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Snack-Sized Workouts

Create your own workout! Start by choosing one exercise from each category.

Upper Body

Lower Body

Whole Body

Cardio

Now do your custom workout!

Want to be a star? Don't forget to post your workout on social media!

Step 1
Do 10-15 Repetitions of Windmill Jack

Windmills: Standing with arms straight out to the side and feet wider than your shoulders, bend over and touch right hand to left toe, stand up, and bend over to touch left hand to right toe.

Jumping Jacks: Start standing with arms at side. Jump off ground and land with your feet wider than your shoulders and arms straight above your head. Jump again to standing straight with arms at side.

Step 1
Do 10-15 Repetitions of Chest Ups

Lay on your stomach and put your hands under your chest and push your chest off of the floor. Return to the floor under control.

Step 2
Rest for 10 seconds.

Step 3
Do 10-15 Repetitions of Skater Jumps

Skater: Start standing up straight and jump out to the left landing securely on your left foot. Immediately jump out to the right landing securely on your right foot.

Jump: After the skater jump you will be standing straight with your legs about shoulder width. Bend your knees and jump off the ground.

Step 3
Do 10-15 Repetitions of Fast Feet to Burpee

7 Fast Feet / Burpees
Fast Feet : Start in a standing ready to move position. Move your feet 10 times very fast (like you are running in place)

Burpee: After your 10 Fast Feet, move down into a push up position on your hands and feet and a strong straight body.

Step 3
Do 10-15 Repetitions of Floor to Ceiling Reach Jumps

Squat down and touch the ground, and then explode up and reach for the ceiling.

Step 3
Do 10-15 Repetitions of Step Back Lunges

Stand up tall and step back with one foot keeping your body tall and strong. Stand back up straight and repeat with other foot.

Step 3
Do 10-15 Repetitions of Wall Sit

Sit with your back against a wall and keep your body strong and upright.

Step 3
Do 10-15 Repetitions of Deep Squats

Start nice and tall with hands behind your head. Sit back like you are sitting in a chair. Stay steady and go as low as you can before coming back up steady and in control.

Step 4
Rest for 10 seconds.

Step 5
Do 10-15 Repetitions of Downdog Pillar

Start in a pillar position with on your hands and feet with a strong body.

Lift your bottom straight up in the air while everything else stays still.

Move back into a pillar position.

Step 5
Do 10-15 Repetitions of Scissor Chest Up

Scissors: Laying on your back, straighten one leg high in the air while keeping the other leg straight just off the floor. Scissor your legs so that they are going up high and down low.

Chest-ups: Laying flat on your stomach, place hands under your shoulders and push your chest and belly button off of the ground. Go down to the ground in a controlled manner.

Step 5
Do 10-15 Repetitions of Broad Jumps

Swing arms back as you bend your knees and hop forward on both feet.

Step 5
Do 10-15 Repetitions of Leg Scissors

Lay flat on the ground and legs straight in front of you. Lift one leg straight up and lift the other just off the ground. Scissor the legs down and up.

Step 5
Do 10-15 Repetitions of Pillar Burpees

Stand up straight. Hop down into pillar position. Hop up to standing.

Step 5
Do 10-15 Repetitions of Pillar Shoulder Taps

In a pillar position with wide feet, lift a hand off the floor and touch the opposite shoulder. Return to pillar position and repeat with opposite hand.

Step 5
Do 10-15 Repetitions of V-up Exchange

Put a ball (pair of socks, or anything) between your ankles - v up and exchange to hands.

Step 5
Do 10-15 Repetitions of Leg Lifts

Put ball (or a pair of socks) between your ankles. Keep your back on the floor and raise and lower your legs under control.

Step 5
Do 10-15 Repetitions of Tick Tocks

Put ball between ankles - keep back on ground and have legs straight up. Lower with control to the left, back up to middle, lower with control to the right.

Step 6
Rest for 10 seconds.

Step 7
Do 10-15 Repetitions of Hop 4 Ways

You can do these near a wall if you need help balancing.
Hop 10 times on your left foot.
Hop 10 times on your right foot.

Step 7
Do 10-15 Repetitions of High Skips

Skip in place lifting knee and opposite arm high in the air.

Step 7
Do 10-15 Repetitions of 3 Way Hopping

You can steady yourself if you need to. 6 hops on the left foot. 6 hops on the right foot. 6 bunny hops.

