Top 30 programs for beginners: how to start workout at home

Confused by the diversity of videotronic? Don’t know where to begin to do at home? We offer you a super-compilation: 30 best video programs for training at home. In the article only a short description of the programs on the links before each picture you can read a more detailed review.

Also provided General information: required equipment and the duration of employment, and also noted if: the program is in Russian, it is popular in dealing with, it fits the most-most beginners.

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A selection of workouts for beginners

1. Jillian Michaels Slender figure within 30 days (2008)

• Equipment: dumbbells (1-3 kg)
• Duration: 3 workouts at 25 minutes (1 month)
• In Russian
• High popularity

Program 30 Day Shred (Slim figure in 30 days) for a long time occupies a leading line in a series of the most popular sports video for beginners. From it, many are beginning to train with Jillian Michaels. Not to say that this is the easiest program Jillian, but it has been translated into Russian language. The complex consists of three video, 25 minutes of different level of complexity. You’ll alternate rounds of strength exercises, cardio exercises and exercises for stomach. More affordable workout Jillian Michaels you can find this rating a little lower.

Slim figure in 30 days Jillian Michaels

2. Janet Jenkins: Perfect abs + Correction of the thighs and buttocks (2003)

• Inventory: not needed
• Duration: 2 training sessions of 20 minutes
• In Russian
• High popularity

Very popular in training Janet Jenkins (Hollywood trainer) for stomach and for your thighs and buttocks. Workout for abs is fully on the floor and includes a variety of twisting for direct and oblique abdominal muscles. You will frighten the press and tighten the stomach. Correction of the thighs and buttocks includes standing exercises (squats, lunges, leg swings), as well as exercises lying down (mainly kicks). You can alternate these 20-minute workout or combine them into one.

Workout for abs and thighs from Janet Jenkins

3. Leslie Sansone: Walk at Home (2009)

• Inventory: not needed
• Duration: 15-60 minutes
• Most suitable beginners
• High popularity

Coach Leslie Sanson is famous for its technique Walk at Home – walk home. Leslie offers to just walk around and lose weight and it really works! At the heart of its programs lies with the walk in place at a rapid pace, while the distance traveled is measured in miles: 1 mile (1.6 km) to 5 miles (8 km). Such exercises are suitable for everyone regardless of age and physical fitness. You can complicate walking, wearing, for example, the weighting for the feet. Leslie Sansone you can safely take any program and start exercising.

Workout Leslie Sansone

4. Cindy Whitmarsh: Beauty in 10 minutes (2004)

• Equipment: dumbbells (1-3 kg)
• Duration: 5 workouts of 10 minutes
• In Russian
• High popularity

Program Beauty for 10 minutes (10 Minute Solution) consists of five 10-minutes for the main female problem areas: hands, belly, thighs and buttocks. Cindy Whitmarsh offers simple classic exercises that will help you tighten the body. Dumbbells are needed only for a segment in his arms. You can do the whole program or run your own 10-minute. The program is offered in Russian, which is an additional bonus.

Beauty 10 minutes from Cindy Whitmarsh

5. Beachbody: 3 Week Yoga Retreat (2016)

• Inventory: not needed
• Duration: 21 training for 20-30 minutes (3 weeks)

If you think yoga is exercise for the elite, be sure to try complex 3 Week Yoga Retreat. These classes are specially created for beginners and for those who want to learn the basics of yoga. Taught by four trainers (Vitas, Alice, Ted and faith) that will enchant you with their soft and friendly style of training. All asanas are demonstrated in several difficulty options, so your workout suitable for both absolute beginners and more experienced student.

Yoga 3 Week Yoga Retreat

6. Leandro Carvalho: YouV2 (2017)

• Inventory: not needed
• Duration: 6 workouts for 30 minutes (1 month)
• Most suitable beginners
• High popularity

But if you, instead, are looking for something more fiery and energy-consuming, then stop your choice on the program YouV2 from Leandro Carvalho. The complex included 4’s low impact cardio workout for beginners under the fiery music and 2 exercises for the study of problem areas. You will not notice how fly a half hour classes! The program lasts for 1 month and is ideal for those who have big weight and knee issues.

