Below, Mike Mahler explains that in order to maximize your workouts, you have to focus on exercises that work the most muscle groups in the most effective manner.

An area in which many people have the wrong plan is with regards to working out. Many people believe that if a program is not complicated it will not work. In order to maximize your workouts, you have to focus on exercises that work the most muscle groups in the most effective manner. Moreover, you have to know how to organize a workout to cut through unnecessary complexity and unnecessary overlapping.

Working out for too long too often does more damage than good. In fact studies show that strength training workouts that take longer than forty-five minutes are not as effective as workouts that are less than forty-five minutes.

The longer your workouts are, the more your reserves become depleted. Continue on this road for too long and you will get weaker in the gym. If you continue to stay on the path you will eventually get sick and run down. 

Here Are The Exercises That You Should Focus On:

These are compound exercises that work multiple muscle groups at the same time. For example, the bench press, The D10’s ninth event, works the chest, shoulders, and triceps.

By focusing on compound exercises you will get more bang for your buck in less time than ever before. 

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Mike Mahler is a certified Russian Kettlebell Challenge instructor, strength coach, athlete and freelance journalist. To read more from Mike, click here.