Home Workouts With Your Family

Exercise and spending time with your family can be an activity that is fun and keeps you moving. Come together as a family to exercise — even if it’s just for 10 minutes. Need some convincing? Here are the benefits:

• Reduced anxiety – One of the best ways to manage stress is to work out on a consistent basis. It lifts the mood, builds confidence and supports physical health.
• Strengthening health – Physical activity builds your muscles, endurance and breathing capacity. No matter what kind of illness is out there, a fit body is better prepared for combat.
• Building bonds – It’s unusual that our lives of screens, regular work hours and school activities have come to a screeching halt. Try to embrace this time with your family.

4-3-2-1 Fast Workout

Have a little space and an extra moment? Get your heart and the hearts of your family pumping with this 10-minute workout.

• 4 Minutes Cardio
  • High knee marching (4 minutes)
• 3 Minutes Resistance
  • Chair squat, push-ups, lunges (1 minute each)
• 2 Minutes Core
  • Chair plank, side bend (1 minute each)
• 1 Minute Stretching
  • Chair forward bend, chair spinal twist (30 seconds each)

Build Your Own Boot Camp

Don’t shy away from the words "boot camp," especially when you have the tools to create a circuit that meets your ability and health goals.

First, decide how long to perform each exercise: 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, etc.

Next, choose one exercise from each group of exercises below:

• Cardio exercises
  • High knees, jog in place, mountain climbers, jumping jacks, jump rope, skaters, power skips, fast feet shuffle
• Lower body strength exercises
  • Wall sit, basic squat, forward lunges, reverse lunges, calf lifts, single leg dead lifts, side lunges
• Upper body strength exercises
  • Push-ups, triceps dip, arm circles, forward punches, fast scissors, overhead punches, speed-bag punches
• Core strength exercises
  • Plank, side plank, Russian twist, superman, bicycle crunch, standard crunch, six-inch leg lift

Perform each exercise for your chosen duration. Try to complete the whole circuit without resting. Once you’ve completed the whole circuit, take a short rest. Then, repeat the circuit again. Repeat this process as many times as you desire.

Download the full PDF’s to print off at home – 4-3-2-1 Fast Workout and Build Your Own Boot Camp.