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Printed from http://gimme20.com/node/1957 on October 10, 2008

List of good exercises that don't require any special equipment or a gym.


This workout contains 17 exercises.

1 - Crossover Ab Crunch

Ab Killer!

Exercise Steps

Step 1

Lie on your back with your knees up and your feet on the floot. Cross your left leg over your right leg. Your left ankle should rest just below your right knee, making a triangle between your legs. Put your right hand behind your head, with your right elbow extended to the side. Rest your head and album on the floor. Place your left hand on your right obliques or at your left side.

Step 2

Now, contract your abdominal muscles to pull your upper body up so your right elbow touches your left knee.

Lower, and repeat. After you finish, do the exercise over with the opposite side.


2 - Reverse Crunches

Hit those lower abs!

Exercise Steps

Step 1

Lay with legs straight up in air.

Step 2

Bring legs straight up in the air and upper torso towards ceiling.

Lower and repeat.


3 - Push Up

An all time no machine classic!

Exercise Steps

Step 1

Lie chest-down with your hands at shoulder level, palms flat on the floor and slightly more than shoulder width apart, feet together and parallel to each other.

Step 2

Lower body until chest touches the floor. Try not to bend your back. Keep your knees off the floor and inhale as you bend your arms. Keep your head up and looking forward ahead of you.


4 - Lunges

Exercise Steps

Step 1

Stand with both feet together.

Step 2

Step forward with one foot to a 45 degree angle. Lower your body vertically until your front leg is at 90 degrees. Ensure your back foot's heel is off the ground. Push off your front foot and step back into standing position. Repeat with other leg.No


5 - Skipping (time)

Exercise Steps

Step 1

This is great for cardio. Skipping is considered wimpy by some -- but let's see them pull off 10 minutes of skipping. We'll see who the wimp is then.


6 - Opposite Arm & Leg Raise

Exercise Steps

Step 1

This is a simple one. Lie face down on the floor with your arms and legs extended. Your palms should face the floor.

Step 2

Simutaneously raise your left arm and your right leg. Hold for at least 2 seconds. Then, slowly return to the original position.

As soon as your lower your arm and leg, lift your right arm and your left leg.

Continue alternating, and do as many reps as you comfortably can.


7 - Air Squat

Great way to warm up legs.

Exercise Steps

Step 1

Start with feet shoulder width apart and hands wherever feels the most comfortable.

Step 2

Lower butt towards the floor as if you were sitting in a chair. Stand back into starting position.

Repeat.


8 - ab bridge

Exercise Steps

Step 1

Start to get into a pushup position, but bend your elbows and rest your weight on your forearms instead of your hands. Your body should form a straight line from your shoulders to your ankles.

Pull your abdominals in; imagine you're trying to move your belly button back to your spine.

Hold this for 20 to 30 seconds, breathing steadily.

Release, then repeat for another 20 to 30 seconds. That equals two complete sets. As you build endurance, you can do one 60-second set instead of two shorter ones.


9 - Split Jumps

A fantastic way to get your heart rate up and seperate your quad muscles.

Exercise Steps

Step 1

Start in a lunge position.

Step 2

Jump into air and switch legs in mid air.

Step 3

Land with other leg in front.

Step 4

Lower self into lunge position now with the opposite leg in front.

Repeat.


10 - Burpees

All body Burpees.

NOTE: If you are tracking this exercise, set your weight to zero and use the reps tracking capability to keep track of how many you have been doing.

Exercise Steps

Step 1

Start in the standing position

Step 2

Drop your hands to the floor

Step 3

Kick your legs out simultaneously into the standard push up position. form a push-up (a good one).

Bring feet to hands and jump as high as you can (as if you were shooting a hoop)

Repeat as fast and as many times as you can.


11 - Tricep Push Up

Great way to build up body resistance.

Exercise Steps

Step 1

Start with shoulders over wrists at shoulder width apart.

Step 2

Lower trunk to floor while elbows stay against torso. Push up and repeat.


12 - Jump Squat

Get great leg seperation!

Exercise Steps

Step 1

Starting in a deep squat position.

Step 2

Jump up into air as high as you can.

Step 3

Make sure when you come down you stay in squat position and come down gently.

Repeat.


13 - Wall push up

Stand facing a wall, about 1 metre away, arms straight out in front of you. Touch the wall with palms flat and support your weight. Slowly lower your chest to the wall., keeping your knees and back straight. Push back out and repeat.

Exercise Steps

Step 1

Stand about 1 metre away from a wall, facing towards it. Your feet should be about a shoulder-width apart.

Place your hands shoulder-width apart on the wall.

Step 2

Inhale as you bend your arms and allow your body to move towards the wall.

Hold the position for 2-3 seconds.

Straighten your arms and exhale on effort.


14 - Bent-knee push up

Keeping your back straight, support yourself on your knees and palms. Your arms should be straight and shoulder-width apart. Slowly lower your upper body to the floor, keeping your trunk straight. Rise back to the starting position and repeat.

Exercise Steps

Step 1

Keeping your back straight, support yourself on your knees and palms. Your arms should be straight and shoulder-width apart.

Step 2

Slowly lower your upper body to the floor, keeping your trunk straight. Rise back to the starting position and repeat.


15 - Jumping Jacks

Stand with arms at side. Jump up, rapidly moving arms up, clapping above head and kicking feet out into a wide stance, then jump again to starting position.


16 - Plank

The plank should be part of any ab routine!

Exercise Steps

Step 1

The plank is quite an easy exercise to do. Basically, you go into a standard push up position and hold it for as long as you can. (Go until you collapse).

Judge your performance based on time.


17 - Swing Dancing



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