Do you want to increase your overall total body strength? This is the #LeSweatGoal for you. LSTV will help you train for life with compound and functional movements--think carrying all your grocery bags in one trip! Enjoy this collection of workouts that will best help you get strong.
EQUIPMENT
Dumbbells are recommended for most of these workouts to load the body to build strength progressively.
FREQUENCY
We recommend doing 3 to 6 total body strength workouts per week for maximum results. Repeating and revisiting workouts you have already completed is highly recommended.
RECOMMENDED CHALLENGE*
Looking for a more structured program? We suggest trying one--or all--of our Le Sweat Challenges:
Le Sweat Yourself Strong Challenge #1
Le Sweat Yourself Strong Challenge #2
Le Sweat Yourself Strong Challenge #3
Le Sweat Yourself Strong Challenge #4
*Tip: Download the calendar from your challenge of choice for the full class list:
https://tv.le-sweat.com/all-challenges
HOW TO TRACK PROGRESS
The best way to keep track of your progress is by knowing your baseline or starting fitness levels. We recommend taking the Le Sweat Fitness Test before you begin and then again 1x a month after that.
Full-body strength workout using weights (10-25 lbs). Quick warm-up, one strength set completed 3x, and a plank series finisher.
What to expect:
- Isometric holds
- Low-impact and pregnancy-friendly (modify core exercises)
- No music
Equipment needed: dumbbells or kettlebells
Strength score: 3/5
Intermediate full-body Tabata HIIT workout using bodyweight and weights (10-25 lbs). Quick warm-up followed by six Tabata rounds (four-minute sets of 20 seconds of work + 10 seconds of recovery).
- Highlighted exercises: squat jump, reverse table-top, DB/KB swings
- No music
Equipment needed: d...
Beginner-friendly yoga flow with hip openers, abs, and arms. Begin with an energizing flow and finish on delicious hip stretches.
- Highlighted poses: warrior series, side plank, camel pose,
- No music
Intensity score: 3/5
Level: Beginner-friendly
Quick full body strength workout using dumbbells. Five exercises completed two times thru.
- Highlighted exercises: DB swings, reverse lunge + OH press, push-up release
- No jumping and pregnancy friendly
- No music
Equipment needed: dumbbells
Strength score: 3/5
No-jumping full-body HIIT workout using dumbbells and kettlebells (10-25lbs). Quick warm-up followed by a twenty-minute strength EMOM (every minute on the minute) set. Class ends with a bodyweight core EMOM finisher.
- Highlighted exercises: Sumo deadlift, single-arm plank rows
- No music
Equip...
Advanced bodyweight HIIT. Warm-up followed by three Tabata rounds. Expect to move the entire time, recovery sessions are active.
- Highlighted exercises: seal jacks, runner's crunch, lateral bound, high knees, sprawls
- No music
Equipment needed: shoes recommended
Sweat score: 5/5
Tabata is ...
Low-impact, beginner-friendly Tabata HIIT using no equipment. Warm-up followed by four rounds of Tabata intervals using bodyweight exercises.
- Highlighted exercises: step jacks, squat + kick, standing spider, curtsy lunge
- Low-impact, beginner, and pregnancy-friendly
- No music
Equipment need...
Intermediate yoga for athlete's flow focusing on hip mobility and building leg strength. Standing warrior series slowed down, balance exercises, side plank series, and a delicious stretch at the end.
- Highlighted poses: chair pose, side plank, warrior III, pigeon stretch
- No music
Strength s...
What to expect in this workout:
- Warrior series
- Hip openers
- Core and arm workout
Equipment needed: none
Killer abs only workout with no repeating exercises using bodyweight only. All exercises, with the exception of one plank and one side plank, are done on the back.
- Highlighted exercises: dead bug, iso side plank, runner's crunch combo
- No music
Burn score: 4/5
Intense full-body HIIT class using dumbbells (15 lbs). Dynamic warm-up, two strength sets with compound exercises, ends on a bodyweight cardio finisher.
- Highlighted exercises: DB snatch, jump squat, sprawl, quick feet, squat+curl+press
- No music
Burn score: 5/5
Challenging full body strength workout using dumbbells (5-10lbs). Bodyweight warm-up followed by two strength circuits. Ends with a bodyweight core finisher and a cool-down stretch.
- Highlighted exercises: dumbbell swing, RDLs, standing cross body abs, tricep dips
- Low-impact and no jumping
- ...
Ease back in to exercise with this low-impact, full-body strength workout using dumbbells (5-20lbs). Warm-up followed by three circuits of strengthening exercises.
- Highlighted exercises: lift/chop, standing side crunch, lateral squat, sumo deadlift, elevated push-up
- No jumping, beginner, an...
Advanced full-body HIIT class using bodyweight only. Two sets of HIIT exercises done for two rounds each. Lower-body focused.
- Highlighted exercises: reverse lunge + skip, sprawls, side-lying abduction
- No music
Burn score: 4/5
Level: Advanced
Low-intensity upper body workout using light-to-medium dumbbells (5-10 lbs). Warm-up followed by two circuits of arms exercises.
Highlighted exercises: overhead press, bicep curls, tricep extensions, shoulder rotations
- No push-ups
- Includes music
Equipment needed: dumbbells
Strength score:...
Get ready for rock-solid shoulders. This class is more on the intermediate to the advanced side of things, especially if you are using heavier weights.
What to expect:
- Shoulder and back exercises
- Core exercises
- Includes music
Equipment recommended: medium weights (Charlee is using 15 lb...
Advanced, full body HIIT class using dumbbells. Warm-up, two strength+cardio circuits, two AMRAP circuits, and a cool-down stretch.
- Highlighted exercises: lateral squat, dumbbell squat jump, squat thruster
- Includes music
Equipment needed: dumbbells
Strength score: 5/5
Level: Advanced
Full body strength workout using bodyweight only. Warm-up followed by two strength circuits.
- Highlighted exercises: bird dog, squat, reverse lunge + SLDL combo
- No jumping and pregnancy-friendly (modify core exercises)
- No music
Equipment needed: none
Strength score: 2/5
Level: Beginner-f...
A bodyweight stretch + mobility class including stretches targeting the hips and lower back.
Equipment needed: none
Relaxing lower body stretch including stretches for the ankles, hips, and hamstrings. Each stretch is held for two minutes. Includes music.
Equipment needed: rolled-up blanket or towel recommended
Advanced full body Tabata HIIT using no equipment. Warm-up followed by four rounds of Tabata intervals using bodyweight exercises.
- Highlighted exercises: jump squat, sprawl, push-up release, bicycles
- No music
Equipment needed: none
Sweat score: 5/5
Tabata is 8 rounds of 20 seconds of work...
The Le Sweat Fitness Test is a strength and endurance test designed to track progress in workouts. It is recommended to take the test monthly.
Equipment needed: chair or elevated surface
Directions: Using a timer, time how long it takes to complete the following:
100 reps of each of the follow...
