20 Apr 2025, Sun

Stay Fit in Self-Isolation with These 30-Minute Fat-Burning Home Routines

Stay Fit in Self-Isolation with These 30-Minute Fat-Burning Home Routines

Even though we’re all stuck at home due to self-isolation, it doesn’t mean we should skip Workout Wednesday. Health and fitness coach Helle Hammonds has put together three heart-pumping workouts you can do in just 30 minutes.

The UK is currently in a three-week lockdown because of the coronavirus, meaning we can’t leave our houses more than once a day for exercise without risking a fine. Since we can’t go running whenever we want, these at-home workouts are more important than ever. They’re designed to get your heart rate up and leave you feeling the burn the next day.

Healthista has teamed up with Helle Hammonds, a fitness coach known for her motivational skills and effective sculpting techniques, to bring you a 30-day home workout challenge. These workouts are high-intensity and time-efficient, perfect for getting results quickly.

Try these three workouts over the next few days and share your progress with us on Instagram @HealthistaTV.

Workout Routine 1
Start with a short warm-up, then move through four sections with brief rests in between:
1. Backward lunges (alternating sides)
2. Inch worms
3. Shake it out

Next, do the following:
1. Bodyweight squats
2. 30 seconds of bodyweight push-ups (drop to your knees to make it easier)
3. Squat and overhead press (no equipment needed)
4. Pike push-ups (or hold a pike position)
5. Tricep dips
6. Shake it out for 10 seconds

Repeat the whole set three times.

Then:
1. Plank position with feet apart
2. Shoulder taps and knee taps
3. Jump in, jump out, push up
4. Backward lunge with overhead presses

Repeat three times.

Finally:
1. Plank jacks
2. Plank with alternating arm lifts (use weights if possible)
3. Plank to elbows
4. Spidermans (plank knees to elbows)

Repeat three times.

Workout Routine 2
Start with a short warm-up:
1. Roll shoulders
2. Bodyweight squats
3. Curtsy lunge
4. Backward lunge
5. Bodyweight squats
6. Curtsy lunge

Then:
1. Sumo squat (advanced: lift heels)
2. Backward lunge kick (one side)
3. Backward lunge (switch sides)
4. Shake it out for 10 seconds

Repeat three times.

Next set:
1. Narrow legged jump squat x2 to wide legged jump squat x2 (beginner: no jump)
2. Split lunge (one side, advanced: raise heels)
3. Split lunge (switch sides, advanced: raise heels)
4. Narrow ski jump

Repeat three times.

Then:
1. Backward lunge to knee-raising jump (one side, beginner: backward lunge only)
2. Backward lunge to knee-raising jump (switch sides, beginner: backward lunge only)
3. Bodyweight squat with two pulses
4. Hip thrust (advanced: raise heels)

Finally:
1. Split lunge squat switch, 5 reps each side
2. Jump squat, 10 reps (beginner: no jump)
3. Burpee, 10 reps (beginner: half burpee)

Workout Routine 3
Start with a short warm-up:
1. Straight leg walkout
2. Straight leg walkout with a jump
3. Star jumps
4. Backward lunge and kick

Repeat once more.

Then:
1. Tabletop hand to foot reach and tap
2. Tabletop leg kicks
3. Crunches
4. V-sit hold
5. Shake it out for 10 seconds

Repeat three times.

Next set:
1. High pike plank with hip tilts
2. Plank
3. High plank side mountain climber

Repeat three times.

Then:
1. Walkout narrow jump squat x2
2. Lying straight leg raises
3. Wide leg jump squats

Repeat three times.

And finally:
1. Skaters – 20 seconds
2. High knees – 20 seconds
3. 20 seconds rest

Repeat three times.

These home workouts will help you stay active and fit during self-isolation. Good luck!