When it comes to weightless workouts, it’s easy to feel like all you’re doing is 100 air squats and a sh!t ton of pushups. As explained in my “with weights” workout tab, the thought of designing my own workouts is not always inviting to me. So instead I am going to share three YouTubers who I really spent a lot of time with when I started getting into my personal health journey throughout college. I used these accounts because they keep the workouts interesting, active, and help keep you out of feeling stuck in a repetitive motion.
#1: Cassi Ho, Blogilates
I started with Pilates videos by Cassi and I am pretty sure that I did just about every single video she ever posted up to the day I was doing the video. They were always upbeat and I loved them. I was able to easily do the workouts in my dorm room with just my body and my yoga mat.
I am a big fan of all of the different kinds of videos that Cassi shares, but here is a starting video for an arm workout challenge that shows you all of the energy and excitement that Cassi brings to her content: 20 minute lean arms cardio pilates workout
#2 Chloe Ting
On days where I wanted to build up a sweat and get a lot of movement in in a short period of time, Chloe was my go-to. I did a lot of her HIIT videos and learned to enjoyed the various types of up/down exercises. Most of her videos are without weights, which again, is great when you just have yourself and you’re trying to still move around.
#3: MadFit
MadFit is an amazing person to train with, and she has a lot of range in terms of her videos. I started with her “no equipment” videos (aka weightless workouts), but loved her so much and slowly started doing smaller weights with her as well. I then got into her stretching videos, and even her dance videos! She really has it all and I always have a great time when I choose her videos for my workouts, whether they are weightless or not. I linked a few videos that I recommend below 🙂 If you are looking to transition from weightless workouts to weighted workouts, I would check her out and explore her page a bit. Truly cannot recommend her enough!
20 Min Full Body Workout – Apartment and Small Space Friendly (No Equipment, No Jumping)
30 Min Abs and Booty – No Equipment Workout to Tone and Build
20 Min Complete Upper Body – Beginner Friendly
^ does include some weights in case you’re interested in trying that out. When I first started weighted workouts at home I used alcohol bottles (750 mL Bacardi bottles to be exact). Then eventually I bought some 10 lb dumbbells and loved what I could do with them. So then I bought 20’s. And then 2 years later my boyfriend got me 30’s. And I just keep getting stronger. It takes time and a continuous decision to show up for myself week by week. However, switching to weighted workouts when I was ready to was a very liberating experience. Wherever you are in your journey, give yourself grace, and keep choosing yourself. When you put yourself first, your potential starts to feel limitless 🙂
Lots of love,
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