This pandemic has shut everyone up in their homes for months now. Despite things slowly beginning to reopen, gyms are going to be one of the last places people are going to want to return to… and the fact that you can’t find fitness equipment anywhere – except obnoxious attempts at price-gouging like this idiot, for example – means more and more people are looking for workouts they can do at home with no equipment whatsoever. If you’re looking for a series of no-equipment fitness workout videos you can easily do at home, here are a few to get you started.

Best Intense Cardio Workout Video

If you’re looking for a cardio video that will kick your ass all the way from here to Sunday, this video by The Studio’s Jamie Kinkeade will satisfy your masochistic tendencies.

I’m going to warn you now though – if you’re used to fluffy, easy-going cardio routines and you try to keep up with this video, you will throw up. Know your limit and play within it, because these girls are tough as nails. I run 5k a day three times a week, and I still cannot keep up the same level of intensity that these girls do throughout the 16-minute video – in fact, I use the point where I burn out in the video as the benchmark for my progress.

The bottom line: If you’re looking for a cardio routine that will push you to the limit without ever having to leave the house, this one will definitely get you there.

Best Fun Cardio Routine Video

If, on the other hand, you don’t have a death wish, then this video, also from The Studio will probably be more your speed. It’s still challenging enough to make you sweat, but it’s built more for the average (i.e. not super-human) person.

What I like about this video is that it’s actually fun. I struggle with indoor cardio workouts, because I have a short attention span and generally find indoor cardio boring enough to put me into a mild coma. Until my wife and I found these videos, that pretty much meant we just didn’t work on our cardio, which is obviously not ideal.

The bottom line: If you’re looking to get started working on your cardio and want to do something other than run on a treadmill, this video is a great place to start.

Best No-Equipment Ab Workout Video

Hands down one of the most killer total ab workout videos I’ve seen out there is this one by Maddie Lymburner of MadFit (and as an aside, the marketer in me loves the name she’s chosen for her channel too).

This video will work your upper abs, lower abs and obliques, with equal amounts of punishment across the board. Another word of warning though – this video will make your abs coil up like a rattlesnake waiting to strike. That uncoiling feeling when you finally get a rest (you know, at the end of the video) is how you know you’re on your way to killer abs (or in my case, less flab).

The bottom line: If you’re looking for a single, intense ab video that hits all of your core muscle groups, this is a great choice. Maddie also has a less intense ab workout routine over here, if that’s more your speed.

Best No-Equipment Upper Body Workout Video

Coming to the only video run by a guy on this list (girls are tough, man), this video by Fitness Blender offers a wide variety of different exercises, including different types of pushups, to work the various muscle groups in your upper body. I like the variety of techniques in this video, which keeps it from getting stale on you. I also like how it shows you what the next technique looks like before you get there.

This workout routine takes a 45-seconds-on, 15-seconds-off approach to each technique, and trust me… by the end of the video, you’re going to cherish those 15-second breaks more than your firstborn child.

The bottom line: This video offers a well-rounded upper body workout, with an assortment of techniques throughout the video… all bundled up in a nice 18-minute package.

Best No-Equipment Leg Workout Video

Finally, we’re back to the MadFit channel for this no-equipment leg workout video. Maddie does use a workout bench in this video, but you can easily substitute a chair, couch, coffee table, or even just the ground for every exercise in here.

You’ll want to make those substitutions, too – this routine in a no-repeat routine, meaning you do each technique only once… and the variety is what makes this workout stand apart from the others. Maddie takes care to add in techniques that isolate different muscle groups in your legs and glutes, and the end result is that jelly-all-over, can’t-get-up-the-stairs sort of pain in your legs… it hurts so good.

The bottom line: If you’re looking for a lower body workout that gets every muscle group without repeating any techniques, this video will pass the bar with flying colours.

Wrapping it Up

I get irritated when I read articles about the Pelotons and the Technogyms of the world making people think they need to spend thousands of dollars in order to be physically fit. You know how much money you actually need?

ZERO.

Nada. Zippo. Zilch. With these videos, all you need is an internet connection, a screen, and the willpower and motivation to put yourself through some pretty tough paces. Follow these routines, and your ripped body can walk down the street laughing at all these people who spent a small fortune to achieve the same results.