Five Tough Core Exercises For The Covid Quarantine
Are you stuck inside all day? (Sorry, I couldn’t resist)
Staying healthy when sitting at home is hard, and eating healthy is even harder. Even though we have all the time in the world right now, laziness begets laziness and productivity begets productivity.
Start your quarantined days off right; don’t sleep in because you can. Stay on a regular schedule, this will not last forever, you are going to have to go back to the office one day, and it will be so much easier if you stay on your schedule.
And why not? Most people are still working remotely anyway, and if you are one of the lucky ones with two weeks paid vacation, why not watch movies at 4 pm instead of 11 pm?
In addition to maintaining a productive lifestyle, it is hard to keep an active one in self-quarantine. So do it first thing in the morning, hop out of bed, and get on your floor. I put together a simple but tough core routine you can do in the morning to stave off laziness and get your day started right.
We’ll start with the exercises, and the programming will be below.
CORE EXERCISES
Dead Bugs
Hip Taps
Planks Plus
Crawling
Hollow Body Hold
Individually, these exercises are tough but when put into a core strength program together they are a real challenge.
PROGRAMMING
Beginner - Perform 3 rounds of this circuit:
Dead Bugs - Eight Reps Each Side
Hip Taps - Eight Taps Each Side
Planks Plus - 20 Seconds
Crawling - 25 Seconds
Hollow Body Hold - 15 Seconds
Advanced - Perform 4 rounds of this circuit:
Dead Bugs - 12 Reps Each Side
Hip Taps - 10 Taps Each Side
Planks Plus - 45 Seconds
Crawling - 45 Seconds
Hollow Body Hold - 30 Seconds
Start with the beginner workout, it is harder than you think.
Here are some more resources on in home exercise and nutrition during the self-quarantine:
Six Challenging Bodyweight Leg Exercises