 seconds | Jump explosively and land softly | Step-ups | | 4. Burpee Tuck Jumps | 8 reps | 3 | 45 seconds | Tuck your knees to your chest at the jump | Standard burpees (no jump) | | 5. Lateral Bounds | 15 reps (each side) | 3 | 45 seconds | Push off explosively from one leg to the other | Side step (no jump) | | 6. Skater Jumps | 12 reps (each side) | 3 | 45 seconds | Keep your landing foot stable and control the landing | Lateral shuffles | | 7. Medicine Ball Slams (use a heavy object if no ball) | 10 reps | 3 | 45 seconds | Engage your core and slam down with power | Overhead reaches | | 8. Broad Jumps | 8 reps | 3 | 45 seconds | Land softly and absorb the impact with your knees | Step forward instead |
Cool-Down (3-5 minutes)
- Standing Quad Stretch: 30 seconds each leg
- Form Cue: Keep your knees together and push your hips forward.
- Seated Hamstring Stretch: 1 minute
- Form Cue: Keep your back straight as you reach for your toes.
- Child’s Pose: 1 minute
- Form Cue: Relax your shoulders and breathe deeply.
Workout Summary Table
| Total Time | Equipment | Difficulty | Calories Burned | |------------|-----------|------------|------------------| | 25-30 min | No | Advanced | 250-350 |
Conclusion
This advanced full body workout is designed to push your limits and ignite your explosive power. Aim to complete this workout 3 times a week, allowing for rest days in between to recover. You can gradually increase reps or sets as your strength improves.
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