Body weight exercises !!

pashllen

What are the best body weight exercises for toning up, in your opinion?? Should I just stick to the basics — crunches, push-ups, ect. or do you have any other favorites ?

Thx for sharing

hiker583

Crunches, pushups, squats.
You can also try yoga and pilates, there are many videos on youtube. I like Jillian's Yoga Meltdown level 1 very much.

JaseG86

This is one of my favourite body weight workouts, my PT suggested it for when I work away with no access to a gym and I think it pretty much is a full body workout that was quite intense:

20 squats into 15 get ups - 5 sets (1min rest between sets)
2min rest
10 inchworms, 10 reverse lunges (5 each leg) 10 burpees - 4 sets (1min rest between sets)
2-3min rest
8mins continues work...
1 pressup, 1 butterfly crunch. Add a rep to each exercise every round, go up as high as you can in the 8minutes.

Each time I aim to get to a higher number in the last 8 minutes, which keeps my going!

stepea83

what jaseG86 said or a workout dvd/youtube videos like 30dayshred.

rybo

There is no "best" but you can't go wrong with pushups, pull ups, squats, hanging knee raises & burpees. And all the variations that apply.

mbaker566

look into convict training or your body is your own gym, all bodyweight.

krepanie

http://www.startbodyweight.com/2014/01/basic-routine-infographic-poster.html

bebeisfit

Pinterest has a bunch of ideas on specifics/photos & routines. My favorites are burpees, push ups, walking lunges, wall squat, prisoner squats, step ups, planks. And there are variations on every exercise to make it harder or at a different angle. Add in jumping jacks, high knees, skipping, hopping or dancing between exercises and get a killer workout!

Hey thanks for the motivation to get back to these workouts.

BalancedLondon

You can try Rooboards body weight exercises http://www.rooboard.com/workouts-and-exercises-for-balance-board-training/

You can do all these exercises without a Rooboard but it does increase the intensity which shortens the workout times. It is available on Kickstarter at the moment.