Body Weight Workouts: At the Beach Workout

Nov 20, 2012

Body Weight Fitness: Beach Babe Workout

Body weight workouts aim to tone your entire body. You can achieve this with exercises that simply utilize explosive body weight movements. You will use your body weight to tone your body. This workout program will use Squat Jumps, Side Lunge & Crunches, Walk It Out Pushups, High Knees, and Waist Crunches.

Body Weight Workout Routine

Body Weight Workouts require that you push yourself by constantly moving. Focus on proper form, and the muscles that you are trying to train. The main goal will be to tone your legs and core. Do 3 sets of this workout for optimal total body weight training.

Body Weight Workouts (12 Min) Routine:

Squat Jumps
Side Lunge & Crunch
Walk It Out Pushups
High Knees
Waist Crunches

This body weight workout can be done by men or women. People often do lower body workouts twice per week. You can alternate lower body workouts with upper body workouts, so that you are working a different half of your body each day.

Squat Jumps x 20

Alternate each jump by using a wide, then a narrow base. Squat down, then thrust back up into a jump.

Side Lunge & Crunches x 30 each side

Slightly bend down and touch opposite hand to opposite toe. Kick the leg of the hand your using out behind you. This works both your obliques and the side of your thighs.

Walk It Out Pushups x 10

Bend down, putting your arms on the ground. Walk your arms forward, and do one pushup from your knees.

High Knees 20 secs

Run in place for 20 secs. Make sure to raise your knees as high as you can.

Waist Crunches x 30 each leg

Bring one leg up, while bringing your arm down. They should touch in the middle, then return to starting position. Repeat other side.

Body Weight Workouts

Body Weight Workouts are great because they can be done anywhere, and with no equipment. This workout requires muscle strength and endurance to succeed. If you can’t do all three sets at the start, that’s fine.

Work your way toward it as your goal. When your reach the ability to do all 3 sets of this body weight workout, don’t stop there! Continue to add sets, reps, and different exercises to maintain your body and get stronger.