10 Simple Toning Exercises You Can Do Anywhere

If you are serious about losing weight and getting fit, then you need more than just a weekly workout. You need lifestyle change and full body transformation! One of the easiest ways to make these changes is by filling the empty space in your day.

We all have these empty spaces – waiting for a phone call at work, watching TV, waiting for dinner to bake, etc.

When you fill these spaces with toning exercises instead of playing with your phone, you will not only see amazing toning and slimming benefits, you will also increase your energy, get your blood flowing, and add a lovely flush to your cheeks.

Here are ten toning exercises to get you started.

These exercises don’t require any special equipment, so they can be done anywhere, anytime. How many can you incorporate into your routine today.

#1 Butt Lift

Body Toning Benefits: Butt, Thighs

How it Works:

1. Lay flat on your back.
2. Bend your knees so that your feet are flat on the floor and your knees are shoulder width apart.
3. Place your arms to your sides in a neutral position, palms to the floor.
4. Using your feet for stability, engage your glutes to lift your butt off the floor.
5. Squeeze and hold for 15 seconds.
6. Release to the floor and repeat.

#2 Crab Walk

Body Toning Benefits: Whole Body Toning

How it Works:

1. To begin, lay flat on your back.
2. Bend your knees so that your feet are flat on the floor and your knees are shoulder width apart.
3. Use your arms and legs to lift your entire mid-section off of the floor, engaging your abs and glutes to tighten your entire core.
4. Walk your body backwards across your space with your arms and legs, keeping your hips high.
5. Reverse the motion and move forward to the starting place.
6. Repeat.

#3 Squats

Body Toning Benefits: Butt, Thighs, Legs

How it Works:

1. Begin in a standing position with your feet shoulder width apart.
2. While engaging your abs and keeping your back straight, push your butt backwards and down as if preparing to sit. (Caution: Check to ensure that your knees are directly above your ankles. Stabilise with your heels.)
3. Hold the position for a count of five, and return to the starting position.
4. Repeat.

#4 Pushups

Body Toning Benefits: Full Body Toning, Maximum benefit to arms and chest.

How it Works:

1. Lay flat on your stomach on the floor.
2. Bend your arms and place your palms flat on the floor next to your shoulders.
3. While engaging your abs and keeping your back straight, lift your upper body off the floor until your arms are straight.
4. Hold for a count of two, then lower your body slowly back to the starting position.
5. Repeat.

#5 Calf Raises

Body Toning Benefits: Legs, Calves

How it Works:

1. Begin in a standing position with your feet together.
2. Place your hands on the wall or on a high desk or chair for stability.
3. Lift one foot off the floor and tuck it into a neutral position behind the opposite ankle.
4. Tighten the calf muscle of the foot on the floor, and lift your heel until you are standing on your toes.
5. Slowly lower the heel back to the floor.
6. Repeat 10 to 15 times with each foot.

#6 Toe Touches

Body Toning Benefits: Core, Abs, Back

How it Works:

1. To begin, lay flat on your back.
2. Keeping your legs together and straight, raise them 45 degrees above the floor.
3. With your abs engaged, raise your upper body off of the floor and touch your toes with your fingertips.
4. Repeat.

#7 Bicycle

Body Toning Benefits: Core, Abs, Legs, Back

How it Works:

1. To begin, lay flat on your back.
2. Bend your knees and raise your legs so they are at a 90 degree angle to your upper body.
3. Bend both elbows and place your hands behind your head.
4. While engaging your abs, lift your upper body 45 degrees off the floor.
5. Propel your legs in a smooth bicycle motion while using your abs to lift your upper body and touch each elbow to the opposite knee in an alternating pattern.

#8 Tricep Dips

Body Toning Benefits: Arms, Back, Shoulders

How it Works:

1. Sit on the floor with your legs straight out in front of you and your back against a low step or table.
2. Bend your elbows and place your arms behind you, with your palms flat on the surface behind you.
3. Using only your arms, lift your upper body off the floor. Your heels will provide stability.
4. Hold for a count of five, then lower yourself slowly back to sitting.
5. Repeat.

#9 Wall Sit

Body Toning Benefits: Thighs, Butt

How it Works:

1. Place your back flat against the wall and slide into a sitting position with your thighs parallel to the floor. (Caution: Check to ensure that your knees are directly above your ankles, not in front of them.)
2. Hold this position for as long as possible, keeping your back flat against the wall and both feet flat on the floor.

#10 Inchworm (Advanced)

Body Toning Benefits: Whole Body Toning

How it Works:

1. Begin in a standing position with your feet together.
2. Place your hands, palms down, in front of you on the floor.
3. Keeping your legs straight, lower your body to the floor and extend until you are in a plank position.
4. Take small steps to move your feet close to your hands, returning to the original position.