This challenging towel workout can be done at home using dish towels or anything else you can find that can easily slide across your floors. The idea here is to use your body weight to create resistance while engaging and isolating your muscles.
Mountain Climbers
Start in a straight arm plank position keeping your hands stacked under your shoulders, your back flat, tummy tucked, and glutes engaged. Without arching your back, pull your right knee in first towards your chest then alternate by pulling your left knee in while pushing your right leg back. You can start this move off slow but I prefer to do this move fast as a cardio burst. Complete a total of 50.
Side Squat Lunges
Start by standing straight with your right leg on the towel. Keeping your right leg straight, drag your right foot away from you until you get into a squat position and then pull back up to standing. Make sure that when you get into your squat position that your knees are stacked over your ankles (they do not go past your toes) and try not to arch your back. The slower you go on this one, the harder it is. Switch sides and do the left leg. Complete 30 on each leg.
Bear & Plank-to-Pike
This is a dynamic move and can be quite challenging. Start out in a straight arm plank position with one foot on each towel and legs about hip width distance apart. From plank, transition into bear by slowly bending in both knees toward your chest until you are in a tabletop position. Make sure to keep your back flat on this one. Then drag your feet back out to plank. To modify, bring your knees to the towels instead and drag them into tabletop.
The slower you go on this move, the harder it is since you are pulling your body weight and not using much momentum. Once you’ve completed one bear and are back in a straight arm plank position, switch to pike by keeping your legs straight and pulling your legs inwards (while staying on your toes) so that you create a V with your body. Tilt your head down as your bring your legs in. The further in you go, the more challenging. Once you’ve gone as far as you can, pull your legs back into plank position. Repeat by starting with bear and then plank-to-pike. Complete this dynamic move 1o times.
Back Lunges
Start by standing straight with your right leg on the towel. Keeping your right leg slightly bent, drag your right foot back away from you until your left leg gets close to a 90 degree bend (make sure your front knee stays stacked over your ankle and doesn’t go past your knee). Then pull your right leg back up to standing. The slower you go, the harder. Switch sides and do the left leg. Complete 25 on each leg.
Side-to-Side Knee Tuck
Start in a straight arm plank position. Keeping your core engaged and back flat, pull both your knees in together and bend toward your left side and then push back to plank to complete the move. Complete on the right side. This can be done by alternating sides for a total of 20 knee tucks (10 on each side).
