5 Minute Home Fat Blast

Equipment needed – None! If you have a dumbbell, then use it. But you can just as easily use a big book bottle of water, brick, anything that you can get your hands on that has a bit of weight to it basically. You work all the major muscles in this 5 minute home fat blast workout.
Format is simple; do each exercise for 20 seconds, and take 10 seconds to rest/get in position for the next exercise.

Woodchop -1

Position:
Stand upright with weight/book in your hands.
Technique:
Lower your hands down towards 1 ankle, keeping your back straight and bending your knees.
Using your stomach as much as possible raise your hands up towards your opposite shoulder keeping your arms straight.
Points To Remember:
Keep your back straight.
Keep your arms straight.
Lift through the core.

Woodchop – 2

Repeat the same as above on the opposite side.

Reverse Press Up

Position:
Raise up off feet with hands just over shoulder width apart in front of you.
Technique:
Lower your body down slowly towards the floor so your chest goes over the line of your hands.
Use your knees to push back up to starting position.
Points to remember:
Lower your chest over your hands not your head.
Brace your stomach whilst performing the exercise.

Split Squats- 1

Position:
Adopt a split stance with one leg forward and 1 leg back.
Make stance as wide as possible.
Technique:
Bend both knees so back knee goes towards floor.
Lower the back knee as far as possible, then press back up through the front heel.
Points To Remember:
Ensure front knee does not extend further than end of foot.
Keep back straight and upright.

Split Squats- 2

Repeat above with other leg forward.

Conclusion – 5 Minute Home Fat Blast

Don’t use lack of equipment, lack of gym membership or lack of time as an excuse not to exercise. This and my other 5 minute workouts prove you don’t need those things!