The other day I was at the gym and I was pressed for time so in order to get the most bang for my buck I went with my tried-and-true exercises in the short time that I had. Here are my top five can't live without exercises:
- Running
- Dips
- Plank
- Lunges
- Yoga
I know you've got a top five too, so I am curious what they are. Plus, maybe you'll inspire someone to get up and try something new. So tell us the top five exercises you couldn't live without in the comments section below.
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Gambini
Ben Sherman
Alexander Wang
Running
Inner/Outer Thigh Machine
Kickbacks
Crunches
Good stretching session
Ahhhhhh.
1Bike riding, lunges, squats, double crunch and tricep extensions.
21. Running
32. jump squats
3. dumbbell rows
4. bicycle crunches
5. Biking
1. Biking
42. Tricep Dips
3. Crunches
4. Yoga
5. Stability Ball
1. Crunches
52. Bicep curls
3. Tricep dips
4. Lunges
5. Running
Biking, jogging, crunches, yoga, lunges
6Swimming, Sailing, Yoga, Biking, Hiking
71.Swimming
82.Pilates
3.Biking
4.Push ups
5.Squats
1. running
92. leg lifts
3. push-ups
4. tricep dips
5. pilates
1. RUNNING
102. SQUATS/LUNGES
3. PILATES FOR THE CORE
4. CURLS/KICKBACKS
5. STRETCHING
Running
11Any kind of weight training that uses the balance ball
Stretching
Recumbent Stationary Bicycle
Bicycling
1. Squats
122. Butt Blasters
3. Chest Press
4. Bicep Curls
5. One-arm rows
1. Running
132. Lunges
3. Pull-ups
4. Tricep dips
5. After-workout stretch
1. Running
142. Lunges
3. Sit-ups
4. Push-ups
5. Streching...have to strech!
1. Push Ups (I LOVE push ups)
152. Running
3. Spinning
4. Squats on that 1/2-balance-ball-thing
5. Crunches
1. Swimming
162. Yoga
3. Kickboxing
4. Running
5. Pilates
Elliptical
17Free Weights
Lunges
Ab Machine
Streching
1. Running
182. Hot Yoga (the whole sweaty 90 min.)
3. Squats
4. Push Ups (all kinds!!)
5. Ab work on a stability ball
Push ups, lunges, pilates 100's, tricep dips, jumping jacks
19Walking (I hate running!)
20Yoga
Kickboxing
tricep work
shoulder work
1. running
212. squats/lunges
3. triceps dips
4. push-ups
5. Crunches on the medicine ball and plank
1) Elliptical
222) Crunches
3) Lunges
4) Squats
5) Pushups on the wall with a resistance band
1) Elliptical
232) Yoga
3) Squats
4) Push-up reverse rows (hard but so good)
5) Plank and/or crunches
1. Dancing
242. Yoga
3. Pilates
4. Swimming
5. Surfing
1. walk/run intervals on steep incline
252. lunges with dumbbells
3. Wall sit with dumbbell
4. Stability ball ab work
5. squats
pilates, cardio, thigh machine, crunches, stretching
261. SPIN
272. Yoga
3. AB work
4. Running
5. Walking
1. pushups
282. walking lunges
3. shoulder press
4. bicycle crunches
5. hiking
Curves (circut training)
29Stripaerobics
Bike riding
push-ups
hula-hooping
1. Running
302. Swimming
3. Pilates
4. Yoga
5. Crunches
1. Running
312. Squats
3. Lunges
4.Push ups
5. my ab routine (sorry i can't pick just one)
1.Kickboxing
322.dancing
3.Situps
4.squats
5.jump roping
tennis
33walking
biking
yoga
pushups
1. Jump rope (sometimes there are no machines available)
342. lunges
3. push ups
4. dips
5. crunches
1.Yoga
352.pilates
3. Running
4. Tennis
5. dancing
running
36crunches (other ab stuff)
push ups
squats
dips
running, crunches, tiabo, pushups & soccccer
37Running squats crunches dips pushups
381. Running
392. Lunges
3. Pull-ups
4. Tricep dips
5. Yoga
1. Ellipitical
402. Yoga
3. Hula-hooping
4. Squats
5. Crunches
Yoga
41Push-ups
Abs
Free-weights
Walking
Elliptical
42Crunches/Abs
Pull-Ups
Dips
Squats
1. Sprint intervals
432. Yoga
3. Rock climbing
4. Plank
5. Turbokick
1) Rowing
442) Ab exercises
3) Yoga
4) Skipping
5) Jumping jacks holding 2lb weights
walking
45sit-ups
yoga
weights
chasing after my 3 year old! (Hey, that IS excersize!!)
Here's mine:
1. bicycle
462. running
3. eliptical
4. free weights
5. crunches
Let's see, here are mine:
1. Pilates
472. Running
3. Elliptical
4. Lower-rectus abdominal crunches
5. Lateral raises (5 lb weights)
eliptical
bike
thigh machine
dips
oblique cruches
481. Elliptical
492. Dancing
3. Yoga
4. The hundred-Pilates
5. lunges
Pilates
50Elliptical
Stretches
Weight training
Walking
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