It’s time to #stopdropandbettyrock with today’s Total Body Sculpt where you will be strengthening and toning your body from head to toe!
I invited the amazing Coach Amanda from Team Betty Rocker to teach today’s workout. You may have seen her on the blog before or teaching and coaching in Rock Your Life.
Coach Amanda is a NASM and NESTA Certified Personal Trainer, Crossfit Level 1 Trainer, TRX Qualified Trainer and a Team Betty Rocker Coach. She teaches weekly classes in our online fitness studio and coaching community, Rock Your Life – and we’d both love to see you there!
I’ll let her tell you about the workout she has for you today but get ready to move your body, feel your heart pumping, and get sweaty!
Coach Amanda here! One of the many reasons I love full body workouts is because you can get maximum benefit in a short period of time. And my favorite way to make the most of a workout is by incorporating compound resistance training and high intensity movements.
This workout is full of moves that work in all three planes of movement and incorporate multiple muscle groups. It not only increases strength, coordination, flexibility and balance but also increases core stability. This forces the body to pump more blood to the heart and in turn, increases cardiovascular health (1).
By practicing movements like these and building strength, it will make everyday activities like bending, rotating, lifting, pushing, or pulling easier! So while you burn more fat in a shorter period of time, you will also be improving your quality of life! Which is exactly the reason we exercise anyway, right?
For this workout, I suggest you have something to use for resistance. You can get creative here – I usually use full water bottles or light dumbbells, but you can use just about anything with some weight to it. As usual, I’ll be walking you through modifications so you can make it your own!
Let’s do this!
Ready for more? I’ve got you covered! The Home Workout Domination program is perfect if you’re looking for a time-saving resistance training plan to do at home, at the gym, or on the road – it will torch body fat, and tighten and strengthen your legs, glutes, abs, and arms – total body domination!
Total Body Sculpt
Click to expand and see all workout move descriptions.Equipment: Weighted objects (optional)
Format: Perform each movement for the recommended reps/time and repeat each superset for 3 rounds
SUPERSET 1
Move 1: Slow Burpee Corkscrew (0:45-1:00)
- Start in a standing position with your feet wider than hip distance apart.
- Bend your knees and plant your hands on the floor or mat in front of you (hands stacked directly below shoulders) and jump or step your feet back into a tall plank position, holding your belly button in and up to keep your core engaged.
- Perform a mountain climber in the tall plank position by bringing your knees to your chest one at a time.
- Keep your core tight and do a push-up (optional) – jump or step your feet back to the outside of your hands, loading your weight in your heels and use your momentum to power up into a jump.
- MOD: Perform this movement on an elevated surface or take the jump out.
Move 2: Lunges with Alternating Biceps Curl (8-12)
Forward Lunge
- Start with your feet hip distance apart and your core engaged.
- Take a big step forward with your right leg and begin bending your back knee until it nearly touches the ground in a 90 degree angle.
- As you descend, perform a right arm bicep curl.
- Lower your body until your right thigh is parallel to the floor (ensure your knee is not shooting out over your toe and maintain an upright chest).
- As you stand up, push through your front heel and come to standing.
- Repeat with left leg and left arm.
Reverse Lunge
- Start with your feet hip distance apart and your core engaged.
- Step your right foot back behind you, begin bending your knees until your back knee nearly touches the ground in a 90 degree angle (as you descend, perform a right arm bicep curl).
- Lower your body until your right thigh is parallel to the floor (ensure your knee is not shooting out over your toe and maintain an upright chest).
- As you stand up, power through your front heel and come to standing.
- Repeat with left leg and left arm.
Move 3: Clamshells to 3 Side Crunch (5 each side)
- Lie on your side with your elbow underneath your shoulder and your knees stacked on top of each other.
- Lift your hip off the ground while separating your knees as if you are opening a clamshell.
- With your hip staying lifted, straighten out your top leg and pull it in toward you as you crunch your elbow and knee together for a side crunch.
- Perform 3 side crunches and then return to start.
SUPERSET 2:
Move 1: Alternating Crescent Kicks with Pop Squat (0:45-1:00)
- Come into a fighter stance with your left foot slightly in front of your right, and get light on your feet.
- Kick with your back leg, imagining that you’re drawing a crescent with your foot during the kick so it arcs up (as high as you’re comfortable with) and across in front of your body.
- Once you land, hop to pivot your stance so your left foot is back and crescent kick with your left.
- After one crescent kick on each side, perform a squat or jump squat before you go back into your crescent kicks.
- MOD: You can kick low, or turn it into a knee kick. This is a great way to see how tight your hips are, and if one is tighter than the other.
Move 2: Half Turkish Get Ups (4-6 each side)
- Lay on your back, with your left knee bent and your right leg straight out.
- With your left arm straight up in the air reach toward the ceiling and perform a sit up (you can support and assist yourself by pressing off your right arm.
- As you sit up, press down through your left heel as you squeeze your glutes to lift your hips up off the ground and end in a partial reverse tabletop position. (You’ll support yourself on just the right arm, the heel of the straight right leg, and the surface of your flat left foot, like a tripod.)
- Come to the top of that position, hold for one to two seconds and then slowly reverse this movement by dropping your booty back to the floor and slowly rolling back to your starting position and repeat.
Move 3: Bear Step Planks (5-8)
- Begin in a tabletop position with your hands and knees on the floor, shoulders stacked over your hands and hips stacked over your knees.
- Brace your core and press into the ground lifting your knees 1-2 inches off the ground and holding that position.
- Slowly step one foot back at a time ending in a tall plank position. Hold for a few seconds and step your feet back into the bear crawl position.
- Repeat this movement back and forth.
- MOD: Do this movement on an elevated surface or hold a bear crawl plank for 5-10 seconds and repeat 5-8 repetitions.
Way to show up today Rockstar!
Leave Coach Amanda and me a comment below to let us know where you’re working out from today, how you’re doing with your fitness goals, and what we can do to help you reach them – we love hearing from you!
One-off workouts are great, but having a plan to follow is even better! Check out Home Workout Domination for a total home workout program that uses minimal equipment and will get you on track to feeling and looking your best!
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- Paoli, Antonio et al. “Resistance Training with Single vs. Multi-joint Exercises at Equal Total Load Volume: Effects on Body Composition, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Muscle Strength.” Frontiers in Physiology. Dec 2017. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5744434/