Traveling? Don’t have time to get to the gym? Don’t wanna go to the gym because it just sounds too overwhelming? No worries! Here’s an at-home workout that requires no equipment and very little space.
This is a ladder workout. These different exercises can be done in either an ascending amount of reps (1 rep, 2 reps, 3 reps, …) or descending (10 reps, 9 reps, 8 reps, …). I have always done these starting at 10 and working my way down to one. Mentally that’s just easier for me.
This workout is completely customizable. I currently have a bum knee, so lunges are a no-go. Of course, modify or skip the move if it causes pain. There are so many other things you can do using no equipment. Below are a bunch of exercises to choose from. Put on a good playlist, find 10 and get started! Easy (except it’s hard… you will sweat)!
Here are examples of a few exercises you can choose from (or you can make up your own… you go, Girl!):
- Jumping jacks
- Sit ups
- Burpees
- Lunges
- Side lunges
- Push ups
- Squats
- Chair dips (okay, a chair or bed are needed for this one)
- Bicycles
- Jumping lunges
- High knees
- Mountain climbers
- Walkouts
- Plank jacks
- Up and down plank
- Side plank
- T-rotation
That’s enough to get you started. So here’s an example of what it could look like:
- 10 burpees, 10 bicycles, 10 push ups, 10 mountain climbers, 10 sit ups, 10 squats, 10 chair dips, 10 lunges, 10 high knees, 10 side lunges
And then…
- 9 burpees, 9 bicycles, 9 push ups, 9 mountain climbers, 9 sit ups, 9 squats, 9 chair dips, 9 lunges, 9 high knees, 9 side lunges
- 8 of everything
- 7 of everything
- …ending with 1 of everything
You oughtta be sweating by now!
At home? In your hotel room? On a beach? In your dorm room? In a house with a mouse? In a box with a fox? In the rain? On a train? (Thank you, Dr. Seuss, for the inspiration.)
Enjoy this do-anywhere workout!
What about you?
What exercises would you like to include?
