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The Heavy Full-Body Bash 39-min Gym Workout

39 min
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5 exercises

Your muscles deserve a solid HEAVY workout every now and again' just to shock their system! Show them that they truly are boss with today's HEAVY workout. Be sure to warm up before attempting this one, and read each of the exercise notes carefully! 

Seated Shoulder Hammer Presses exercise illustration
Seated Shoulder Hammer Presses
3 sets
6 reps
2 min rest
Set 1 = A burn at 6 reps. Set 2 = a close to failure point at 6 reps. Set 3 = a safe failure between 4 and 6 reps.
2:00 rest
T-Bar Rows exercise illustration
T-Bar Rows
3 sets
8 reps
2 min rest
Set 1 = A burn at 8 reps. Set 2 = a close to failure point at 8 reps. Set 3 = a safe failure between 6 and 8 reps.
2:00 rest
Single-Arm Kneeling Landmine Presses exercise illustration
Single-Arm Kneeling Landmine Presses
3 sets
8 reps
2 min rest
Set 1 = A burn at 8 reps. Set 2 = a close to failure point at 8 reps. Set 3 = a safe failure between 6 and 8 reps.
2:00 rest
Leg Press exercise illustration
Leg Press
3 sets
10 reps
2 min rest
Set 1 = A burn at 10 reps. Set 2 = a failure point at 10 reps. Set 3 = a safe failure between 8 and 10 reps.
2:00 rest
Dumbbell Weighted Leg Pull-Ins exercise illustration
Dumbbell Weighted Leg Pull-Ins
3 sets
12 reps
2 sec rest
Set 1 = A burn at 12 reps. Set 2 = a failure point at 12 reps. Set 3 = a safe failure between 10 and 12 reps.

About this workout

The Heavy Full-Body Bash 39-min Gym Workout is a free 39 min workout plan with 5 illustrated exercises for your abs, back, chest and legs. Follow the workout online, save it to your WorkoutLabs Fit account or download it as a printable PDF.

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Workout details

  • Duration: 39 min
  • Exercises: 5
  • Training focus: Abs, back, chest and legs
  • Equipment: Full gym
  • Level: Intermediate
  • Format: Interactive workout and printable PDF

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What equipment do I need for this workout?

You'll need full gym for this workout. Tap any exercise to see form instructions and possible substitutions if a piece of equipment isn't available.

How long does the The Heavy Full-Body Bash 39-min Gym Workout take?

The full workout takes about 39 minutes, covering 5 exercises with prescribed sets, reps and rest periods. Using the built-in timers and auto-advance keeps you on pace from start to finish.

Is this workout suitable for my fitness level?

This is an intermediate workout, best suited to people with some training experience. Beginners can still follow it by reducing the weight, doing fewer sets or resting longer between sets – each exercise includes illustrated form instructions.

What muscles does this workout target?

This routine primarily works your shoulders, lower back, middle back / lats, chest, glutes & hip flexors, quadriceps. Tap any exercise in the workout to see a muscle diagram showing exactly which primary and secondary muscles it activates.

How often should I do this workout?

For gain muscle, get toned, aim to do this workout 2–3 times per week with at least one rest day between sessions. Progress by gradually adding weight or reps, and pair it with workouts for other muscle groups during the week.

