At-home workouts
It can be hard to keep active when you have to keep inside because of a virus. Here are some easy ways to stay physically active inside! Some of these workouts require light weights, but if you don’t have any, just hold a book or another fairly heavy object in your house. There are always creative solutions to our problems!
March 22, 2020
Core (repeat 3 times)
V-Ups
- Lay down and hold a weight with both hands above your head
- Keep both legs straight, together, and off the ground
- Bring up your legs and touch your toes with the weight
- Repeat for a total of 10
Windshield Wipers
- Lay flat on your back with a weight in your right hand and your left hand perpendicular to your body
- Put both feet up in the air
- Keeping your legs together lean them to the right and back up 10 times
- Repeat with weight in left hand, right hand perpendicular to your body and leaning to your left 10 times
Flamingos
- Lay on your back with both legs not touching the floor and have one knee in towards your chest
- Crunch up to your leg 5 times
- Switch sides and repeat until each side has 25
Cardio (repeat 3 times)
Suicides
- Sprint 5 yards out and back
- Sprint 10 yards out and back
- Sprint 15 yards out and back
- Sprint 20 yards out and back
- Sprint 15 yards out and back
- Sprint 10 yards out and back
- Sprint 5 yards out and back
Knee-high Running
- Stand in place and bring each knee up individually as fast as you can
- Don’t forget to move your arms!
- Do this for 30 seconds
Butt Kick Running
- Stand in place and kick your butt with your feet as fast as you can
- Do this for 30 seconds
Toe Taps
- Have a raised platform in front of you (10 inches is a good height)
- Place your right foot on top of the platform, keeping your left foot flat on the floor
- Push off the ground with your left foot and switch foot placement midair
- Don’t forget to use your arms and keep upright!
- Do this as fast as you can for 30 seconds
Jumping Jacks
- Stand upright with your arms at your side
- Keep your knees bent and jump into the air spreading your legs shoulder-width apart and bringing your arms above your head
- Do this for 30 seconds
Mountain Climbers
- Get into a push-up position
- Bring one leg in, bending at the knee, to your midsection and placing it down
- Repeat with the other side
- Do this as fast as you can for 30 seconds
Burpees
- Stand straight up with your legs shoulder-width apart
- Bend down into a squat and place your hands on the floor
- Jump your legs down so you are in a pushup position
- Do one pushup
- Jump your legs backup to your hands
- Jump in to air, reaching your hand up into the air
- Do this 10 times
180° Burpees
- Stand straight up with your legs shoulder-width apart
- Bend down into a squat and place your hands on the floor
- Jump your legs down so you are in a pushup position
- Do one pushup
- Jump your legs backup to your hands
- Jump into air, reaching your hand up into the air and rotate 180 degrees in the air so you are facing the opposite direction
- Repeat this so you have done 3 on each side
Skaters
- Stand straight up with your legs shoulder-width apart
- Bring your left leg back behind the other and hover it above the ground, bending your right leg down
- Jump to the side and switch your leg positions
- Don’t forget to use your arms!
- Do this for 30 seconds