The Best Exercises For Your Whole Body, According to Personal Trainers

Ortiz calls this the perfect example of a full-body exercise. "This movement combines a lower-body lunge with an upper-body push, challenging your legs, glutes, shoulders, and core all in one," he says.

Muscles worked: with this compound movement you engage your quads, hamstrings, and glutes in the lunge, your core to balance the movement, and your shoulders and arms (specifically your deltoids and triceps) as you push the weight overhead.

• Start with your feet hip-width apart, and a dumbbell in each hand at shoulder height.
• Step your left foot back behind you.
• Bending both your left and right knee at 90 degrees.
• Drive through your right foot to straighten your legs as your arms drive above your head.
• Repeat for 10 reps on each leg.