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The Heavy Full-Body Bash 39-min Gym Workout
39 min
 · 
5 exercises
Your muscles deserve a solid HEAVY workout every now and again' just to shock their system! Show them that they truly are boss with today's HEAVY workout. Be sure to warm up before attempting this one, and read each of the exercise notes carefully! 
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Seated Shoulder Hammer Presses
Seated Shoulder Hammer Presses exercise illustration
3 sets
6 reps
2 min rest
Set 1 of 3
Rest before next set
Get ready
321GO
Set 1 = A burn at 6 reps. Set 2 = a close to failure point at 6 reps. Set 3 = a safe failure between 4 and 6 reps.
Primary muscle group(s):
Shoulders
Secondary:
Chest, Triceps
  1. Sit on a bench/chair with your back straight and the dumbbells in a hammer grip so that the dumbbells run lengthways along the side of your face.
  2. Drive both weights, simultaneously upwards, until your reach a full overhead extension.  
  3. Carefully lower the dumbbells back down to the starting position, maintaining the hammer grip all the way through the movement.
  4. Be sure to keep your core strong and lower back connected to the bench/chair at all times.
Primary muscle group(s):
Shoulders
Secondary:
Biceps, Forearms, Triceps
  • Keep a tight core and flat back as you remain seated in the shoulder press machine.
  • Look straight ahead as you hold on to the handles.
  • Slowly, press the handles up above your head.
  • Do not lock out your elbow.
  • Slowly, bring the handles back down but do not let the weight stack touch.
  • Repeat the movement.
Primary muscle group(s):
Shoulders
Secondary:
Chest
  1. From a push-up position push your glutes upwards and walk your feet in so that you are in a downward-dog pose.
  2. The shape of your body should look like a triangle from the side.
  3. Lower your shoulders towards the ground by bending your elbows.
  4. Allow your forehead to very lightly make contact with the ground before pushing upwards and away back into the starting position.
Primary muscle group(s):
Shoulders
Secondary:
Abs
  1. Place your left foot onto the middle of a resistance band. Step forward with the right. Tighten your abdominals and avoid arching your back.
  2. Press the handles of the resistance band up and stop once your upper arms are parallel with the ground, making a scarecrow formation. The band should be behind your arms.
  3. Slowly press the resistance band overhead. Do not lock out the elbows. Lower to the starting position and begin again.
Primary muscle group(s):
Chest, Shoulders
Secondary:
Triceps
  1. Holding a water bottle in each hand, stand straight, with your feet shoulder width apart.
  2. Raise the water bottles to head height by rotating your arms forward and up.
  3. Your triceps should be parallel to the floor and your elbows bent at 90 degrees. This is the start position.
  4. Keeping your back straight and using only your arms, extend through your shoulders and elbows to drive the water bottles straight up, exhaling as you do so.
  5. As your arms reach the fully extended position, bring them in towards each other until the water bottles touch lightly together.
  6. Hold for a count of one, while squeezing your shoulder muscles.
  7. In a controlled movement, return to the starting position, inhaling as you do so.
  8. Repeat.
Rest
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T-Bar Rows
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T-Bar Rows
T-Bar Rows exercise illustration
3 sets
8 reps
2 min rest
Set 1 of 3
Rest before next set
Get ready
321GO
Set 1 = A burn at 8 reps. Set 2 = a close to failure point at 8 reps. Set 3 = a safe failure between 6 and 8 reps.
Primary muscle group(s):
Lower Back, Middle Back / Lats
Secondary:
Abs, Biceps, Forearms, Upper Back & Lower Traps
  1. Set up an Olympic (long) barbell with weight plates on one end only.
  2. Put the other end of the bar against a wall or something heavy so it can’t slide backwards.
  3. Straddle the bar with your knees slightly bent.
  4. Bend forward at the waist until your torso is nearly parallel to the floor.
  5. Grip the bar close to the weight plates with both hands, using a neutral grip. One hand in front  the other. This is the start position.
  6. Keeping your back straight and exhaling, pull the bar straight up by bending your elbows until the plates touch your chest.
  7. Hold and squeeze your back muscles.
  8. Return to the start position in a slow smooth movement to place emphasis on your lats. Inhale as you do so.
  9. Keep the bar from touching the floor.
  10. pause then repeat.

This exercise can be performed using a cable station's low pulley or T-bar row machine. You can use a stirrup or double handle cable attachment to lift the weight by looping it under the end of the bar.

