Lets face it, we are all strapped for time. Working out can be a lot of fun, but with so many workout routines out there, you definitely don’t want to waste your time on workouts that are not helping you with your final outcome.

If you are strapped for time and looking for the most effective exercises, keep reading. When building a program split for your routine, its essential you include multi-joint exercises because they will give you the best bang for your buck. Single joint exercises are not useless, they just require less energy and focus mostly on the last few stages of your program when you are trying to make some tweaks to your physique.

Here is the list of the top exercises you must include weekly in your program (depending on the body part you are working out).

1. Pushups
2. Pullups
3. Good Mornings
4. Overhead Press
5. Sprints
6. Snatch
7. Clean and Jerk
8. Bench Press
9. Deadlifts
10. Squats

Every exercise here can be modified with different weights, techniques and forms, so even if you just stick to these above exercises you can have a lot of fun creating a program for yourself with different positions. If you follow a routine at the gym, you can create an endless amount of programs with variations based on the above exercises.