Tips for staying fit during quarantine

Tips for staying fit during quarantine

Natalie Tucker, Yearbook Editor

Wanting to stay in shape or get in better shape with all this free time? Maybe do these workouts! Not only will it help you to get in shape, it gives you something to do and can boost your mood. The following workouts can be done in the comfort of your own home or even in your front or back yard! 

For days one, three, and five, it’ll be a HIIT workout. This means, high intensity interval training. Basically, the workout is based on time intervals and not necessarily reps. It will be 60 seconds on for each exercise, followed by 30 seconds of rest time. In total, there’s five different exercises and this will be repeated as many times as you’d like, but I would recommend repeating at least 5-10 times. The workouts are: jumping jacks, heel touches, burpees, jump squats, and 6 in to 90 degrees. For heel touches, lay on your back on the ground with your legs bent, facing the ceiling and feet about a foot away from you. Then, lift your shoulders slightly off of the ground and move side to side so your fingers tap your heels ( For burpees, jump vertically, then squat down, put your hands on the ground and jump your legs out behind you so you’re in a plank position. Then, jump your legs back in and jump up, then repeat ( For 6 in to 90 degrees, lay flat on your back with hands either right by your side or under your butt to help your back not lift off of the ground. Lift your legs, keeping them straight so they’re 6 inches off of the ground, then lift up so they’re at a 90 degree angle from the ground. Repeat, but don’t let your legs touch the ground ( 

For days two and four, these will be lower body workouts. The workouts will be: wall sits, glute bridges, one leg glute bridges, and calf raises. For wall sits, you lean your back against the wall, then bend your legs so it’s literally as if you’re sitting in mid air. You will do this for 15 seconds on, 15 seconds off and repeat 5 times. For glute bridges, lay on the ground, on your back. Bend your legs with your knees facing the ceiling, and feet about 1 ft. away from your body. Then, lift your hips off the ground, hold the position for 3 seconds, then put hips back on the ground. This will be repeated for 20 reps, and a total of 3 sets. In between sets, rest for 1 minute ( For one leg glute bridges, do the same thing, except one leg will be lifted off of the ground, and instead of 20 reps, it will be 10 on each side. For calf raises, go to a step with about a third of the front of your feet on the step and the rest off. Lift up, like you’re on your tiptoes, then back down. Repeat for 30 seconds and do this 3 times ( 

Of course, each of these workouts can be modified to be easier or more difficult by increasing or decreasing the reps or time! I hope you Titans like these workouts and if not, there are plenty of workout videos on Youtube!