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Plant your feet shoulder-width apart. Bend at your knees and lower your body until your thighs are parallel with the the floor. Return to a standing position.
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Place your hands shoulder-width apart on the ground. Walk your legs back until your back is perfectly flat. Lower your chest to the floor, stopping about an inch away. Return
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to the extended position.
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Get on all fours. Place each foot on the edge of the couch. Bend at the hips until your back is straight and your head is pointing toward the ground.
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Lower your shoulders toward the ground, as far as you are comfortable going. Push yourself back up into your original position.
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Lie on the ground, about half way beneath your table. Grab the edge. Squeeze your abs and pull your body up toward the table, as far as you can go.
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Lower yourself down toward the floor without touching it. Repeat.
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Lie on your back and bend your knees, pulling your legs toward your butt. Place your hands behind your head. Contract your abs and use them to pull your torso
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off the ground. Your shoulders should come a few inches off the ground.
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Perform the same motion as you do with crunches, but pull your torso all the way up to meet your knees.
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Get into a crunch position. Raise your left side shoulder off the ground. At the same time pull your right side knee up toward your elbow. They should almost meet
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in the center. Return to the original position, then repeat on the other side.
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Stand with your feet together. Step forward as far as you can, and at the same time bend your knee. Your back knee should come as close to the ground
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as possible without touching. Return to the starting position and repeat on the other side.
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Do the same motion as the forward lunge, but step backward instead of forward.
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Place your feet together and keep your legs straight. While tightening your core, raise one foot off the ground. Bring it up perpendicular to your torso. Hold it for a
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second, then lower it back down. Repeat on the other side.
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Perform the same motion, but pull your leg backward instead of forward. Make sure to tighten your glutes as you are pulling back.
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Start in the position you would do a crunch in. Plant your heels on the ground and push off the ground using your glutes. Make sure to keep your shoulders
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on the ground. Lower yourself back down.
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From a push up position, bring your left knee up to your chest, then return it to the ground. Repeat on the other side. Perform this as a fluid motion
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and go as fast as possible.
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From a standing position, jump as far as you can to your left, without moving your torso. Do the same thing on the right. Make sure to keep your upper
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body as still as possible as you do it.
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Get in a push up position, then bend your knees slightly. From this position, push your feet off the ground as hard as you can in the air, while keeping
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your upper body planted. Do this as fast as possible.
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Plant your feet on the ground together. Place your hands behind your head. Bring your knee up, and at the same time, pull your elbow down to meet your knee.
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Repeat on the opposite side.
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Perform a standard backward lunge with your left leg, but instead of stepping directly back, make sure your foot lands so that it lines up with the other foot. This
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will form a modified curtsy motion. Stand back up and repeat with your right foot.
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Stand up straight with shoulders pulled back. Keeping both arms straight, raise them up and out, so that they are pointing away from your sides and in line with your
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Perform the same motion as a lateral raise, but pull your arms up in front of your body until they reach shoulder height.
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Perform a push up, but place your hands a little bit wider than shoulder distance before you start. You most likely will not be able to sink as low when
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Do the opposite of a wide push up—bring your hands in so that they meet at the center of your chest.
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Perform a squat, but once you have lowered yourself, use momentum to push yourself up and forward, so that you land a few inches in front of where you were.
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Try to remain in squat position throughout the movement.
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Stand in one spot. Bring your left knee up to your stomach. Lower it back down and do the same with your right leg. Repeat and do this as fast
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Start standing. As fast as possible, lower yourself into a push up start position, then hop back up. Add a jump at the very end and repeat.
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Start with your feet together. Hop off the ground and bring your feet about shoulder-width apart for landing. At the same time, raise your arms laterally over your head. A
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second hop will bring you back to the start position. Do these as fast as possible.
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Get in a push up position. Lower your elbows to the ground while making sure to keep your abs as tight as possible. Stay in this position for as long
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Lie flat on your back. Bring your elbows in so that you are resting your upper body on them. Pull your butt off the ground. If possible, raise yourself up
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onto your hands. Keep your core engaged as long as possible.
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Get into a plank position. At the same time, use momentum to push your feet off the ground and away from each other, kind of like the bottom half of
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a snow angel motion. Return to the starting position and repeat as fast as possible.
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Plant your feet about double shoulder’s length apart. Bend one knee and place all of your weight on it while keeping the opposite leg straight. Return to the starting position
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and repeat on the other side.
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Perform a squat. At the end of the motion, bring both feet together then step to the right. Do another squat. Continue doing them in as fluid a motion as
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possible until you run of room then repeat the motion moving to the left.
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Perform a forward lunge, but instead of stopping at a standing position, immediately perform a back lunge with the same foot. Make it fluid and repeat on the opposite side.
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Lower into a lunge position. Push off the ground and switch feet in midair, so that you land with your feet in the opposite lunge positions. Repeat as fast as
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Start in a push up position. Lower one elbow to the ground, followed by the opposite elbow. Return both to a push up position, then repeat, starting with the opposite
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side. Do these as fast as possible.
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Lower yourself into a squat position. Use momentum to jump slightly off the ground. In midair, bring your feet together. Land so that your feet are together, then use momentum
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to do the opposite motion so that you land with feet apart. Do these as fast as possible.
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Start on all fours. Pull one knee up off the ground. Raise your heel up toward the ceiling as far as possible. Lower it back down and repeat on the
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Raise one leg off the ground. Hold as long as possible before lowering it and repeating the same thing on the other side.
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Stand up straight with your arms at your side. Bend your elbows and rest your hands on your chest. Bend at the hip and lower your upper body down until
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you are parallel to the floor, keeping your back straight. Pull back up using your glutes.
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Plant your feet shoulder-width apart. Twist your torso from left to right, making sure to keep your hips stationary.
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Lie on your stomach with you arms pointed out straight above your head. Raise your arms and legs off the ground at the same time, holding them steady as long
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as possible before returning to the ground.
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Start as if you are doing a superman. Instead of raising all limbs, raise your left arm and your right foot. Lower them back down and repeat with the opposite
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combo of limbs. Continue to do so as fast as possible, while making it a fluid motion.
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Do the same motion as the front kick, but raise each leg up along the side of your body, instead of pulling it out in front of your body.
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Place your hands and feet on the ground. Keeping your back as flat as possible, simply walk on all fours until you run out of room. Once you hit a
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wall, start walking backward. Repeat in both directions.
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Perform a squat, but once you have lowered yourself, use momentum to push yourself up and forward, so that you land a few feet in front of where you were.
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As you land, you should go right back to the squat, making each one flow into the next.
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Sit down and draw your knees to your chest. Lean your torso back as far as you can without falling backward. Tighten your core and keep your back straight and
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proceed to do torso twists.
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In a plank position, perform a motion similar to mountain climbers. Bring your knee to your chest, return it to the floor, and repeat on the opposite side. Don’t rush
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this motion like you would mountain climbers, though.
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From a standing position, bend at the hips and place your hands on the floor. Form there, extend forward, “walking” with your hands and not moving your feet. Eventually you
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will end up in a push up position. Repeat the motion backward until you are standing.
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Get into a plank position. Bring one arm back, pulling your elbow back as far as possible. Slowly twist your torso and extend the arm over your head. Do this
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motion backward to get back to the starting point. Repeat on the opposite side.
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These are the same motion as swimmers, but with a starting position of your hands and knees.
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Bend down as if doing a walk down. Instead of walking with your hands, hold this position for as long as possible.
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Place your hands back-first on your couch or coffee table, with your legs extended straight out in front of you. Lower yourself by bending at the elbows as far down
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as you can go. Return to the starting position by pushing back up.
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