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One easy way to get a quick-yet-effective total-body workout?
Katie Thompson
Incorporatecompound movements, which are exercises that involve multiple joints and stimulate large muscle groups.
The following four-move dumbbell workout, which Fagan created for SELF, checks all of these boxes.
One easy way to add it to a larger workout?
(you’re free to also try this five-minute dynamic warm-uphere.)
Then, when doing the actual workout, be sure to give it your all, Fagan advises.
You should be working hard enough that you have to rest in between each exercise, she says.
Remember: The focus here is onquality,and that means giving max effort.
The Workout
What you need:An exercisematfor comfort and dumbbells.
Alternating Chest Press
This unilateral exercise is obviously great for firing up your chest orpectoral muscles.
