The 10 Best Exercises for Weight Loss
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The 10 Best Exercises for Weight Loss
If you're searching for the best exercise to lose weight at home, here are 10 you...
Yes, exercise is essential for overall health, but when you're trying to lose weight it becomes even more important. If you're aiming to lose weight without the gym, you can rely on the best exercises to do at home to lose weight.
If you're trying to create your own weight loss workout but don't know where to start, take a cue from these 10 best exercises for weight loss, demonstrated by Karolina Duncan, a New York City-based certified personal trainer and health coach. These good home exercises to lose weight doubgle as strength moves that'll get your heart rate up and work on functional movement skills. Meaning, they'll protect you from injury and help you perform tasks more efficiently in your everyday life — while burning calories and building lean muscle. (More here: You Don't Need Cardio to Lose Weight, But There's a Catch)
String these moves together for the indicated sets and reps to create a circuit workout, or add them individually to routines you already love.
Total Time: up to 30 minutes
1. Forward Lunge
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CStand tall with feet hip-width apart. Place hands on hips or hold weights by sides to start.
Take a controlled step forward with the right leg. Keeping spine tall, lower body until the front and back leg form a 90-degree angle.
Pause, then step right leg back to start. Step left leg forward to repeat on the other side.
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10 per side
There are many variations to the lunge, but the classic forward lunge is still very effective for weight loss, as it works multiple muscles at once (think: glutes, quads, and hamstrings).
2. Burpee
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CStand with your feet shoulder-width apart and arms at your sides. Push your hips back, bend knees, and reach palms to the ground to lower into a crouch.
Immediately lower back into a squat for the next rep. Repeat 8 to 12 times. Complete 3 sets.
With hands shoulder-width on the floor directly in front of feet, and shift your weight to them to jump back and land softly in plank position.
Jump feet forward so they land just outside of hands. Jump explosively into the air, reaching hands overhead or leaving by sides.
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8 to 12
This exercise effectively targets your core, chest, and legs simultaneously. Feel the burn and know you're building lots of lean muscle.
3. Explosive Lunge
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CStart with feet together, hands on your hips. Step forward with the right leg and lower into a lunge so right knee is bent at a 90-degree angle.
Jump up, switching legs midair.
Land softly with the left leg forward, immediately lowering into a lunge.
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Repeat for 1 minute
4. Squat
Start with feet hip-width apart, arms either at sides holding weights or clasped in front of chest.
Keeping weight in heels and back straight, sit hips back and bend knees to lower into a squat until thighs are parallel to the floor. Remember to keep knees in line with toes the entire time. Maintain an even pace and rise back to start.
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15
Squats are one of the best exercises for weight loss and for building overall strength. When you do them correctly, you engage your core and entire lower body.
5. Double Jump
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CStand with feet slightly wider than hip-width apart and lower into a deep squat.
Rise up as if you're jumping, but land in a lunge position with your right leg back.
Use momentum to jump from this lunge position back to a squat. Then repeat, landing in a lunge on the opposite side.
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Repeat for 45 seconds
Take your traditional squats up a notch by incorporating a jump and lunge. The movement will increase your heart rate and you'll feel the burn in your abs, butt, and legs.
6. Mountain Climbers
Start in a plank position on the floor. Drive the right knee in toward chest without raising hips or allowing right foot to touch the floor.
Place right foot back in plank and repeat on the other side, driving the left knee in toward chest. Repeat, alternating legs.
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Repeat for 1 minute
Mountain climbers are an excellent way to burn calories. The quick leg motion targets obliques, butt, and hamstrings.
7. Jump Rope
Start with feet together, hands holding ends of the jump rope, elbows in toward ribs. Swing the jump rope and step or hop both feet over. Don't jump in between, just jump with each swing of the rope.
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Repeat for 1 minute
Jumping rope is a great total-body tool made for weight loss. Challenge yourself to complete a full minute of jumping—it's harder than you think.
Check the length of the jump rope by holding it in each hands and ensuring the handles line up with shoulders.
8. Bodyweight Balance
Start standing with feet together and the right leg lifted so right toes just tap the floor.
Bend and touch your left knee with your right hand. Squeeze glute and keep core engaged to stand and return to start.
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10 per side
9. Kettlebell Swing
Stand with feet slightly wider than hip-width apart and a kettlebell slightly in front of feet. Grasp kettlebell handle with both hands. Keeping back straight, hinge at the hips to hike the kettlebell backward between legs.
Press hips forward to stand and swing the kettlebell overhead, keeping core engaged. Allow the kettlebell to fall forward and between legs to begin the next swing.
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15
Kettlebells are very effective when used for weight loss because they engage the entire body. Plus, they're low impact yet high intensity—ideal for calorie burn. If you're not ready for an overhead swing, stop the bell at shoulder height and let it swing back down between legs.
10. Tabata Drill
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DBegin with a light dumbbell in each hand, racked at your shoulders, standing with feet shoulder-width apart.
Jump feet out wide and jack dumbbells straight up overhead until arms are fully extended. Continue with all-out effort for 20 seconds, then rest for 10 seconds.
Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, dumbbells at chest. Begin jabbing the dumbbells across the body, alternating sides.
Continue with all-out effort for 20 seconds, then rest for 10 seconds. Repeat both exercises for 8 rounds total.
8 rounds
Repeat for 20 seconds; rest for 10 seconds
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