Primary muscle group(s):
Lower Back, Middle Back / Lats
Secondary:
Abs, Biceps, Forearms, Upper Back & Lower Traps
  1. Set up a barbell on the floor and stand facing it with your legs slightly wider than shoulder width apart and your knees slightly bent.
  2. Bend forward at your waist and grip the barbell with an overhand grip.
  3. Keep your back straight and nearly parallel to the floor.
  4. Keep your head and neck straight. This is the start position.
  5. Without moving your torso, exhale and lift the barbell up towards you.
  6. Keep your elbows close in to your bodyand use your forearms to support the weight.
  7. At the top of the movement, hold for a count of one and sqyeeze your back muscles.
  8. Return to the start position inhaling as you do so.

If you suffer from lower back problems, this exercise is not recommended. Always keep your back straight throughout this exercise. This exercise can be performed using an underhand grip to engage the triceps also.

Primary muscle group(s):
Lower Back
Secondary:
Abs, Biceps
  1. Stand tall with a tight core and flat back. Hold a pair of dumbbells at your side with an overhand grip. Bend slightly at the knees as you push your hips back. Keep your chest and head up. Upper body should be almost parallel with the floor.
  2. With your elbows at a 60-degree angle, bring the dumbbells up. Pause when your upper arm is parallel with the floor. Contract the muscle then slowly return the dumbbells to the starting point.
Primary muscle group(s):
Middle Back / Lats
Secondary:
Abs, Biceps
  1. Begin the movement by stepping on to a resistance band with your feet at shoulder-width, toes pointed slightly out.
  2. Bend slightly at the knees and forward at the hips. Maintain a braced core and flat back throughout.
  3. Leading with your elbows, pull the handles of the resistance band back, bringing your shoulder blades closer together. Hold this contraction and slowly release to the starting position.
Rest
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Single-Arm Kneeling Landmine Presses
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Single-Arm Kneeling Landmine Presses
Single-Arm Kneeling Landmine Presses exercise illustration
3 sets
8 reps
2 min rest
Set 1 of 3
Rest before next set
Get ready
321GO
Set 1 = A burn at 8 reps. Set 2 = a close to failure point at 8 reps. Set 3 = a safe failure between 6 and 8 reps.
Primary muscle group(s):
Chest, Shoulders
Secondary:
Triceps
  1. Using a T-Bar, load the amount of weight you’d like to work with (start out lighter to master the form before increasing the load).
  2. Grip the top of the barbell so that your hand is positioned securely underneath the top of the barbell.
  3. Make sure your elbow is low and close to your body and not flaring out.
  4. Make sure your elbows are low and close to your body and not flaring out. From a kneeling position and with the top of the barbell at your upper chest on the working side explosively push the barbell upwards and drive the end of the barbell away from your body.
  5. Using control, slowly lowed the barbell back down to the starting position.

Take great care with this exercise, and have control of the weight at all times.

Primary muscle group(s):
Shoulders
Secondary:
Chest
  1. From a push-up position push your glutes upwards and walk your feet in so that you are in a downward-dog pose.
  2. The shape of your body should look like a triangle from the side.
  3. Lower your shoulders towards the ground by bending your elbows.
  4. Allow your forehead to very lightly make contact with the ground before pushing upwards and away back into the starting position.
Primary muscle group(s):
Chest
Secondary:
Shoulders, Triceps
  1. Using a T-Bar, load the amount of weight you’d like to work with (start out lighter to master the form before increasing the load).
  2. Grip the top of the barbell so that your hands overlap, and your palms are facing inward.
  3. Make sure your elbows are low and close to your body and not flaring out.
  4. Make sure your elbows are low and close to your body and not flaring out. From a kneeling position and with the top of the barbell at your upper chest explosively push the barbell upwards and drive the end of the barbell away from your body.
  5. Using control, slowly lower the barbell back down to the starting position.
Rest
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Leg Press
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Leg Press
Leg Press exercise illustration
3 sets
10 reps
2 min rest
Set 1 of 3
Rest before next set
Get ready
321GO
Set 1 = A burn at 10 reps. Set 2 = a failure point at 10 reps. Set 3 = a safe failure between 8 and 10 reps.
Primary muscle group(s):
Glutes & Hip Flexors, Quadriceps
Secondary:
Calves, Hamstrings
  1. Sit down on a leg press machine and place your legs on the platform directly in front of you at shoulder width.
  2. Lower the safety bars holding the weighted platform  and press the platform all the way up until your legs are fully extended in front of you bot do NOT lock your knees. Your torso and legs should be at a 90degree angle to each other. This is the start position.
  3. Inhaling, slowly lower the platform until your upper and lower legs form a 90-degree angle. Pause for a count of one,
  4. Return to the starting position by pushing through the heels of your feet, engaging your quadriceps. Exhale as you do so.
  5. Repeat.
  6. After completing the desired number of repetitions, make sure you lock the safety pins of the machine before alighting.

