This is an extremely powerful one-set full body workout routine that will quickly pack on muscle onto your frame. You will note that in the Beginner and Intermediate full body workout routines that you will be doing different variations of the routines each week, for three (3) weeks.
We are going to call this Full Body Workout Routine 1, Full Body Workout Routine 2 and Full Body Workout Routine 3 just to make it simple. After this cycle, you are going to start at Full Body Workout Routine 1 again.
The reason we are rotating through all three (3) of these different workout routines is so that you go three (3) weeks before you start repeating most of the exercises. This is part of the full body beginner workout routine’s unique design to encourage the fastest and most effective muscle growth possible.
How does the rotation work, you may wonder… well, let’s dive in and have a look.
Week 1: This is when you will be doing Full Body Workout Routine 1
Week 2: You will do Full Body Workout Routine 2 during this week
Week 3: Full Body Workout Routine 3 gets a chance
Week 4: You go back to Full Body Workout Routine 1
Week 5: You do Full Body Workout Routine 2
And so forth…
All you need to keep doing is to cycle through the 3 different Full Body Workout Routine variations until you have fully completed the 12-week program. From there, I recommend you move onto the Intermediate Workout Routine.
Let’s me explain in a little more detail:
The following program has been designed to be used as a 3-day per week program, although you can adapt it into a 2-day per week program. I’ll explain how you can do it shortly. NOTE: I would however recommend you leave it as a 3-day per week full body workout routine.
Warmup. Do some light stretching and aerobics exercises, followed by 1 warmup set (6 – 10 reps) using light weights.
Once you finish your warmup, find a load to start with. Make sure that it’s hard to lift 6 times. When you starting out, it may take some experimenting on your side, but you’ll soon be able to figure all of this out. As soon as you find this load, use it until it becomes too easy (when you start doing more than 6 reps per set).
Complete 1 full set of each exercise I’m going to share with you below. When doing the exercises, remember to do the positive (concentric) phase as quickly as possible while maintaining good form (EXTREMELY important). While doing the negative (eccentric) phase, lower the weight while counting between 3 and 4 seconds.
Increase the repetitions to 10 per set for each exercise as you grow stronger. Remembering to always keep proper form.
Once you can do 10 reps per exercise, increase the weight so that you can no longer do more than 6 reps per set. Again, maintaining proper form. Keep repeating this until you hit your plateau (I’ll cover this later).
One very important thing to remember is that you HAVE TO leave at least 48hrs between full body workout routines to allow for sufficient recovery. It would not hurt to have a post-workout protein drink to help speed up the recovery phase.
Converting to a 2-day full body workout routine
Add exercises 1 – 3 from Day 3, to the Day 1 full body workout routine. Now add all the Day 5 workouts to the remaining Day 3 workouts (workouts 4 – 7)
Full Body Workout Routine 1
Day 1 (Arms and Shoulders)
Overhead Pres with Barbell
Upright Row
Side Deltoid Raise
Lying Tricep Extrensions
Barbell Curl
Forearm Curl
Reverse Forearm
Day 2 (Rest)
Day 3 (Butt, Legs and Thighs)
Lateral Lunge with Barbell
Hack Squat
Leg Curl with Ankle Weights
Leg Extension with Ankle Weights
Heel Raise with Dumbbells
Ankle Flexion with Weight Plate
Stationary Lunge with Dumbbells
Day 4 (Rest)
Day 5 (Chest, Back and Abs)
Bench Press
Dumbbell Fly
Wide-Grip Row
Dumbbell Swing
Dumbbell Trunk Twist
Oblique Trunk Rotation with Weight Plate
Leg Raise with Ankle Weights
Day 6 (Rest)
Day 7 (Rest)
Full Body Workout Routine 2
Day 1 (Shoulders and Arms)
Dumbbell Military Press
Dumbbell Raise
Front Deltoid Raise
Lying Cross-Shoulder Tricep Extentions
Reverse-Grip Barbell Curl
Wrist Roller
Day 2 (Rest)
Day 3 (Butt, Legs and Thighs)
Hack Squat
Leg Extension with Ankle Weights
Front Squat
Seated Heel Raise with Barbell
Ankle Flexion with Weight Plate
Duck Squat with Dumbbell
Bench Lateral Stepup with Dumbbells
Day 4 (Rest)
Day 5 (Chest, Back and Abs)
Incline Bench
Dumbbell Fly
One-Arm Dumbbell Row
T-Bar Row with Barbell
Dumbbell Side Bend
Curl-Up with Weight Plate
Day 6 (Rest)
Day 7 (Rest)
Full Body Workout Routine 3
Day 1 (Shoulders and Arms)
Behind-The-Neck Press with Barbell
Shrugs
Side Deltoid Raises
French Curl
Preacher Curl
Forearm Curl
Reverse Forearm Curl
Day 2 (Rest)
Day 3 (Butt, Legs and Thighs)
Hack Squat
Leg Curl with Ankle Weights
Leg Extension with Ankle Weights
Seated Heel Raise with Barbell
Ankle Flexion with Weight Plate
Stationary Lunge with Dumbbells
Standing Kickback with Ankle Weights
Day 4 (Rest)
Day 5 (Chest, Back and Arms)
Decline Bench Press
Dumbbell Fly
Good Morning
One-Arm Dumbbell Row
Dumbbell Trunk Twist
Obliques Trunk Rotation with Weight Plate
Dumbbell Side Bend
Day 6 (Rest)
Day 7 (Rest)
Well there you go, a complete Full Body Beginner Workout Routine designed to stop you from hurting yourself, yet awesome enough to help you grow strong like bull
I’m a serious advocate for full body training. Great article…. I would also recommend as you go through your routine to maintain a steady pace, engage core, and remember that FORM trumps weight.
Awesome article! I do however feel more emphases could have been included to suggest healthy alternatives activities that could be incorporated on (rest) days…
Thanks for raising a very valid point. My suggestion would be to get out there and do some sports. Take part in community events, walks, cycling, basketball, whatever! The point is to get out, experience life and to have fun. Too many people take this stuff way too seriously and although health is a serious deal, why don’t you incorporate some fun into it as well.
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I’m a serious advocate for full body training. Great article…. I would also recommend as you go through your routine to maintain a steady pace, engage core, and remember that FORM trumps weight.
Thanks Jeremiah and what you say is so true. Form is extremely important as it can not only injury you, but also stop you from achieving your goals.
Awesome article! I do however feel more emphases could have been included to suggest healthy alternatives activities that could be incorporated on (rest) days…
Hey,
Thanks for raising a very valid point. My suggestion would be to get out there and do some sports. Take part in community events, walks, cycling, basketball, whatever! The point is to get out, experience life and to have fun. Too many people take this stuff way too seriously and although health is a serious deal, why don’t you incorporate some fun into it as well.