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This week’s workout focuses on your legs, chest and abs. Here’s how it work: You’ll start with a lunge circuit and a relatively light weight. In the first round, you’ll do 15 front lunges, 15 side lunges, and 15 rear lunges on the right, and then 15 of each on the left. Then, move on the the Chest/Abs Circuit, which includes six exercises (below) at 20 reps each. After that, you’ll start round two, going back to the Lunge Circuit, increasing your weight, and doing 12 reps of each exercise. Round two ends with another Chest/Abs Circuit with 20 reps of those exercises. For the final round, you’ll increase your weight again, doing 10 reps of the lunges on the left and right, and finishing with the Chest/Abs Circuit once again. Good luck!

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Sure, it snowed today (hello, freakish spring snowstorm). But it’ll be shorts weather soon enough, so now’s the time to whip your legs into shape!

This week’s workout focuses specifically on your legs and abs—so get ready for a serious burn. Here’s what you’re going to do: In each set below, you’ll do an abs exercise followed by a legs exercise, performing each for one minute. Repeat these exercises three times each, alternating back and forth and doing a six-minute set total. Then, you’ll run up and down a set of stairs for one minute before moving on to the next set. If you don’t have stairs handy, you could always jump rope, do jumping jacks, or sprint. When you’re done your cardio, move on to the next round. Good luck!

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This week’s workout includes two circuits: a ladder (decreasing reps when you go down, increasing reps when you go up) and a pull-ups/burpees circuit.

Here’s how it’ll work: Start by going down the ladder, performing 50 mountain climbers (left and right is one), then move to 40 squat jumps, 30 crunches, 20 lunge jumps, and 10 push ups. After that, work straight down the pull-ups/burpee circuit. Then go back up the ladder, starting with 10 push-ups, then 20 lunge jumps, then 30 crunches and so on. Complete this entire circuit three times, as fast as you can, for a kick-butt, full-body workout. Good luck!

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Think you can do 100 sit-ups? How about 100 sit-ups and push-ups? This week’s workout will test your strength and stamina. And although it’s super straightforward—all you need to do is complete 100 reps of the 10 exercises below—it’s definitely one you won’t be able to phone in.

Here are the rules: You have to finish 100 reps of one exercise before moving on to the next. So do as many as you can at first and take breaks when you need them. If 100 reps sounds intimidating, try breaking them down into bite-size groups, maybe five or 10 at once, followed by break. Focus on form rather than time. And if you need to, start with 50 reps of each this week and work your way up to 100 the next time you tackle this workout.

Good luck!

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You only need a stopwatch and a set of weights for your workout this week. Here’s how it’ll work: You’ll work with pairs of exercises, switching off doing 30 seconds of one then 30 seconds—and repeat—for two-minute rounds. That means you’ll end up doing each exercise twice, with no rest in between.

In between rounds, you have a two-minute cardio segment where you do 30 seconds on, 30 seconds rest, and repeat. Your cardio can be done any way you want. You could sprint, bike, elliptical, or jump rope, or do toe taps, jump rope, jumping jacks, run up the stairs, or anything else that gets your heart going. Your rest during this workout comes between each two-minute round, when you set up for your next pair of exercises. That means you should be working hard the whole time.

This workout clocks in at 20 minutes total, so if you have enough time and feel up to it, try making it through the whole thing twice. If you just need a quick, challenging workout, then work as hard as you can one time through.

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This week’s workout reminds us that we don’t have to spend an hour sweating it out at the gym to get a good workout. Because, really, who has time for that?

I’d like to introduce you to the ultimate 30-minute workout, a true test of speed and form that will leave you feeling strong and accomplished. Here’s what you’re going to do: Spend five minutes getting nice and warmed-up, then set your clock for 30 minutes and go. In those 30 minutes, you are going to work as hard and as fast as you can (with good form, of course) and challenge yourself to get through as many rounds of the exercises below as possible. Once your 30 minutes are up, that’s it. This workout is only as hard as you make it, so push yourself for 30 solid minutes so that by the end you know you gave it 100 percent.

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Burpees, burpees, burpees. If you don’t love ‘em already, you will after this workout. When you do them in quick succession, burpees are a great way to combine cardio with conditioning—a win-win in the exercise world.

So what’s a burpee you ask? It’s like an up-down in football. You start standing, then put your hands on the floor and jump your feet back so you’re in push-up position. Do a push-up (it’s okay to drop to your knees if you need to), then jump your feet in towards your hands and stand back up. And that’s a burpee.

In this week’s workout, you’re going to complete a burpee ladder, working your way down the list of exercises below and then back up again. So in the first set, you’ll do 10 burpees and 15 squat jumps. In the second set, you’ll do eight burpees, 20 squat jumps and 10 pushups. The next set includes six burpees and three other exercises, then four burpees and four other exercises, and so on. After you finish your set with two burpees, you get to take a break from burpees for a hard core four-minute abs session. Then you’ll work your way up the ladder, from the two-burpees set back up to 10. Make sense? Great! Now get to work.

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This week’s workout can be done almost anywhere: all you need is space, a resistance band and, if you have ‘em, a pair of dumbbells. You’re going to focus on one exercise at a time, completing 30 seconds work, 30 seconds rest, five times through for each exercise below. So, each round will last five minutes total (easy, right?) and you’ll do all five rounds of one exercise before moving on to the next. This workout should take about an hour, with 50 minutes of work and some time warm up beforehand and stretch at the end.  If you’re in a time crunch, just cut down on the number of rounds you do of each exercise. Ready to get to work? Here are your exercises.

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Sure, it’s freezing outside this week, but before you know it you’ll be headed down the Shore for a little summertime fun on the beach. And you know what that means, right? Bathing-suit season is just around the corner, so it’s time to put in time at the gym now to get ready.

This week’s workout is all about abs, and you’ll need a stability ball (a.k.a. physioball) to do it. By adding one new exercise per round, it’ll test your balance and strength, and push you further than you think your body can go. Are you up for the challenge? Yes! Now let’s get started.

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