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Boost your leg work: Workout 4

Build up your total-body strength with this no-nonsense routine.

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Man Lifting Weights
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Man Lifting Weights
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You want to get stronger all over? You can’t go wrong with this workout.

The fourth and final routine in our four-day workout program to boost your leg work, this workout packs lots of powerhouse compound exercises into a relatively short amount of time. All your prime movers—legs, hips, chest, back, shoulders, and arms—will be put to the test. And to finish off any fat that survived those muscle-building exercises, you’ll face down a 10-round bodyweight circuit at the end.

Directions

Perform the exercises marked with letters (A, B, etc.) in succession, resting as needed between sets until you’ve completed one set of each exercise in the series. Repeat the superset until you’ve done all the prescribed reps.

The finisher section of the workout is a bodyweight circuit. Do as many reps of an exercise as possible in 30 seconds, and then rest for 30 seconds. Repeat the pattern for each exercise in the circuit. Do 10 circuits total.

Routine

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The Workout Program to Boost Your Leg Work

Workout 4: Build up your total-body strength

Exercise
Equipment
Sets
Reps
Rest
Exercise 1 of 8

Deadlift

Equipment
Barbell
Sets
--
Reps
Work up to a 3-rep maximum
Rest
As needed
Exercise 2 of 8

Bentover Row

Equipment
Barbell
Sets
4
Reps
8-10
Rest
--
Exercise 3 of 8

Single-leg hip thrust

Equipment
Bench
Sets
4
Reps
15-20
Rest
--
Exercise 4 of 8

Dumbbell Overhead Press

Equipment
Dumbbells
Sets
4
Reps
8-10
Rest
--
Exercise 5 of 8

Dumbbell Curl

Equipment
Dumbbells
Sets
4
Reps
8-10
Rest
--
Exercise 6 of 8

Tate Press

Equipment
Dumbbells
Sets
4
Reps
8-10
Rest
--
Exercise 7 of 8

Kneeling Cable Crunch

Equipment
Adjustable Cable Machine
Sets
4
Reps
15-20
Rest
--
Exercise 8 of 8

Horizontal Cable Woodchop

Equipment
Cable Machine
Sets
4
Reps
15-20
Rest
--

The Workout Program to Boost Your Leg Work

Workout 4 Finisher: Fat-burning circuit (do 10 rounds)

Exercise
Equipment
Sets
Reps
Rest
Exercise 9 of 8

Burpee

Equipment
No Equipment
Sets
--
Reps
30 sec. of work
Rest
30 sec.
Exercise 10 of 8

Situp

Equipment
No Equipment
Sets
--
Reps
30 sec. of work
Rest
30 sec.
Exercise 11 of 8

Jumping Jack

Equipment
No Equipment
Sets
--
Reps
30 sec. of work
Rest
30 sec.
Exercise 12 of 8

Pushup

Equipment
Sets
--
Reps
30 sec. of work
Rest
30 sec.
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Exercise 13 of 8

Mountain Climber

Equipment
Medicine Ball
Sets
--
Reps
30 sec. of work
Rest
30 sec.
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