At-Home Workout #1

Some days you just don't want to go to the gym. 

Heck, some days you just don't want to get out of bed! But you're dedicated. You're different! You're determined to make a solid life change, so you are going to put on your workout gear and get your heart pumping!

To help you out, here's an at-home workout you can knock out with little to no equipment. So get a timer, put on some of your favorite workout songs and get ready to sweat!

*Most of these exercises can be altered according to your own fitness level. Add weights, be they dumbbells or writst/ankle weights, to make it harder, or see how fast you can get through each cycle (with proper form, of course!).

Warm Up

-Jogging in place (1 minute)

High knees. Switch in the air, like jumping!

-30 jumping jacks
-"Jumping rope" (1 minute)
-30 jumping jacks
-High knees (Get 'em up there!) 
(1 minute)
-30 jumping jacks

Lunge all the way down.

Cycle One

-20 squats with side leg lift, alternating sides (Bodyweight or holding a weight)

-10 lunges (each side; bodyweight or holding two dumbbells)

-20 bridges (squeeze that butt!) 

Repeat Cycle One 3x

Cycle Two

Get those elbows to 90 degrees!!

-15 pushups (if traditional is too difficult, do them on your knees)

-10 Walkdown Plank + Slaps (Here's a description, courtesy of FitnessBlender.com: Walk your hands out one "step" at a time until you are in a full high plank position, lift one hand off of the ground at a time to slap the opposite shoulder. Walk yourself back up to the starting position and repeat.)

-15 Pushup Burpees (Include a pushup off the floor at the bottom.)

Repeat Cycle Two 3x

Cycle Three

-Plank, elbows on the ground (1 minute or 30 seconds) (2nd and 3rd times: add 30-45 seconds to your previous plank)

Keep those abs tight and that butt down.

-6 inches (30 seconds. Lay down flat with your back on the floor and hands at your sides. Lift your feet up about 6 inches off of the floor, and hold the position keeping your abs tight.)

-Bicycle crunch (25 each side) 

Repeat Cycle Three 3x

Cool Down/Stretching

Give it your all! You got this! :)

Lift.Eat.Love.Sleep.