This simple bodyweight workout is easy to do anywhere. You don’t need any equipment besides your sweet self, but some people prefer to use a yoga mat under their back/knees for some of the exercsies.
Start by warming up thoroughly. You can go for a jog around the block or if you’re stuck inside the following routine is a quick way to get your muslces warm.
Warm Up – repeat twice
30 seconds jumping jacks
30 seconds bodyweight squats
30 seconds carioca (aka grape vine shuffle)
30 second single or two leg windmill
TABATA circuit
Do each exercise for 20 seconds on, 10 seconds of rest, four rounds each. You can do them all back to back (aka horizontally – all four sets of one exercise before moving on), vertically (do one set of each exercise and loop through them all four times) or a mixture of the two (two rounds for each exercise, twice).
Squat Jumps
Focus on getting as much clearance as you can in your jumps
Push ups
Any style you like
Lunges
I recommend either backwards stepping lunges or static lunges (where you keep your back leg in place and just go up and down) to forward-stepping lunges as there is less risk of injury.
Scissor kicks
This ab exercise involves lying on your back with straight legs and then alternating straddle and crossed legs, like scissors opening and closing. Try to keep your feet just a foot or so off the ground.
Mountain Climbers
Keep your hips low and your knees near the ground
Skaters
Jump laterally then tap your trailing foot behind the leading foot while touching that same hand to ground. Alternate sides as fast as you can with control.
Plank jacks
Come to a plank position and jump the feet in and out to the sides together.
V-Ups
Keep your arms long and by your ears.
