In Home Workouts for those Cold Winter Days
It’s dismal outside and you’d much rather hit the sack than the gym. But we all know that the feeling of regret is much worse than exercising.
When it’s cold and wet outside and you’re feeling lifeless, here are some workouts to try in your living room when you don’t feel like exercising.
Workouts In Your Living Room
Each of these workouts are 30-40 minutes long and split into three 10-14 minute sections:
- Butt and legs
- Arms
- Abs
We’ve found that it’s more encouraging to think of your workout as three lots of 10 minutes than 30-40 minutes. Don’t forget to include a warm up and cool down stretch too.
Workout 1
Butt and legs
- Barbell deadlift: 3 sets, 12 reps
- Weighted glute bridges: 3 sets, 12 reps
- Squat pulses with barbell: 3 sets, 12 reps
- Jumping squats with one 5kg barbell weight: 3 sets, 12 reps
Arms
- Lateral raise: 3 sets, 12 reps
- Shoulder press: 3 sets, 12 reps
- Bicep curls: 3 sets, 12 reps
- Plank straight arm kickback: 3 sets, 12 reps
Abs
- Mountain climbers: 30 seconds
- Plank: 30 seconds
- Straight leg scissors: 30 seconds
- Reverse crunches: 30 seconds
- Side plank: 30 seconds
- Side plank on reverse side: 30 seconds
Workout 2
Butt and legs
- Squat and side kick with barbell: 3 sets, 12 reps
- Single leg bridge: 3 sets, 12 reps
- Sumo squat with barbell: 3 sets, 12 reps
- Goblet squat with one 5kg barbell weight: 3 sets, 12 reps
Arms
- Lying down pull over: 3 sets, 12 reps
- Shoulder press: 3 sets, 12 reps
- Push-ups: 3 sets, 12 reps
- Bicep curls and front press: 3 sets, 12 reps
Abs
- Flutter kicks: 30 seconds
- Crunch: 30 seconds
- Sit-ups: 30 seconds
- Russian twist: 30 seconds
- Superman planks: 30 seconds
- Toe touches: 30 seconds
The length of these workouts will vary depending on your fitness, agility and weight size. It’s better to only do two reps with correct posture and form, than three reps which are half-heartedly done and rushed.
