Your gym burned down? You’re under quarantine? Your mate locked you out of the hose again? No problem. Wherever you are, we have a full body fitness routine to get you in the best shape of your life.
When you move past the gimmicks and the gadgets, the ab-slappers and the butt-bappers, the personal trainers with their spandex ensembles and the high-end gyms with their 125-acre exercise rooms, the secret of staying fit boils down to one simple word: consistency. The best fitness program in the world won’t amount to a hill of beans if you can’t stick to it. And the number-one problem with “sticking to it” besides the seemingly inexhaustible supply of Doritos and Simpson reruns) is convenience. Life throws up more hurdles than a steeplechase. You have a great gym routine, but you just can’t make it there this week. Or you prefer to exercise outdoors, but Old Testament weather has thrown you ff your game. Or you have some weights at hoe but, for reasons quite your own, you haven’t been spending much time hitting the circuit in the spare bedroom lately.
What you need (besides, maybe, some time-management training) are options. You have to be able to fit in a great full-body workout no matter where you end up. So we’ve solved the convenience problem by designing three exercise programs: One for the gym, one for the home and one for outside. (one set of 8 to 12 of each of the following exercises, except where specified, should work into your schedule.) the next time you find yourself under house arrest, sleeping at the YMCA of lost along the Appalachian Trail, you won’t have to miss a workout. Is that planning ahead, or what? – Liz Neporent
