5 Best Gym Full Body Workouts

The five best gym full body workouts will get your feet moving and heart pumping. If you don’t have the time or patience to workout individual parts of your body, then save yourself some time and effort and get a total body workout with these simple yet effective gym body workouts. 

1.  Tread mill. The great thing about the treadmill is you can go at your own pace. You can start off walking on the treadmill until you get use to the different settings and speed. When you are ready to get a more intensify full body workout start jogging on the treadmill or perhaps incline it. You will burn calories and get a total body workout at the gym.

2. Elliptical machine. If you are looking to get a full body workout, hit the elliptical machine next time you go to the gym. The back and forth motion of the elliptical will definitely get your heart pumping. This machine is good for someone with bone and joint problems. It does offer a full body workout, but without the constant impact on your feet. You have the option of sitting down or standing up while you workout but you will see results over you entire body.

3. The squat and toss. This is a simple yet effective way of working out your full body. This workout will require a medicine ball. Position the medicine ball between your legs squat down as far as you can touching ball on the floor. Then with your twelve to fifteen pound medicine ball push yourself up, reaching up to the sky, do twelve to sixteen repetitions. Here’s how you can really feel the burn when you do the squat and toss, alternate by going left to right with medicine ball. When you push up to the sky  with medicine ball instead of going straight up, go from side to side, lifting one leg to the side putting all the weight on the other leg. You have to be strong with good balance to do this advance workout.

4.  Leg lunges using dumbbell bells. Grab a dumbbell in each hand, while holding weights lunge forward.  Curl the dumbbell upward onetime and then reach your arms up high as you stand up. You will be working your upper and lower body with this workout, giving you a full body workout.

5.  Rowing machine. A rowing machine may look a bit confusing causing you to over look it. However you can get a total body workout on this machine; if done right. With the rowing action and leg and feet movement, you will start burning calories in no time, improving your cardiovascular health.

With any full body workout know your limits. If you haven’t joined a gym, yet you may want to consult with your physician on what type of full body workout will be best for you.