Bodyweight Exercises For Women

If your goal is to stay relatively lean all year round without going to the gym or spending money on expensive equipment, then my suggestion is to try bodyweight training. The following are specific bodyweight exercises for women:



Bodyweight Exercise #1: Frogger



This is a great exercise for women who want to tighten up behind the arms and develop sexier shoulders. It's also a great full body exercise and calorie burner. To do this exercise, start off inpushup position. Lower your hips down to the floor.



You should feel a stretch in your lower back.



Reverse the movement and press your butt towards the sky. Remember to keep your arms and legs straight at all times. Keep lifting your butt towards the sky until you create an upside down "V" with your body. Pause, and return to starting position.



Bodyweight Exercise #2: Staggered Stance 1-Leg Squat



This movement is almost like the combination of a lunge and a bodyweight squat. Stand with your feet shoulder width apart. Step back with your right foot.



Your left foot is flat on the floor, with your right foot on your toes. Drop your body as low as possible, as if you were performing a squat.



Go as low as possible, then push yourself back up to starting position. Switch legs and repeat.



Bodyweight Exercise #3: Frogger + Jump Squat



Here's a great exercise you can use to work your upper and lower body at the same time. Perform a regular frogger. When you return to starting position, pull in your legs, and explode upwards into a squat jump. When you land, move back into frogger starting position, perform a frogger, followed by another jump squat.