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It\u2019s time to think of ways of working out at home and what better equipment to work with than your whole body? All you need is yourself. Body part splits or full-body workouts? What\u2019s best for a lean, balanced physique? We\u2019ll answer all of that in this quick guide to the benefits of full-body workouts.<\/p>\n
This is what 2-3 full-body workouts (rather than 4-5 body-part split sessions each week) can help you achieve:<\/p>\n
By training more than one muscle group per workout, you’ll naturally increase muscle fibre recruitment and benefit from a greater caloric output. And full-body workouts save you time, too.<\/p>\n
Full-body workouts enable you to train different muscle groups more frequently than hitting leg day, back day and chest day. This will increase muscle development and build the strength of stabilising muscles, too. If you focus on single body parts week in, week out, you’re more likely to hit a plateau or risk the chance of injury through overtraining. And if you gravitate towards your favourite body-part sessions (we’re all guilty of it!) you’ll eventually end up with an unbalanced physique: big up top with no legs, or with your legs dominating your shoulders. Not a good every day look!<\/p>\n
The beauty of full-body workouts is that they generally demand more from your entire body, including your cardiovascular system. Your muscles, heart and lungs will need to work hard to power through a full-body workout. The best way to do it? Incorporate dynamic lifts like an overhead squat. If you have any dumbells at home, you can use them in the exercise. Otherwise, just raise your arms to engage your upper body. Perform them in supersets or circuits at high rep ranges, and you’ll get a solid cardio workout!<\/p>\n
If you switch your training style to full-body workouts, you’ll need to support your body as it works hard and recovers hard, too. Try Informed Whey<\/a>\u00ae, a premium quality whey protein with added amino acids (including the key amino acid leucine) and glutamine. It’s great for supporting protein synthesis and recovery (and tastes amazing, too). Add in Complete Hydration\u2122 to take care of your electrolyte needs when working out hard. When we sweat, we lose vital salts and electrolytes. And if our electrolyte balance gets too low, crucial functions such as muscle contractions can be impaired, leading to a loss of performance. Complete Hydration<\/a>\u2122 helps take care of your body’s electrolyte balance and replenishes muscle glycogen levels which are reduced during training. Finally, add in our Complete Multivitamin Complex<\/a>\u2122 to protect your general health and wellbeing whilst you’re ramping up the training!<\/p>\n Looking to learn more? We believe that every person, with support, has the right to transform their lives through fitness. That’s why we’ve put together hundreds of articles with expert advice, all to help you on your fitness journey.<\/p>\n Warm-up shoulders<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0How to order your exercises<\/a> It’s time to think of ways of working out at home and what better equipment to work with than your whole body? All you need is yourself. Body part…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":15660,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[357],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-training-and-exercise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bulk.com\/uk\/the-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bulk.com\/uk\/the-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bulk.com\/uk\/the-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bulk.com\/uk\/the-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bulk.com\/uk\/the-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6336"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.bulk.com\/uk\/the-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24739,"href":"https:\/\/www.bulk.com\/uk\/the-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6336\/revisions\/24739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bulk.com\/uk\/the-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bulk.com\/uk\/the-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bulk.com\/uk\/the-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bulk.com\/uk\/the-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Related articles<\/h3>\n
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