Whether you have bad knees, hips, legs, ankles, shoulders— you can still get a great workout in. The solution— low impact workouts. These workouts, as I mentioned before, changed my life. It is as simple as my modifications blog post. Taking out a jump or any high-impact movement changes the exercise's feel, and you can still get the same results. Follow this circuit to get a great workout in; without damaging your knees!

Repeat this Circut 3 times for best results!

Try to push for a minute to 45 seconds for each excercise; but base it on how your body feels!

Standing Oblique Crunches-

• Training your abs and your core is essential to stability and keeping a proper posture, contributing to your everyday life. So we are going to start with working on the core.

  • Here's how to do it-

    • Place your feet shoulder-width apart and your arms on the back of your head. Just like how you would if you were to stretch your back.

    • Let’s start on the left side- Brind your left elbow down and your left knee to touch.

    • Perform on the other side as well!

Reverse-Lunge front kick-

• Putting two workouts together always accelerates the heart rate— and helps you feel the burn. Here, we incorporate a lunge to get that booty and a kick to incorporate some cardio and some core.

  • Here’s how to do it:

    • Stand with your feet shoulder with apart. You Can hold your hands in a praying form to your chest or challenge yourself; behind your head.

    • Kick your left leg out, then bring your leg back into a reverse lunge. If you have to tap the floor on your way down for balance, you can!

    • After completing the left leg, go ahead and repeat it with the right side!

Bicycles

• This low-impact mood actually does not require any impact but is such a burner; fast or slow, you engage your abdominal muscles while using the total body for cardio.

  • Here’s how you do it:

    • Start by laying flat on the floor; use a mat or a blanket to protect your back; extend your legs out and place your hands behind your head with elbows bent.

    • Engage your abs as you bring your left knee to your right elbow and then your left elbow to the right knee. Repeat this activity in a fluid motion.

    • Remember to keep your abs engaged at all times.

Wide Side Steps

• They can also be called puddle jumpers or shuffles; and are low impact with a high intensity; to increase the intensity, add a band or weighted anklets; but they are not necessary to feel this one!

  • Here’s how you do it:

    • Stand in a squat and push off your right foot and step with your left foot as wide as you can, acting as if you are stepping over a puddle.

    • Step left; holding a squat position for five steps.

    • Then, go right for five steps.

    • Keep your steps as wide as possible, and remember to stay low.

  Inchworm

• This is the best for your body and muscles; it strengthens and stretches. There is nothing better. While you move into a plank; you engage your shoulders, tricepts, chest and your abs; when holding yourself in a plank, as well as push yourself into standing.

  • Here’s how you do it:

    • Stand tall, your feet roughly hip distance apart.

    • Inhale; as you exhale start to reach down to the floor to touch your feet; allowing yourself to move one vertebra at a time.\

    • Once your hands are to the ground, inhale and walk your hands forward until you reach a plank position. When your hands are directly over youur shoulders; check to make sure that your arms are engaged, and your body forms a straight line from your head to heels.

    • Keep your legs straight and begin to walk your feet forward, at one step at a time, towards your hands; providing a stretch for our legs; as you lift your heels to the ceiling.

    • When your feet are close to your hands; return to standing position rolling up from the hips. When you go back in standing; you have completed one rep.

    • Repeat Motion

Lateral Lunge with Reach

• This workout combines cardio and leg work. This is more of a modification for a skater movement; low impact style.

  • Here’s how you do it; stand with your feet wider than shoulder length apart.

  • Bend your left knee to 90 degrees while you push your hips down, while reaching towards your left foot with your right arm.

  • To return to standing, press through your heel and repeat on the other side.