Home Exercises That Work For You

I was curious about the different exercises you guys have come up with at home. I'm talking about exercises that don't involve exercise equipment and are just something that you found online/ heard of from a friend/ invented yourself that seem to work for you personally even if many people don't see a difference from it.

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  • BlubbinBlubber
    BlubbinBlubber Posts: 32 Member
    well, if i feel like staying inside rather than exercising outdoors, i tend to just look up workout videos online. try searching "fitnessblender" on youtube. i love them because they show what's going to happen next and also how many calories you're burning DURING the workout.. most of their workouts don't require equipment and best of all, it's free :)! x
  • I became what I am thanks to youtube exercise programs only^^
    no gym, no weights. Nothing ^^ popfitsugar is nice
  • Dandman1990
    Dandman1990 Posts: 196 Member
    Okay thanks guys; I'll look at both of them. :happy:
  • tigerblood78
    tigerblood78 Posts: 416 Member
    I don't know if kettlebells fall under your definition of exercise equipment or not.....but you can get a phenomenal workout with them in your home
  • JDubIsShrinking
    JDubIsShrinking Posts: 207 Member
    Find yourself a HIIT workout on YouTube!
  • Quieau
    Quieau Posts: 428 Member
    Dancing! I dance a LOT ... I basically move as creatively as I can, relaxing and keeping a pace toward my goal (either cardio or just flexibility, or a combination), making sure I stretch muscles and FEEL it in my body. It makes it a much more relaxing activity too!

    Also, playing with my dog. We play tug-of-war, chase, ball fetch — it's not high level cardio, but it gives me a good little mini-workout to keep my metabolism cranking and my muscles moving.
  • alliemarie77
    alliemarie77 Posts: 378 Member
    crunches
    jumping jacks
    Squats
    Push-ups
    Planks
    Bridges
    Leg lifts
    Jog in place
    Sit-ups
    Backward push-ups
  • Mslmesq
    Mslmesq Posts: 1,000 Member
    Walking. Or running.

    And also what the poster above me said.
  • ameyc2002
    ameyc2002 Posts: 247 Member
    i also love youtube. there are lots of zumba videos... free
    walking videos
    even 30 day shred is on youtube
  • annakow
    annakow Posts: 385 Member
    Power walk with Leslie Sanson
  • tomcornhole
    tomcornhole Posts: 1,084 Member
    You Are Your Own Gym. Just get the app for your pad or phone. If you can do all that stuff, you are very fit indeed.
  • Weight loss yoga, Zumba, dance, etc. There's a ton on youtube.
  • StrongLife
    StrongLife Posts: 525 Member
    Hardbody Yoga by Tari Rose. I have it memorized now and it is always my go to routine when I just want to stay home.
  • RedScathach
    RedScathach Posts: 24 Member
    I enjoy most of Jillian Michael's videos - Boost Metabolism, Banish Fat and Ripped in 30, the You Are Your Own Gym app, and I am really loving the Sworkit Pro app right now. But to be honest I am doing much better working out with a group, it seems more fun and I keep really pushing myself.
  • greglumpkin
    greglumpkin Posts: 24 Member
    I'm loving Sworkit Pro as well. Completely worth the price, if not, more.

    Greg
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    Nike Training Club - free app loaded with awesome workouts. Some use dumbbells, but many are just body weight exercises. Lots to choose from and the workouts are 15-45 minutes long. Good stuff.
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    I'm pretty sure convict conditioning doesn't require any equipment.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    You Are Your Own Gym, Nerdfitness and Convict Conditioning don't require equipment. Neither does running/jogging.

    Things I have done or do that don't require equipment -

    Crunches - regular, doubles, obliques, reverse and bicycles
    Pull ups, Chin ups, Hanging Leg Raises (well, these do require a bar but it's only $28)

    Push ups - walls, inclines, half, full, divebombers, wide, triceps, and declines
    (Other variations - handstands, supermans, and spider crawls)

    Jumping jacks
    Jump squats
    Burpees

    Squats - wall, walking and bodyweight
    Lunges - forward, reverse and walking
    Bulgarian squats, pistol squats, and split squats

    Glute Bridges
  • Ophidion
    Ophidion Posts: 2,065 Member
    Convict Conditioning is a pretty badass body weight program, I highly recommend it.
  • waldo56
    waldo56 Posts: 1,861 Member
    Convict conditioning is a terrible bodyweight program (some of the progressions are fine, the programming is awful). You are your own gym is better, as are overcoming gravity and building the gymnast body.

    Really though you just need to learn to program for yourself because they all suck to some degree. Between youtube and some good ol google searching, you can find all that you'll ever need.

    I do all my work at home; my equipment collection built up over the years consists of a doorway pullup bar, a set of cheap rings to hang from it, a mat, some homemade pvc parallettes, a weight vest, and sets of 15, 25, and 35 lb hex DB's. The only piece of equipment that is absolutely essential is a pullup bar.
  • Fitfully_me
    Fitfully_me Posts: 647 Member
    Another nod for Burpees.
    You'll thank us later:)
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    Waldo is spot on.

    I have used BodyRock.TV (also TheDailyHIIT.com) same same- although I hate the new dailyhiit- it's rubbish. but it's a great place to start- great tutorials on form.

    LovingFit.com

    angrytrainerfitness.com

    nerdfitness.com

    bloglates on youtube

    zuzkalight on youtube.

    all have GREAT workouts.

    the night thing about body weight- is there are ways to modify- and ways to make it crazy hard with a little ingenuity or elevation (elevated mountain climbers- say waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)
  • mlb929
    mlb929 Posts: 1,974 Member
    I've been a big fan of Beach Body programs they work well for me. I like the DVD's I can follow easily, little or no equipment or what needed came with the program. I mainly use them for cross training along with my running and biking. I have no desire to ever join a gym, so these programs work for me.
  • niyans
    niyans Posts: 2 Member
    Try programs from Polish trainner EWA CHODAKOWSKA .
    You can find them on Youtube . They're amazing and results are spectacular . In Poland she is very famous because of that trainings .
  • FizikallyFit
    FizikallyFit Posts: 180 Member
    As stated above, exercise videos on youtube, bodyweight exercises, and running
  • thesophierose
    thesophierose Posts: 754 Member
    Lunges! Burpees! Inch Worms! SQUATS. Wall Sits. Pushups. Situps. Etc... such a variety.

    Burpees for the win ;)
  • shawnakrebs
    shawnakrebs Posts: 50 Member
    Insanity, great in home DVD with zero equipment.
  • youngcaseyr
    youngcaseyr Posts: 293 Member
    Burpees suck. I still do them, but they SUCK.

    I love the Skimble Workout Trainer and Sworkit applications that are available on smartphones, and the Gain Fitness Apps that are only available on the iPhone (boooo, I don't have one but the developers are working on one for android phones- yay!)