Portable Workout - Do it at home, in the office, wherever!

I wrote an article for the school paper, on a quick way to implement a workout short of time; this can be done virtually anywhere. Go for as much time as you have, or feel comfortable with, do ten reps for each, 45 seconds on the plank, go until your time allotted is up.

Pushups- Place hands shoulder width apart and low your chest to the floor and push off using your chest and triceps.

Body weight squats- Keep your back strait, look slightly up, and lower your hips and “squat” down and explosively use your quadriceps and hamstrings to push yourself up.

Chair Dips- Place your hands on the end of the seat part of the chair and walk your legs out, lower your arms keeping your shoulders still, use the triceps to push your body up and down, use your shoulder to stabilize your body.

Lunges-Keeping your hands on your head, step out with one foot bringing your back knee to about three inches from the ground, return to a standing position and alternate legs, do 5 repetitions on each foot. Use your core and quads to stabilize your body.

Forty five second plank-  Get into a pushup position and place your elbows on the ground and keep your body angle as straight as possible, brace your abs and hold the position for forty five seconds.

Benefits of doing this routine:
1) Breaks up your day, gets your endorphins and blood flowing
2) Easy way to stay toned when you are short of time

3) It helps stretch your body after long periods of sitting- (work, school)

4) Its fun! Make a competition with yourself, see how many rounds you can do in 10 minutes and try to improve the following time.

4) Do it enough times and will you look like this.........

Ok maybe not, but you will feel better about yourself!

Give it a try

A-Lev