How to achieve a great physique with bodyweight training

Many people think building muscles is about abandoning life outside the gym and devoting hours to training like a monk in a monastery, and that the only way to chisel the body into a desirable physique is by toiling hour after hour lifting rusty iron day in, day out and year in, year out.

This need not be so. Although hard work is truly required, does a great physique really demand one be a slave of iron weights? Full-body work outs enable one to progress and it easily fits in one's schedule. This is much more convenient if one is looking forward to achieving a great physique but finds it hard to stick to a single work out routine.

Genuine full-body work outs done by athletes with an aim in mind means challenging training, makes room for full recovery so one can actually grow and continue to train hard plus it also prevents burnout which is inevitable due to excessive training.

So if one is ready to develop a great physique, here is all there is to know about full body workouts:

A full-body work out is a time saver. The biggest plus about having the whole body trained all at once is probably having to go to the gym less frequently; perhaps around two to three times a week would be enough.

Another advantage of working out the entire body all at once is that one need not spend two or more hours of strenuous exercise in the gym every session; you only need to spend one hour in the gym per session. So that's just three to four hours per week in the gym right? With full-body workouts, it is all about the quality of exercise and not the quantity, nor even the amount of time you allot per session.

Full-body workouts boosts the cardiovascular system - by allotting two to four sets for every body part into the one hour session. Jam packed with exercise, each one hour session then gets the cardiovasular system pumping in a flash.

Now we will look at the rules one has to follow when engaging in full-body workouts:

Training commences only once every two to three days. This is so easy isn't it? What is great about this is that there is time spared during rest days so that one can indulge in a few cardio sessions instead of depending on cardio execises one normally does at the end of each work out session (which inevitably are not at all very effective).

Heavy lifting is strongly advised. Do not stick to training lightly with the aim of conserving energy for the other body parts that will be used later in the routine. Instead, focus on training heavy, no matter which program you are following.

One exercise only per muscle group. This is very easy to follow and is also important. Doing basic exercises which are also intense means you do not have to do another different exercise for that body part.

Keep the workout short. Resistance training affects the natural homones of the body connected to muscle building. Intense exercising boosts the testosterone levels and long workouts increase those of catabolic cortisol. Sixty minutes of exercise allows you to get the best of both worlds.

Now with this convenient and powerful training regimen, one can now truly achieve a great physique.