Mornking Workouts Before Work -- Need Advice

[KT Samurai]

A lot of web sites I've been checking out have a wide array of exercises I can do when I wake up in the morning. They have different suggestions for everything I can think of and that makes it fairly confusing. The only people I know who work out are body builders of sorts, something I don't have interest in. What I need are workouts that use my body weight. I want to tone myself rather than build obscene muscle.

That said, I'm looking for some ideas regarding specific workouts I can perform in the morning, shortly after I wake up and head to work. My goals are as follows:

- Increase my flexibility, especially in my legs.

- Increase my strength to something respectable (I'm skinny and weak).

- Work my soft stomache into "washboard" abs.

I don't want to change my overall appearance too much. I just want to get in shape. I wouldn't mind if my arms were a little bigger, in fact that would help out a little, but my emphasis is on getting some flexibility so that when I start up martial arts training it wouldn't be quite so difficult. Keep in mind I don't know a lot of terminology, so if you happen to have the time to explain what a certain workout with a funny name actually entails that would rule.

Thanks in advace.

[Ben Martin]

you could try doing an early morning run. or you could so short sprints or sprint to the end of the hall in a gym and do 10 pressups then rsprint back then do it again but do crunches then star jumps then burpees. you can also to ultimate burpees which are great too. (search in the kickboxing section 4 them)

[Aodhan]

A lot of web sites I've been checking out have a wide array of exercises I can do when I wake up in the morning. They have different suggestions for everything I can think of and that makes it fairly confusing. The only people I know who work out are body builders of sorts, something I don't have interest in. What I need are workouts that use my body weight. I want to tone myself rather than build obscene muscle.

That said, I'm looking for some ideas regarding specific workouts I can perform in the morning, shortly after I wake up and head to work. My goals are as follows:

- Increase my flexibility, especially in my legs.

- Increase my strength to something respectable (I'm skinny and weak).

- Work my soft stomache into "washboard" abs.

I don't want to change my overall appearance too much. I just want to get in shape. I wouldn't mind if my arms were a little bigger, in fact that would help out a little, but my emphasis is on getting some flexibility so that when I start up martial arts training it wouldn't be quite so difficult. Keep in mind I don't know a lot of terminology, so if you happen to have the time to explain what a certain workout with a funny name actually entails that would rule.

Thanks in advace.

How much time do you have? This will dictate what you can accomplish. My best best for a short time period would be pushups, crunches, side crunches, "good mornings" and a light stretching routine AFTER you have done the exercises. Start at a good level where you aren't just exhausting yourself, and build up slowly.

Aodhan

[DragonMike]

I would start with push ups, crunches, and a light run.