Is This The Easiest Way EVER To Get In Shape?!
If you seriously need to get your BUF booty into gear after a big summer of socialising, but are too busy (or broke!) to get to your regular group workouts, we’ve got you covered. Try this #BUFgirl full-body toning and fitness mini program, which you can do right on your bedroom floor, no equipment or membership required.Stick to the program for 6-8 weeks and notice how your body and mind change. Try doing your workouts in the park, or on the beach to score a bit of fresh air and an extra boost of happy hormones!You’ll have a 10-15 minute workout to complete for every day of the week:MONDAY – leg strengthTUESDAY – arm magicWEDNESDAY – cardio kickerTHURSDAY – ab attackFRIDAY – full body fitnessIf you're not sure what some of the moves are, hit up our old friend, Google!Please Note! Make sure you warm up before each workout with some slow movements, a jog, a yoga flow sequence, or a walk and some light stretching.
Monday
Leg strength
- 20 x Walking Lunges, or Reverse Lunges on the spot – shake it up each time!
- 15 x Air Squats
- 10 per side x 1-Leg Hip Raises
- 5 per side x Curtsy Lunges (step one leg behind the other, like you’re performing a curtsy, then lower your back knee to the ground, before pushing back up to standing through the heel of your front leg)
Rest 15-30 seconds then repeatDo this 3-4 times!
Tuesday
Arm magic
- 10 x Push-up to Downward Dog
- 15 x Tricep Dips
- 20 x Standing Flies (hinge your hips so your chest is facing the floor, then squeeze your shoulder blades together as if you’re squeezing a stress ball between them)
- 1 x Hold a Handstand for as you can – even if it’s only 1s!
Rest 15 seconds then repeatDo this 3-4 times!
Wednesday
Cardio kicker
- 10 x Burpee to Star Jump
- 12 x Jump Lunges
- 20 x High Knees (Left-Right = 1 repetition)
Rest 30 seconds then repeatDo this 3-4 times!
Thursday
Ab Attack
- 20 x Flutter kicks (lie on back, lift legs and shoulders an inch off the ground, slowly perform small fluttering kick motions, left-right equals 1 repetition)
- 20 x Bicycle Crunches (left-right = 1 repetition, move slow and purposefully)
- 20 per side x Side Plank Hip Dips
- 20 x Mountain Climbers (left-right = 1 repetition)
Rest 30 seconds then repeatDo this 3-4 times!
Friday
Full body fitness
- 12 x Chest To Floor Burpees
- 12 X Lateral Squat Jumps (jumping sidewards)
- 12 X Supergirls With Opposite Arms/Legs
- 12 X Crunch To Hip Raise (1 crunch, then 1 hip raise = 1 repetition)
- 20 X Jump On The Spot!
Rest 30 seconds then repeatDo this 3-4 times!Please Note! Make sure you COOL DOWN with a nice, relaxing stretch of all the body parts you’ve used throughout each particular day’s workout.