- Trainers Vivienne and Mike Addo came up with the quick but effective routine.
- It uses compound bodyweight exercises that target multiple muscle groups.
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Looking for a quick, equipment-free workout to do during your lunch hour at home?
Trainers Vivienne and Mike Addo, also known as MrandMrsMuscle on social media, have come up with a 20-minute bodyweight routine that will sculpt every muscle in your body.
Compound exercises are super efficient since they recruit more muscles than any other type of movement, working them simultaneously.
What’s more, the routine, put together by the couple who have 1.6 million followers on Instagram, is challenging enough to get your heart racing, increasing your chances of losing weight.
The workout consists of deadlifts with reverse lunges for 45 seconds followed by a 15-second rest.
The workout (below) begins with a warm-up, which begins by jogging in place for 30 seconds while rotating your wrists.
Next, you start some sumo squats with lateral stretches on alternating sides for 30 seconds.
This is followed by deep squats with the arms moving in their full range from the floor to overhead.
This move focuses on the glutes, thighs, abs, and shoulders.
Next, do some deadlifts (although without weights in your hands) with an overhead reach for another 30 seconds.
Step back on one leg and at the same time lean back with your arms pointing toward the sky and slightly behind you.
Then step your feet together and reach the floor in front of you, trying to keep your spine as straight as possible and your knees slightly bent.
Then repeat with the other leg.
Now that you’re warmed up, the workout consists of doing an exercise for 45 seconds and then resting for 15 seconds in between.
The first exercise is a drop squat: jump your legs into a squat, while lowering one arm so your fingers touch the floor. He tries to keep his back straight.
Do this for 45 seconds, which will get your thighs, abs, glutes, hamstrings, and back working.
Then, move on to alternating lateral lunges.
Start standing with your feet together, then step to the side, bending the leg you stepped on and keeping the other straight. Alternate between legs.
The next step is the reverse lunge deadlift, followed by modified jumping jacks. Instead of jumping, bring each leg out to the side.
Next come push-ups, which can be done on your knees if necessary.
This is followed by a back extension variation, in which you lie face down and assume the sphinx position.
Next is a “dead bug,” where you lie on your back with your knees bent in the air and your arms pointing up.
Then, you lower down and stretch one leg and the alternate arm at the same time. Repeat using the other arm and leg.
The next step is to touch the board with your toes, followed by oblique turns.
Then you can rest for 30 seconds while you take a drink of water and wipe off the sweat.
Then repeat the exercises one more time.
Studies have shown that compound exercises are very effective at building strength in record time, in addition to maximizing the number of calories burned and improving cardiovascular health.