Step 7
Do 10-15 Repetitions of X Jumps

Stand with feet wide. Jump forward and feet together. Jump forward again and land wide. Jump backward and land feet together. Jump back one more time and land with wide feet.

Step 7
Do 10-15 Repetitions of Jumping Jacks

Start hands at side and feet together. Jump and lift arms up high and jump and land wide.

Step 7
Do 10-15 Repetitions of High Knee Running

Run in place lifting your knees high while keeping your body tall.

Step 8
Rest for 10 seconds.

Repeat
Repeat steps 1-8 three more times for a total of 4 sets.

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Choose an Upper Body Exercise

Windmill Jack

Windmills: Standing with arms straight out to the side and feet wider than your shoulders, bend over and touch right hand to left toe, stand up, and bend over to touch left hand to right toe.

Jumping Jacks: Start standing with arms at side. Jump off ground and land with your feet wider than your shoulders and arms straight above your head. Jump again to standing straight with arms at side.

Pick me!

Chest Ups

Lay on your stomach and put your hands under your chest and push your chest off of the floor. Return to the floor under control.

Pick me!
Choose a Lower Body Exercise

Skater Jumps

Skater: Start standing up straight and jump out to the left landing securely on your left foot. Immediately jump out to the right landing securely on your right foot.

Jump: After the skater jump you will be standing straight with your legs about shoulder width. Bend your knees and jump off the ground.

Pick me!

Fast Feet to Burpee

7 Fast Feet / Burpees
Fast Feet : Start in a standing ready to move position. Move your feet 10 times very fast (like you are running in place)

Burpee: After your 10 Fast Feet, move down into a push up position on your hands and feet and a strong straight body.

Pick me!

Floor to Ceiling Reach Jumps

Squat down and touch the ground, and then explode up and reach for the ceiling.

Pick me!

Step Back Lunges

Stand up tall and step back with one foot keeping your body tall and strong. Stand back up straight and repeat with other foot.

Pick me!

Wall Sit

Sit with your back against a wall and keep your body strong and upright.

Pick me!

Deep Squats

Start nice and tall with hands behind your head. Sit back like you are sitting in a chair. Stay steady and go as low as you can before coming back up steady and in control.

Pick me!
Choose a Whole Body Exercise

Downdog Pillar

Start in a pillar position with on your hands and feet with a strong body.

Lift your bottom straight up in the air while everything else stays still.

Move back into a pillar position.

Pick me!

Scissor Chest Up

Scissors: Laying on your back, straighten one leg high in the air while keeping the other leg straight just off the floor. Scissor your legs so that they are going up high and down low.

Chest-ups: Laying flat on your stomach, place hands under your shoulders and push your chest and belly button off of the ground. Go down to the ground in a controlled manner.

Pick me!

Broad Jumps

Swing arms back as you bend your knees and hop forward on both feet.

Pick me!

Leg Scissors

Lay flat on the ground and legs straight in front of you. Lift one leg straight up and lift the other just off the ground. Scissor the legs down and up.

Pick me!

Pillar Burpees

Stand up straight. Hop down into pillar position. Hop up to standing.

Pick me!

Pillar Shoulder Taps

In a pillar position with wide feet, lift a hand off the floor and touch the opposite shoulder. Return to pillar position and repeat with opposite hand.

Pick me!

V-up Exchange

Put a ball (pair of socks, or anything) between your ankles - v up and exchange to hands.

Pick me!

Leg Lifts

Put ball (or a pair of socks) between your ankles. Keep your back on the floor and raise and lower your legs under control.

Pick me!

Tick Tocks

Put ball between ankles - keep back on ground and have legs straight up. Lower with control to the left, back up to middle, lower with control to the right.

Pick me!
Choose a Cardio Exercise

Hop 4 Ways

You can do these near a wall if you need help balancing.
Hop 10 times on your left foot.
Hop 10 times on your right foot.

Pick me!

High Skips

Skip in place lifting knee and opposite arm high in the air.

Pick me!

3 Way Hopping

You can steady yourself if you need to. 6 hops on the left foot. 6 hops on the right foot. 6 bunny hops.

Pick me!

X Jumps

Stand with feet wide. Jump forward and feet together. Jump forward again and land wide. Jump backward and land feet together. Jump back one more time and land with wide feet.

Pick me!

Jumping Jacks

Start hands at side and feet together. Jump and lift arms up high and jump and land wide.

Pick me!

High Knee Running

Run in place lifting your knees high while keeping your body tall.

Pick me!
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