In our fast-paced lives every second counts, so this routine has been designed to give you a total body workout in just 12 minutes.
The exercises here are known as ‘compound moves’, which means they work more than one joint or muscle group at the same time. This means your heart has to work a little harder to supply blood to your working muscles, while you can reduce the length of your workout by training two areas simultaneously.
These moves are all resistance exercises, simply meaning that your muscles have to work against a resistance to create a movement. You’ll need a stability ball and a set of dumbbells to perform them. If you don’t want to commit to purchasing dumbbells just yet, you could always fill a couple of 1–1.5-litre bottles with sand
