Lifting: Full Body Workouts--> Have any?

Honestly, I wouldn't recommend Rip's book on form either as some of what he teaches is a little suspect as well. The best videos or tutorials I've seen are on YouTube and they're called,

1. So You Think You Can Bench Press
2. So You Think You Can Squat
3. So You Think You Can Deadlift

I'm going to recommend looking at New Rules of Lifting for Women. It's a great beginner program and I preferred it to Starting Strength (which I've done) or Strong Lifts (which I looked at).

ETA: All 3 are good programs to start with, it's really more about personal preference, and I just happened to like the workouts in NROL4W best.

Stronglifts 5x5 gives you a youtube tutorial on how to properly lift. If you sign up on his website, he will give you his pdf and a spreadsheet that will help you to track your progress. The youtube videos are unedited so that you can see about how long the workouts take which is about 30 minutes. He did this on purpose. I haven't looked into the others so I don't know how they work. But I do know that I didn't think the SL 5x5 would be too difficult since its only 25 reps of 3 exercises until day 2 after lifting. My whole body was sore. :flowerforyou:

1. So You Think You Can Bench Press
2. So You Think You Can Squat
3. So You Think You Can Deadlift

I like all of these video series' as well, but they are tuned for powerlifting specifically if I am remembering correctly. I clearly recall Dave Tate's incredible arch for the bench press.

Yeah, probably don't need to keep such an exaggerated arch for sure but definitely keep a little arch. The one thing that made sense to me and I don't recall who I was watching (Simmons, Wendler, or Tate..) but basically the message was that if you want to learn how to lift safely then watch a powerlifter. Basically because they are moving so much weight that they have to be as safe as possible or they will not just hurt themselves, but possibly kill theirselves if they **** up. I think there's some good logic there but definitely don't need to follow it to the "T". I myself prefer narrow stance squats these days.

My recommendations for full-body strength exercises :Clean-and-press, bench press, squats, deadlifts, pushups(yes, I hate them, but they work a host of muscle groups), and sprinting. Sprinting is, generally speaking, not cardio, and it will work most of your muscles with proper form.

Be prepared for some big muscle soreness after, though. I am in a lot of pain at the moment. Lol.

If you want to lift 4 days in a row, I would recommend Jillian Michaels' videos. They're great beginner workouts but you can make them harder and you definitely can do them everyday. I really liked 30 Day Shred and No More Trouble Zones. I saw great progress in my muscles with NMTZ in just a couple weeks (inner thighs, hello!) and you can really gauge your progress on how much easier it gets to do the videos as time goes on.

A lot of is body weight exercises but all the arm stuff you use dumbbells. So not sure if you want JUST lifting, but overall I found it to be great for strength training and will be incorporating these videos into my routine again.

I've been using the Beautiful Badass program and love it. Each day has 1-2 lower body exercises, 1-2 upper body exercises, and core work.

Also, I picked this one because after you do the beginner program you have about 19 different options of workouts depending on what you want to do. It also comes with a manual discussing the workout plan as a whole and links to her private youtube channel with demonstrations on how to properly perform lifts. She also gives you her contact info if you have questions.