Doing more in less time is a hallmark of the modern ages—and that applies to fitness, too. There’s a simple way to keep your gym sessions packed with action so that by the sweat session’s end, you’ve fired up your legs, woken up your core from front to back, and challenged your upper body all at the same time. Welcome to your next great compound-move workout.
Each exercise in this workout plan is really two or three moves in one. The reason these compacted movements are so important to training variety is because they recruit all your biggest muscles and challenge your mind-muscle connection from the get-go. Plus, they burn more calories than isolation moves while still building quality muscle. And since the exercises are so varied, you barely realize you’re doing pullups, pushups, and burpees. Time flies when you’re having multijoint fun!
We tappedM&F Hers technical adviser Gino Caccavale for his freshest ideas to help you work up a sweat in seconds. He calls it high-intensity paired exercise (HIPE) training—for mega moves that help you lose inches in no time at all.
The Plan
Goal
Lose Fat, Build Muscle
Skill level
Intermediate
Duration
4 weeks
Days per week
3
Type
Balance, Mobility, Muscle Endurance, Plyometric, Strength Training
