Your fitness journey doesn’t have to take place in the gym with weight plates and barbells. In fact, you can start it right now at home with this no equipment, lower body workout. It's ideal for beginners and will help build muscle and elevate your heart rate to get those calories burning. Just grab your workout shoes and get ready to work for 20 minutes.
As well as being able to do bodyweight workouts wherever you like, they’re also an effective way to build muscle. According to health and fitness app Fittr, a study published in the Journal of Human Kinetics found that bodyweight exercises were just as effective at building muscle as weight training, especially for beginners. Your lower body also houses your largest muscle groups and working them requires more energy (burning more calories) than your upper body).
