TOTAL-BODY TEST

For the busy man on the move, short, sharp, hell-for-leather workouts can provide the time-efficient solution to fitting exercise into an over-stretched schedule. Dear reader: this is not one of those workouts.

Because while lung- and leg-busting AMRAPs and high-intensity circuits can be invaluable for torching through calories and forging a cast-iron mindset in doublequick time, your body will also appreciate – and your muscles will respond better to – a slower, more controlled approach to working out.

This session is divided into six blocks: a warm-up, legs and push, push and pull, fat-burn, accessory movements, and a core-focused finisher. In total, you’re going to complete 18 exercises, ticking off six essential movement patterns – squat, lunge, push, pull, hinge, twist – in the process.

As such, this workout is about more than simple muscular gains – though we guarantee everything from your chest