Workout of the week: 35-min functional full-body workout

JAKOB RITTER

Personal trainer from Vienna, Austria

Jakob is a highly experienced personal trainer who specializes in health and mobility training. He supports his customer with weight loss, as well helps to build a strong muscular body.

Follow him on Instagram: @fitterritter

35-MIN FUNCTIONAL FULL-BODY WORKOUT

ALL LEVELS / functional full-body workout / 35 minutes

Equipment: Resistance band, dumbbells & exercise mat

Functional fitness is about making our lives easier. Why? Because it aims for developing and mastering movements that you replicate in your daily tasks, such as squatting, reaching or carrying objects. To do so, these workouts comprise compound exercises that target your whole body. Today’s training session is no exception.

It’s a 35-min functional full-body workout designed by Jakob Ritter, our personal trainer from EVO Mariahilfer Straße in Vienna. He has already provided us with 2 different functional workouts for strength, that you can find here and here.

You will be performing 5 exercises and the whole workout will take you around 35 minutes. Each exercise has its own rep range — we leave the exact number up to you — but you should perform them all for 4 rounds.

Advanced push-up — 8-12 reps
Resistance band pull-apart — 12-15 reps
Crunch with single-leg raise — 10 reps each leg
Superman lat pull — 12 reps
Side squat — 12 reps each leg

Time to put the fun in functional!

WORKOUT SETUP

5 exercises
8-15 reps, depending on the exercise
4 rounds
35 minutes
Equipment: Resistance band, dumbbells & exercise mat

WORKING OUT FROM HOME? NO PROBLEM.

If you don’t have the equipment originally needed for this workout, you can substitute it with these everyday items or use these alternative exercises.

Alternative equipment

Dumbbells = water bottles filled with water and / or sand

WORKOUT EXERCISE LIST

4 rounds

1 – ADVANCED PUSH-UP

8-12 reps

Place a mat on the floor and set yourself up in a push-up stance with your glutes raised up in the air. This is the starting position.
Slowly lower your upper body towards your hands by bending your elbows.
Try to push your elbows slightly backwards instead of pushing them to the sides.
Hold the bottom position for a brief moment and push yourself back up to the starting position.

2 – RESISTANCE BAND PULL-APART

12-15 reps

Stand up straight on a light resistance band with your feet shoulder-width apart.
Have your elbows slightly bend and to your sides. This is the starting position.
Slowly raise your arms towards shoulder height, followed by pulling it apart as indicated in the video.
Hold the position for a moment and slowly rewind the movement to the starting position.

3 – CRUNCH WITH SINGLE-LEG RAISE

10 reps each leg, 4 rounds

Place a mat on the ground and lie flat on your back. Now raise one leg about 30 centimetres off the floor. Your hands should be pointing towards the direction of the raised leg. This is the starting position.
Perform a crunch by raising your upper body off the floor as indicated in the video.
Try to pass your knee with your hands at the top position.
Hold the top position for a second and slowly return to the starting position.

4 – SUPERMAN LAT PULL

12 reps, 4 rounds

Grab two very light dumbbells.
Lie flat on the ground with your face down and with your arms above your head. This will be the starting position.
Raise your arms and legs off the floor and pull the dumbbells towards your sides as shown in the video.
Hold the flexed position for a moment, followed by slowly returning to the starting point.

5 – SIDE SQUAT

12 Reps each leg, 4 rounds

Place your feet wide apart with your knees slightly bend and your upper body straight. This will be the starting position.
Slowly squat down towards one side as shown in the video.
Your knees should not surpass your toes by a lot.
Push yourself back up and repeat for the desired rep range.