Low Impact at Home workouts for beginners! Introducing Strength Training & cardio!

If you are brand new to working out and do not know where to start this is the place for you! You need very minimal equipment or none at all is perfectly fine.
1. The first thing you always start out with is a warm up. Warm ups should be about 2-5 minutes, just to get your muscles warmed up and get the blood flowing so you are ready to go. You can start off with very light jogging, dynamic stretching (stretching one muscle for 10-15 seconds) or other forms of light cardio like jogging in place, butt kickers, jumping jacks, or even lunges in place. If you need any examples, youtube is a great place to help you out!
    

2. Now it is time for resistance training. You can chose to work out one muscle group per day and just focus on that. I like to do all over body resistance training.
- Start off by doing 8-10(reps) crunches and repeat 2-3 times. (2-3 sets)
- Now it is time to workout the arms! Start off by doing anywhere from 3-5 pushups and repeat 2-3 times. Push ups are a very brutal workout when you are first starting out, so do NOT get discouraged if you have a hard time. Take a break and do the best you can if you need to.
-Now it is time to work the lower body. In my opinion, I think lunges are a great way to start when introducing lower body workouts. It is very easy and effective for toning your legs and butt. Do about 5 lunges on each side(10 in total) and repeat one more time.

3. Yay! Good job you just finished your resistance training. Now it is time for a quick cardio session. Cardio is very easy to get in. You can bike ride, jog, dance, walk etc. Cardio machines are effective as well, but not necessary. Do a 10-15 minute cardio session. Make your cardio fun by doing something you enjoy and putting on your favorite music.

4. Now it is time to cool down. Cool downs should be about the same length as your warm up(although I am guilty of cutting them shorter!) Your cool down should be light cardio with some stretching. Make sure to stretch your muscles! It is VERY important for muscle recovery.
If you would like some at home workout ideas, going on youtube and following the workouts on your phone or TV is VERY helpful. I do this almost every time I workout since I do not have a gym membership. I recommend Fitnessblender. They have FREE effective workouts for every fitness level (beginner, intermediate, & advanced) Look up fitnessblender beginner workouts and I am sure you will find some great effective workouts to do!

Hope this helps! Comment if you have any questions or requests. I will be making blog posts for all fitness levels & recipe ideas, so stay tuned! I am also thinking of posting workout videos if you are interested in that. Let me know, I would really appreciate feedback. Thanks so much for reading:)