The Crazy 8 Bodyweight Circuit For Fat Burning

By Craig Ballantyne
[Weight Loss]
Work Your Abs Without Crunches

The next exercise in this bodyweight circuit is the X-body mountain climber.  Start out in the push-up position and while keeping your abs braced and your hips down, bring one knee to your opposite elbow and then alternate sides.  Repeat this for 10 repetitions to each side.

Immediately after the mountain climbers, you'll do 50 Siff squats. Siff means you will do the exercise on the balls of your feet without ever letting your heels touch the ground.  On the balls of your feet, perform a regular squat.  By not allowing your heels to touch the ground, your calves and quadriceps will be forced to work much harder because you have moved your centre of gravity forward.

Also, because your knees will be a little farther forward, there will be less stress on the hip joint, but more stress on the knee joints.  If you have sore knees, you can just do a regular squat.

After the squats, you will do a side plank for 40 seconds per side.  Resting on your elbow with hips up and forward, brace your abs and hold.  Do 40 seconds and then switch sides.

Another Push-Up To Work Your Abs

Next is the T push-up.  In this exercise, you will get into regular push-up position, go down and then as you come up, rotate your body up to one side, extending your arm above you so it is in line with the one supporting you, almost like a side plank.  Come back down and repeat for the other side.  Make sure you roll onto the sides of your feet as you rotate.  Do 15 repetitions per side for this exercise.

To finish off this bodyweight workout, you will do side-to-side jumps for 10 reps per side.  Bend your knees and get into a low athletic stance.  Next, jump up from side to side continuously.  Be sure to bend your knees as this will help soften the landing.  Immediately after landing, drive up and to the other side.

This is an extremely challenging bodyweight circuit that you can go through up to three times, resting for one minute in between.

If You Want To Lose Weight

To lose weight, you simply need to burn calories through diet and exercise.  But you don’t need to go to the gym.  Instead, you can burn fat by cutting the sugar from your diet and exercising in the comfort of your own home.  You’ll be shocked at how simple it is to burn fat without fancy cardio machines or long workouts at the gym.  All you need are bodyweight exercises.


Sources:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhWjPYdu_qk
www.TTFatLoss.com
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