Bodyweight Circuit Training Exercises - Quick and effective workouts for at home or on the road.

The great thing about bodyweight exercises is that you can do them anywhere - at home, in a hotel room, or at the gym. There's no need for heavy equipment or fancy machinery because you are the weight. You may want to own some things like a pull-up bar, push up handles and a medicine ball.

Push up bars are not a neccessity, but I find that push-up handles keep me from tweeking my wrists. You can also use a pair of dumbbells as well. It's just as effective.

The Routines

The following exercises are meant to be done in 60 second intervals with no rest in between. So you should finish one exercise and move immediately to the next. Feel free to check out our push up variations, chin up variations, Leg exercises or ab exercsies for other exercises ideas.

Depending on your fitness level, you may only be able to perform 1 circuit, but if you can do 3 complete circuits that's the goal.

Bodyweight Circuit Training Routine #1

• Perform a 5-10 minute warm-up involving some jump-rope or jumping jacks and some stretching.

• Lunges

• Push ups

• Regular Squats

• Tricep Dips

• Bicycles

• Pull Ups

• Calf Raises

• Cool down with some stretching or repeat.

If you need a break, no more than 30 seconds. If you want to add 30 seconds of aerobics (jump rope, jumping jacks) in between each exercise, you can do that as well. When I was training for boxing, circuit training was key to my fitness. Adding in the jump rope is a great option that worked well for me.

Bodyweight Training Routine #2

• Perform a 5-10 minute warm up.

• Push ups

• V-ups

• Tricep push ups

• Squats

• Plank

• Calf Raises

• Pull-ups

• Tippy Toe Lunges

• Cool Down

You can add aerobics in between each of these exercises as well for more of a challenge. As you progress, you can try doing each exercise for 2 minutes.

These are great total body workouts for building strength and burning fat.

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