Always check to make sure that when you re-rack the weight the platform is securely locked.

Primary muscle group(s):
Glutes & Hip Flexors, Quadriceps
Secondary:
Abs, Calves, Hamstrings, Lower Back
  1. Set up the barbell on the squat rack so that it is at the same height as your upper chest.
  2. Position your body under the bar, with knees bent so that the bar is resting high on the back of your shoulders.
  3. Grip the bar with your hands comfortably wider than your shoulders.
  4. Slowly straighten your legs to push upwards, lifting the barbell from the rack and take one step forward.
  5. Stand with your legs shoulder width apart.
  6. Bend your knees forward and allow your hips to bend back as if sitting down,
  7. Continue this movement down until your thighs are parallel to the floor or slightly more, making sure your knees are pointing in the same direction as your feet.
  8. Hold for a count of one.
  9. Push up through your heels while straightening your hips and knees, until you are standing in the start position.
  10. Make any adjustments necessary to your stance and grip before continuing on the next repetition.

Do not rest the bar on your neck. Keep your head facing forward at all times. Keep your back straight throughout the entire movement.

Primary muscle group(s):
Glutes & Hip Flexors, Hamstrings, Quadriceps
Secondary:
Calves
  1. Begin by positioning a barbell at or just below shoulder level in the squat rack. Behind the squat rack, place a tall wooden box or chair. Place yourself underneath the barbell. Make sure the bar is across your upper traps and NOT on your neck.
  2. Place your feet outside of shoulder-width with your toes pointed slightly out. Brace your core and keep your chest up.
  3. Bend at the knees as you drive your hips back. Lower yourself slowly until your butt touches the box. Pause then drive your hips forward to return to the starting position.
Primary muscle group(s):
Quadriceps
Secondary:
Calves, Glutes & Hip Flexors, Hamstrings, Lower Back
  1. With your feet shoulder-width apart, stand with dumbbells as your sides with your palms facing each other.
  2. Keeping your back straight and facing forward, squat down until your thighs are parallel to the floor.
  3. Pause for one second.
  4. Pushing up from your heels, raise back up to starting position and repeat.
Rest
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Dumbbell Weighted Leg Pull-Ins
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Dumbbell Weighted Leg Pull-Ins
Dumbbell Weighted Leg Pull-Ins exercise illustration
3 sets
12 reps
2 sec rest
Set 1 of 3
Rest before next set
Get ready
321GO
Set 1 = A burn at 12 reps. Set 2 = a failure point at 12 reps. Set 3 = a safe failure between 10 and 12 reps.
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs
Secondary:
Glutes & Hip Flexors
  1. Stand a dumbbell on one of its plates about 2 feet away from the edge of a bench and sit comfortably on the edge of that bench, using you hand-grip for support. Fully extend your legs towards the dumbbell.
  2. Using your amazing foot-eye coordination, pin each foot underneath the top plate of the standing dumbbell, on either side of its bar.
  3. Bring your knees in towards your chest, taking care not to drop the dumbbell in the process, and hold them as close as you can to your chest for 1 second.
  4. Extend the legs back down towards the floor to the starting position.
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