At Home Body Weight Workout
Posted on April 6th, 2020 by Andries Lodder
All you need for this workout is a open space and a stable chair
Warm up:
- Do 3 rounds of the following
- Wall squats x 10
- Stand with toes as close to wall as possible
- Feet just wider then hip width apart, with toes pointing outwards
- Hands above the head in a V position
- Keep head straight, do not look to the side or down
- In this position, squat as far down as possible without lifting the heels or falling backwards
- Return to starting position
- Step throughs x 10
- Start in a push up position
- Step through with the right leg, placing the right foot next to or as close as possible to the right hand
- Keep the left leg as straight as possible
- In this position bounce the hips lightly up and down
- Return right leg to starting position
- Repeat on the left side
- Pelvic Bridges x 10
- Lying on your back, with your hands at your side and knees bent
- Push the hips up to the ceiling as high as you can
- Push through your heels
- Lower the hips back down
- Repeat
- If this exercise is to easy it can be done single leg
Circuit:
- Sit to stands
- Standing in front of a chair, feet hip width apart, hands out in front of you
- Slowly lower hips down to the chair
- Either sit on the chair or just lightly tap it
- Then push through the heels and stand back up
- x15
- Tricep dips
- Place hands on the edge of chair
- Move body weight forwards off the chair, the legs can either be bent or straight depending on your level of strength (Bent is easier)
- Bend the elbows and lower the hips towards the floor
- Keep the back flat and close to the chair
- Push back up through the palms
- x 15
- Lunge
- Place the hands of the hips and start with feet hip width apart
- Step forward on one leg, bending the back knee towards the floor
- Keep the front heel flat on the floor and push weight through it
- Push back up and bring that leg back to starting position
- Repeat with other leg
- x 10 per leg
- Push ups
- Start in a push up position with hands directly under the shoulder
- Can either do this exercise on the toes at the back or on the knees depending on your strength (Knees are easier)
- It can also be done with the hands on the chair (easiest ) or with the feet on the chair (hardest)
- Bend the elbows, taking the chest down towards the ground
- Push back up to straight arms
- x 10
- Step ups
- Standing in front of the chair
- Step up onto the chair with one leg, pushing through the heel of the working leg
- Step back down
- x 10 reps per leg
This is a very simple example of a at home body weight workout. To make things harder you can increase the reps or the number of sets that you do. You can also add in a cardio exercise, such as mountain climbers, between the exercises to bring the heart rate up.
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