Essential weight lifting exercises for a full body work out?

gemmaleigh1989
gemmaleigh1989 Posts: 241 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
What are your essential weight lifting exercises for a full body work out? I am wanting to make a full body work out routine but also hoping to make it as short as possible. I need to hit all areas, so this is what I was thinking:

Squats with barbell
Dead lifts
bent over barbell row
1 arm dumbbell row
chest press
Triceps dips
Skull crushers
Bicep curls
Shoulder press
Upright barbell row
Crunches
Russian twists

How does this sound?? I only have dumbells, barbell and a bench. Thanks for any advice :) and I know lunges are good but I deliberately left them out because they take too long. Ta!

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  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    something like the Stronglifts routine or Starting strength should work - workout A for Stronglifts 5x5 is squat, bench press and barbell row; workout B is squat Overhead press and deadlift -

    anything else is just supplementary exercises.


    Oh - and it shouldn't take much more than 40 mins including warm-up.
  • Gunsentry
    Gunsentry Posts: 121 Member
    something like the Stronglifts routine or Starting strength should work - workout A for Stronglifts 5x5 is squat, bench press and barbell row; workout B is squat Overhead press and deadlift -

    anything else is just supplementary exercises.


    Oh - and it shouldn't take much more than 40 mins including warm-up.

    +1
  • myofibril
    myofibril Posts: 4,500 Member
    something like the Stronglifts routine or Starting strength should work - workout A for Stronglifts 5x5 is squat, bench press and barbell row; workout B is squat Overhead press and deadlift -

    anything else is just supplementary exercises.


    Oh - and it shouldn't take much more than 40 mins including warm-up.

    That covers most of the bases.

    Personally, I would also include a dip and some kind of twisting movement (side bends/woodchoppers/twists) for completeness but that's by no means necessary.
  • jimmie65
    jimmie65 Posts: 655 Member
    Definitely Stronglifts or Starting Strength. Someone listed SL; SS is squat, deadlift, bench, military press, and clean.
    Either program will hit every muscle in your body.
  • chrishgt4
    chrishgt4 Posts: 1,222 Member
    What are your essential weight lifting exercises for a full body work out? I am wanting to make a full body work out routine but also hoping to make it as short as possible. I need to hit all areas, so this is what I was thinking:

    Squats with barbell
    Dead lifts
    bent over barbell row
    1 arm dumbbell row - Already hit with barbell row
    chest press
    Triceps dips - Already hit with bench press
    Skull crushers - already hit with bench press
    Bicep curls - already hit with rows
    Shoulder press
    Upright barbell row - Already hit with rows
    Crunches
    Russian twists

    How does this sound?? I only have dumbells, barbell and a bench. Thanks for any advice :) and I know lunges are good but I deliberately left them out because they take too long. Ta!

    As commented above - a lot of those are redundant if you are wanting to make it as quick as possible.

    5x5 is my current routine of choice.
  • eric_sg61
    eric_sg61 Posts: 2,925 Member
    A squat
    A press
    A pull
    A couple accessory movement-depends on goals

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