When you find your motivation waning and getting to the gym seems impossible, challenge yourself to a bodyweight workout you can do at home. We've made a quick workout that gets the job done! It works the legs, arms, and core while raising your heart rate. Best of all, you don't need any equipment — so you really don't have any excuses to not give it a whirl. Trust us: once you get moving, you will get into the groove, and this living-room sweet session will fly by.
Directions: Warm up with three to five minutes of cardio followed with a set of walkouts to prep your joints. Then repeat each three-exercise circuit twice. After finishing two rounds of each circuit, do a round of burpees to spike your heart rate. Cool down with three to five minutes of stretching.
If you need some inspiration for your warmup, here are some cardio moves to choose from.
Reps: 8
This is a great exercise to prep your entire body for a workout.
Reps: 20, alternating sides
This move keeps the warmup going. You should feel a nice side stretch as you reach backward, but you're also working your glutes and arms. Hello triceps.
Reps: 20, alternating sides
This move will also get your heart rate up; it offers many of the muscular strengthening benefits of jumping but is a joint-friendly, low-impact exercise.
Reps: 12, each leg
This move really targets the glutes, but like any one-legged exercise, your core will kick in to help your balance.
Repeat this circuit twice.
Reps: 10
Spike your heart rate with a quick set of burpees.
Reps: 10 reps, alternating sides
This full-body exercise is a great way to tone your deltoids (aka your shoulders) while firing up your core.
Reps: 12 each side
This is a great exercise for working your glutes from all angles.
Reps: 12
Work your legs and core with one intense move.
Repeat this circuit twice.
Reps: 10
End with another cardio burst of burpees.
Take about three to five minutes to stretch out all the muscles you just worked. Makes sure to stretch your glutes, quads, hamstrings, and shoulders. Here's a list of stretches to choose from.