Stop Wasting Time: How to Build Real Fitness with Just 5 Essential Compound Movements

According to Laura Hoggins, a personal fitness trainer and author of best-selling workout books, the journey to true fitness starts with combined, or compound, exercises. These are exercises that engage multiple joints and muscle groups concurrently, leading the body to change in a more balanced and stronger manner. She advises incorporating several compound movements into each workout session, performing each exercise for 3 to 4 sets with 8 to 12 repetitions. The weight selected should be challenging enough so that the final two to three repetitions of each set are difficult to complete, yet still achievable with correct form.