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Hope you are feeling fully recharged after your rest day, and are ready to tackle your next strength session in our 4-Week At-Home Workout Challenge! Today’s core circuit is also a full-body workout, but every move—inchworm, bird-dog crunch, and forward lunge—engages and strengthens your core muscles. Why is that important? A strong core stabilizes and […]
Welcome to Week 2 of the 4-Week Bodyweight Challenge! Chances are, the freshness and excitement of starting a new exercise program has started to fade, which means only one thing: Now the real work begins. Stick with us—we know you can do this! Today’s workout is a strength routine and there are several moves that […]
Looking to spice up your cardio workout? This HIIT abs routine will do just the trick. High-intensity interval training, or HIIT, is a quick—but intense—way to amp up your regular workouts and squeeze in some dedicated core work. Setting aside some time for core exercises is important, since core strength is vital to your daily […]
When it comes to training, oftentimes we forget to include lateral (or side-to-side) movements. From lunges and squats to push-ups and dips, we pack in plenty of front-to-back and up-and-down movements into our exercise pursuits, but are lacking when it comes to lateral movements. Which is odd, considering in real life we move in multiple […]
You may think that the only way to get your cardio in is through exercises such as running or indoor cycling, but that’s simply not true. Plyometric training, also known as jump or reactive training, can be just as effective. A killer combo of speed and strength, plyometrics involves quick and powerful movements that stretch […]
As you continue to work to build your aerobic capacity, we’re throwing yet another new move at you in today’s legs and cardio circuit: the crab toe touch. This exercise works the notoriously hard-to-work lower abs, which is really just the lower part of the rectus abdominis, the muscle that runs vertically from your sternum […]
Morning workouts are an excellent way to wake yourself up, and this 7 minute workout will help add that extra boost to your day. The routine, designed by Kit Rich, an L.A.-based trainer and Lucy Activewear pro, will help wake up your muscles and mind—so you can get moving, feel good, and crush it at […]
This is it, the final day of the 4-Week At-Home Workout Challenge. Give yourself a big round of applause for showing up every single day. All of us at Team SELF are extremely proud of your commitment and your progress. Today’s plank and lunge cardio workout has everything: lunges, planks, squats as well as plenty […]
You can ditch the dumbbells for today’s cardio and core session: This workout is all about using your own bodyweight to challenge your obliques muscles and really get your heart rate up. This HIIT-based cardio workout is likely going to make you sweat. The key is choosing exercises that work large muscle groups (in this […]
Hope you’re feeling strong and energized after your first day of this year’s New Year’s Challenge. Yesterday you focused more on your lower body, so today it’s all about those upper body and core moves with an upper body strength workout. The forearm plank with alternating knee taps might be a new move, so let’s […]
