Total Body Workout to Build Muscle

The Men's Health Muscle System

Build a better body with minimum equipment and maximum efficiency. No sets and reps here—just a high-intensity circuit that works every muscle in your body
By Stephen Perrine menshealth

Dumbbell Straight-Leg Deadlift

  1. Grab a pair of dumbbells with an overhand grip, and hold them at arm's length in front your thighs. Stand with your feet hipwidth apart and your knees slightly bent.
  2. Without changing the bend in your knees, bend at your hips, and lower your torso until it's almost parallel to the floor. Pause, then raise your torso back to the starting position.

5 Ways to get stonger without lifting a weight

Tip As you lower the weights, keep the dumbbells as close to your body as possible.

This move has been excerpted from The Men's Health Big Book of Exercises by Adam Campbell.

This Move Works:

Core, Glutes, Hamstrings, Lower Back


  • Step 1

  • Step 2

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