19 Workouts to Help You Become Your Strongest Self

Updated on 5/19/2018 at 9:35 AM

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Don't waste time! Make your strength-training workouts more effective by keeping your body guessing by trying new things. Changing up your routine by working your muscles in different ways will make the body stronger and more sculpted and will also help prevent a fitness or weight-loss plateau.

If you've been doing the same strength-training workout forever, here are some new ideas. Choose an entirely different routine to do each time you work out.

Full Body

Prop-Free, 10-Minute HIIT Workout
30-Minute, Body-Weight Workout — No Equipment Needed
Build-Muscle, Burn-Fat Plyometric Workout
Full-Body Circuit Workout With Weights

Abs and Core

Quick, 3-Minute Ab Routine
Fit in 5: Ab Workout
10 Minutes to Tone: All Abs Workout
20-Minute Power-Plank Flat-Abs Challenge

Upper Body

Quick, Intense, Effective: Your 5-Minute Arm Workout
Target the Triceps in This 10-Minute Workout
10-Minute Tone-Up: Arms and Shoulders
Tone Your Arms and Back in 15 Minutes!

Lower Body

Fitness Quickie: Inner-Thigh Workout
5-Minute Upper-Thigh Workout
10-Minute Skinny-Jeans Workout
10-Minute Tush-Toning Pilates Workout

Cooldown

6 Essential Post-Workout Stretches
10 Minutes to Stretch It All Out
After-Workout Yoga Sequence

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19 Workouts to Help You Become Your Strongest Self

Full Body

Abs and Core

Upper Body

Lower Body

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