Best at home workout series/challenges

What are your goals?

I'm also on the lookout for some home workouts - 25, female and have a yoga mat and hand weights at home Looking to lose about 50 lbs. I have lost just over 10lbs but that's without exercise, so I want to get moving!



Vicky

If the goal is purely fat loss, then one answer will be:

a) moderate calorie deficit
b) adequate protein
c) progressive resistance routine

if equipment is minimal (or nonexistent) then something like YAYOG (book or smartphone app) or Convict Conditioning (book) would be good places for a beginner to look.

If you have other goals such as improved cardiovascular, better flexibility, etc. Then the answer is more nuanced and you will need to incorporate other stuff and make a well-rounded routine.

Personally, for a beginner with minimal equipment you could do YAYOG or CC and on the off days do some yoga for flexibility and recovery (use a free site like doyogawithme) and do some quality hill walking or trail walking (whatever you have available to you). Do that for a couple of months, stay tight with the diet (log accurately and regularly) and see how things go.

Not super-sexy stuff, I know. But you'll lay down habits that will have a great effect over the months. Just get started and enjoy mastering your own physicality. The aesthetic benefits will flow from that, I promise.

Fitness Blender on YouTube has a ton of very challenging bodyweight training vids. If you can spend 120 bucks on vids, get Shaun T 'Insanity'...no equip required and it will KICK YOUR *kitten*. I lost 55 lbs in 4 months when I did his vids and my abs were never more defined, and my shoulders ROCKED!

HOWEVER, none of it will work if you don't have your daily calories 'mathed' down.

And don't forget Sleep...everyone does, but it's a huge part of weight loss and muscle repair.

I don't know how good this is, but this one challenges me so far. http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/12/09/beginner-body-weight-workout-burn-fat-build-muscle/

26 year old male just looking to lose maybe 10-15 pounds mostly bellyfat.

My goal right now is just to lose weight. At home I have no equipment available which is where I will be doing most anything suggested. I also go to the gym which is a full gym with free weights, machines, etc.

Missed this one.

What are you doing at the gym? Why do you think you need to do extra stuff outside of the gym, at home?

If it's purely weight loss, 3-4 good quality gym workouts plus good dietary control will lead to results and good body-comp if you are patient and stick with it.

Well the only time I go to the gym is with my brother in law (we work out at the sheriffs department and hes the cop lol0 But he doesnt always stick with it. Sometimes we will go everyday and sometimes it will be 2 weeks in between so I want to find something I can do on my own too

I have identified your problem: consistency!

You really need to dial in the diet side of things though. That's where the weight loss come from.

The exercise bit is for other stuff (body-comp, cv fitness, flexibility, strength, power, speed, etc).

You would probably be best served by doing something 3-4 times a week and sticking with it religiously. If you're going to be doing it at home, then check out YAYOG or CC, nail your diet (small deficit, high protein) and *most importantly* make sure you stick with it on a regular basis.

I'm also on the lookout for some home workouts - 25, female and have a yoga mat and hand weights at home Looking to lose about 50 lbs. I have lost just over 10lbs but that's without exercise, so I want to get moving!



Vicky

Jillian Michaels might be a good fit for you, since most of her DVDs use the equipment you have. If you're pretty new to exercise, try her Frontside/Backside DVDs. A little more intermediate, maybe the 30 day shred or Ripped in 30. Advanced, I'd suggest No More Trouble Zones or Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism. She has a lot more, too, so check out Amazon if you're looking for variety

Fitness Blender on YouTube has a ton of very challenging bodyweight training vids. If you can spend 120 bucks on vids, get Shaun T 'Insanity'...no equip required and it will KICK YOUR *kitten*. I lost 55 lbs in 4 months when I did his vids and my abs were never more defined, and my shoulders ROCKED!

HOWEVER, none of it will work if you don't have your daily calories 'mathed' down.

And don't forget Sleep...everyone does, but it's a huge part of weight loss and muscle repair.

You can probably get the program at a discount off of craigs list as well. It truly does work if you stick to it and eating properly.

I've been doing the YouTube Blogilates Beginner Calendar this month. I'm two weeks in and I'm absolutely loving it. I can't imagine it is very effective for burning calories, but for toning and the like it is probably a pretty good program. It's short, sweet, and always has me working up a sweat. I just roll out my yoga mat in the morning and do the 20-30 minute workout 6 days a week. If the beginner's calendar is too easy, she also puts together a more advanced one every month; I'm really hoping to move on to that one next month.