The before shower workout

I find that one of the most common excuses people give for not working out is that they have no time. Well, I've come up with a set of excercises that you can do whilst your bath is running, or just before you have a shower! The great thing about this is that you've managed to fit in a super quick workout almost everyday, just in a few minutes when you get up or just before bed!

I've made groups of excercises targeting different areas. I recommend selecting 2 moves from each group per day and doing minimum 15 reps per move. Then each day you can switch it up with a different two moves from each group, so you are always doing something different!

(Btw for most of these I don't know what the proper name/term is so I've kinda made them up)

Butt/Legs.

1. Kick-back.

These target your butt and the more you do, you'll definiately feel your bum cheeks hurting the next day! Remember to squeeze your butt as you pull your leg up.

Get down on all fours, then lift your rift leg up off the ground and kick back till just above parallel to your body and repeat with left leg. That's one rep!

2. Lunges .

These target the outer thigh! They are so great at toning - I noticed indents/more definition within two months of only doing these once a week! To make he moves even harder, just hold a weight in both hands (two weights - one in each hand) - I usually go for between 4-6kg.

Stand upright with legs shoulder width apart. Take a large step forward with your right leg, bending the left leg but not letting it touch the ground. Move the right leg back up to the starting position and repeat with the left leg.

3. Sumo Squats

Remember to engage your muscles!

Stand with feet just over shoulder width apart, then sit back into your heels as you bend down as far as you can - preferably till your thighs are at a 90 degree angle with the floor.

4. Jumping lunges.

There's are an even harder version of the normal lunges, and get your heart rate going too!

Do the lung as described in 2, but instead of pulling your leg back up, jump, and switch the right and left leg positions whilst in the air. If you start with the right leg forward, you should land with the left leg forward.

Arms

1. Dips.

I definiately feel these in my arms after a workout, and they're great for toning the upper arms and getting rid of any bingo-wings!

Sit on your bum with feet shoulder width apart and in front of you. Put your arms behind you and lift your butt off the ground, then duo up and down without your bum touching the floor.

2. Push ups.

Targeting the abs as well as the arms, these are such a good excercise! When I first started working out, I couldn't even do half a push-up, let alone 15 reps. But, I started by doing those push-ups where you keep your knees on the ground. Then I went on to start in a push-up position, but lower myself all the way till I was flat in the ground, lift up my arms, then press up again. I repeated this and eventually I managed to do a proper press up! All it takes is practise!

3. Wall push-ups. If you can't do normal press ups, or want to slowly build your strength. Do these!

4. Circles - these will definiately tire out your arms!

Abs:

1. Bicycles - these are so exhausting! But, to build up to doing them (and actually getting more ab work in) do the bicycle on one leg only, then just on the other leg, and finally do the full version.

2. Push-ups - make sure you engage your core as you pull up.

3. Weighed sit-ups.

Start with normal crunches, then add in a medicine ball!

4. Plank - hold for 30 seconds - 1 minute, depending on what you can do. But don't give up! Hold for as long as you can, and build the time up 5 seconds longer each time you do the plank, and hopefully you'll soon be able to hold it for ages!

For each move I've added a video that I think shows the excercise well - just click on the role of each excercise. I would definitely recommend the p4p videos and apps as I always use them to get ideas of moves to do!

Also, I just wanna say I'm definitely no workout/fitness expert, so these are just the moves that work for me, and may be slightly different for others! But anyway, I really hope you lovelies enjoyed this post and find the moves useful. Also remember to ALWAYS do a little bit of stretching after any exercise as its such an important thing to keep your muscles strong!