The 4 Set Workout

You have a life to live, you're pressed for time and the gym is way down on your "to do" list. However you need to get in your exercise otherwise that will be another day gone. So what do you do?

It doesn't have to be this way. What if I told you that in just 15 minutes you can get a whole body workout done and be in and out and be getting on with the rest of your day?

Don't believe me? Try this workout for when you are truly pressed for time (you can use machines to save time loading up weights)

First just do a general warm up on the stationary cycle, treadmill, elliptical climber - anything that gets your heart rate up and limbers your body. then we move onto the workout itself.

Exercise 1

Squats - 1 set of 12 to 15 reps. These work the legs (quadriceps, hamstrings & calves), the buttocks, the lower back muscles and to a lesser extent the abdominals

Exercise 2

Deadlift - 1 set of 6 to 9 reps. These work all the major muscles of the body from top to toe

Exercise 3

Incline bench press - 1 set of 8 to 12 reps. These work the chest (pectorals), shoulders (deltoids) and triceps (back of the arm)

Exercise 4

Chin ups or pulldowns - 1 set of 8 to 12 reps. These work the back muscles (lattisimus), biceps and to a lesser extent the shoulders

So there you have it - a complete full body workout that can easily be squeezed into a busy day. You can even drop the deadlifts if needed as the muscles are worked with the other exercises.