In this article I am going to show you what exercises to focus on and provide an example of a workout to get you started
An area in which many people have the wrong plan is with regards to working out. Many people believe that if a program is not complicated it will not work. I have designed hundreds of effective programs for clients and they are always shocked with how basic the programs are.

In order to maximize your workouts, you have to focus on exercises that work the most muscle groups in the most effective manner. Moreover, you have to know how to organize a workout to cut through unnecessary complexity and unnecessary overlapping. In this article I am going to show you what exercises to focus on and provide an example of a workout to get you started.


Getting Started


People often complain that they have no time to workout. If you believe that you need to workout two hours per day and six days a week, I can see how you might not have time to fit training in. However, the average person watches four hours of TV per day so don't expect me to feel too sorry for you. Regardless, you will be happy to know that you do not have to work out six days per week.

Moreover, working out for too long too often does more damage than good. In fact studies show that strength training workouts that take longer than forty-five minutes are not as effective as workouts that are less than forty-five minutes.

The longer your workouts are, the more your reserves become depleted. Continue on this road for too long and you will get weaker in the gym. If you continue to stay on the path you will eventually get sick and run down. Get over the attitude that more is better. Focus on the quality of your workout and not he quantity.

The first thing that you need to do to design an effective training regimen is to pick the right exercises.


Make sure that you do all of these exercises with free weights. Skip the smith machine and nautilus. They both do more harm then good.

The above exercises are all compound exercises that work multiple muscle groups at the same time. For example, the bench press works the chest, shoulders, and triceps. Isolation exercises such as the triceps pushdown only work the triceps. By focusing on compound exercises you will get more bang for your buck in less time than ever before. Two full body strength workouts per week are all that it takes to get you strong and toned.