5 No-Equipment Moves You Can Do Anywhere

No special equipment needed for this move. Start with feet shoulder-width apart. Keeping the weight in your heels, bend down until thighs are parallel with the ground and knees are bent, remaining behind your toes. Engage your core and jump up explosively. When you land, lower your body back into the squat position to complete one rep. Try to land as quietly as possible, which requires control.

Do 15 reps, alternating with an upper-body exercise like push-ups or triceps dips to increase your burn.

Do this quick transition combo move by using a park bench, coffee table, or couch. Place your hands on the bench (or ledge of choice), slightly wider than shoulder-width apart. Keeping your back straight, lower your chest down toward the bench until arms are at 90 degrees; do five push-ups. Immediately flip over and do five triceps dips: Position your hands shoulder-width apart on the bench. Straighten your arms, keeping a little bend in your elbows to keep tension on your triceps and off your elbow joints. Slowly bend your elbows to lower your body toward the floor until your elbows are at about a 90-degree angle. Be sure to keep your back close to the bench. Once you reach the bottom of the movement, press down into the bench to straighten your elbows, returning to the starting position. This completes one rep; do five triceps dips.

Repeat this circuit three to four times for a total of 15 to 20 reps of each exercise. Add in the jump squats — or burpees! — in between each set to get your heart racing.

There's a reason burpees show up in almost every bootcamp class you'll ever go to: they work. Lower into a crouching squat with your hands on the floor. Jump your feet back to get into a plank position and then — you guessed it — do a push-up. Upon completing your push-up, jump feet back to hands and immediately perform a jump squat. Fifteen reps should leave you breathless.

Tap into your animal instincts with this traveling combo. You'll need about 50 yards to move for this one, but other than your strong, capable body, that's it. Start by getting into a push-up position. Then walk your hands and feet forward, working up some speed as you get the hang of it and keeping your rear-end lifting higher than your head the whole time. When you reach the end of your 50-yard distance, flip over into reverse tabletop and crab walk your way right back to that starting line. Ignore anyone who says not to feed the animals — you'll definitely want a high-protein snack to refuel after this one.

We all know that a plank does a body good, but switching it up by hitting your plank from all directions takes it to a whole new level. Start in plank position, holding for 30 seconds. Immediately rotate to a side plank, stacking feet and raising your top arm toward the sky. After holding side plank for 30 seconds, flip to reverse plank for 30 seconds. Now perform side plank on the other side for 30 seconds before finishing up with one final 30-second standard plank. You should have been in various states of plank for two and a half minutes at this point, but your abs already knew that.

Whether you're in a hotel room, a park, your garage, or somewhere else where a lack of gym equipment might tempt you to skip a workout, keep these five moves handy to keep excuses at bay. No equipment = no excuses.