Posts Tagged ‘bodyweight’
This upper body workout has 2 parts and is only 14 minutes total. The first part is a rep challenge to do as many rounds of an exercise combo as you can in 5 minutes. It’s tough balancing in side plank but balancing yourself in any way is great for the stabilizing core muscles. This is the basis of building a tight supportive body structure, which really helps us in our day to day life, building functional strength that we use all the time. || Read more
This burpee workout is only 12 minutes long. It has 2 parts of all bodyweight exercises and each part is only 6 minutes. The first part is a rep challenge to see how many rounds you can get in of an exercise combo and the second is HIIT interval training with a couple of fun burpee variations. This burpee workout zoomed by fast and actually seemed to make burpees kind of fun. That to me qualifies it as a successful workout! || Read more
This legs and abs workout is a 3 part workout. It is a fast paced HIIT workout with interval training in the first part, a fun time challenge second part and you get to take a break and rest by holding plank in the third part. And then you get to do all 3 parts of this joy ride lower body workout again! Fun. Actually it kind of is. The time will go by fast as you move from one part to the next, and these exercises rock at shaping up the body fast. || Read more
This bodyweight workout is a great place to start your HIIT training. It has 12 bodyweight exercises carefully chosen to represent the core bodyweight exercises that form the basis of most HIIT workouts, and all bodyweight workouts for that matter. These are the classics. They are considered classics and have stood the test of time because they work. || Read more
Below there are 12 modified exercises. Each exercise has its own 1 to 2 minute video showing it first done with regular form, and then how to modify it. The exercises below are bodyweight exercise classics. They form the core of most HIIT workouts, or any bodyweight workout, and most exercise variations stem from these. I use this core group of exercises all the time in my workouts. By knowing how to modify these exercises you will be better able to make the workouts I do suit you best to gain strength and to get the most out of the workouts.
This cardio ab workout gets your heart pumping with lots of skipping, and yes, although I love skipping, you can alternate for another form of cardio, like mountain climbers, high knees or jumping jacks. This is a 3 part workout. The first part is the cardio part. The second part is HIIT intervals with dynamic jumping, burpeeing and sandbag exercises, for even more cardio. The third part is also HIIT training intervals with 3 Swiss ball ab exercises. Each part takes about 3 minutes and they get rotated and done 3 times each. || Read more
This ab workout is 12 minutes of fast paced HIIT training. Go through rounds of 4 all new cardio infused dynamic exercise combos. They are fun and challenging. Work on your balance and build core strength with fun new burpees exercises. Work on your co-ordination, balance and speed as you build muscle, boost your metabolism as well as cardio endurance. Great! Get your interval timers out and ready and let’s go! || Read more