YOUv2 from Leandro Carvalho

7. Tamile Webb: I want that body (2004)

• Equipment: dumbbells
• Duration: 8 workouts for 15 minutes
• In Russian
• High popularity

Tamile Webb offers a program which is to begin to train at home. The complex “I want that body” became workout for belly, for the arms for the hips and buttocks, entire body – at two levels for each type of program. You will perform the classic exercises for problem areas, toning the muscles and improving the body tone. You can do 15 minutes a day, and you can merge multiple videos into one workout.

I want that body from Tamile Webb

8. Justin Rubin, True Beginner (2016)

• Inventory: chair
• Duration: 10 exercises for 30 minutes (2 months)
• Most suitable beginners

This workout lives up to its name. It really is created for most beginners. You can do that’s low impact workout completely from scratch or advise his parents. Justin Rubin offers a very mild load with a gradual increase in difficulty level. Not only will you work on losing weight and tone muscles, but will improve the mobility of bodies and mobility of joints.

True Beginner from Justin Rubin

9. Zuzka light: Bunny Slope Beginner (2016)

• Equipment: dumbbells (1-5 kg), fitball, fitness rubber band
• Duration: 20 sessions for 15-25 minutes (2 months)

Zuzka light has become a well-known coach with its short intense exercises for the entire body. But she has a workout for beginners. The Beginner Bunny Slope complex includes 20 workouts for 15-25 minutes (not counting warm-up and hitch). The program is progressive in difficulty week by week workout will be more complicated. You will need additional equipment except dumbbells: exercise ball and fitness bands.

Bunny Slope Beginner from Suski light

10. Megan Davis: Clean Week (2017)

• Equipment: weights (1-4 kg)
• Duration: 4 workouts at 30-35 minutes (1-4 weeks)
• High popularity

Very nice workout for weight loss and body tone offers Megan Davis, a Beachbody coach. The complex includes 4 videos for 30-35 minutes: strength training, cardio exercise, exercise for bark, a relaxation and stretching. You’ll rotate these videos throughout the week and will receive diverse and high-quality load. The program is called Clean Week, but you can do it one week and 4-6 weeks to achieve best results.

Clean Week from Megan Davis

11. Shaun T: Hip Hop Abs (2007)

• Inventory: not needed
• Duration: 6 workouts for 20-40 minutes (1 month)

For those who like dance workouts, you should pay attention to the program Hip Hop Abs from Shaun T. This incendiary video for burning calories and getting rid of problem areas in hip-hop. From the point of view of choreography and the intensity of the workout is very affordable, so is suitable for beginners and non-dancing people. You’ll not only burn calories but also tone up the body. Especially efficiently work the abdominal muscles and hips.

Hip Hop Abs from Shaun T

12. Suzanne Bowen: Classic Barre (2015)

• Equipment: dumbbells (0.5-2 kg), chair
• Duration: 70 minutes (includes a few short segments)

If you like that’s low impact workout, try the Classic Barre from Suzanne Bowen. It is a mix of Pilates and barnych classes to work on the muscles of the whole body, including deep. The program consists of several segments: for the hands, thighs, butt, belly. You are waiting for a soft but effective load such training is especially useful for getting rid of riding breeches, pull-UPS zone the inner thighs and waist.

Classic Barre from Suzanne Bowen

13. Jillian Michaels: Beginner Shred (2014)

• Equipment: dumbbells (1-3 kg)
• Duration: 3 workouts at 25 minutes (1 month)
• High popularity

If you are completely new to fitness and not sure what the right program with the 30 Day Shred (about it it is told above), start workout at home with complex Beginner Shred. It also included 3 videos, 25 minutes each: the first level, second level, third level. Each level has up to 10 days. This time Jillian Michaels offers more than simple exercises and low tempo classes. However, unlike the 30 Day Shred program Beginner Shred has no translation into the Russian language, which is slightly complicates the exercise.

Beginner Shred from Jillian Michaels

14. Debbie sibers: Slim in 6 (2010)

• Equipment: dumbbells or a chest expander
• Duration: 5 workouts for 30-60 minutes (6 weeks)

The program Slim in 6 there are two editions in 2002 and in 2010. Both complexes consist of workouts three difficulty levels: Start It Up, Ramp It Up, Burn It Up. Each training session runs 2 weeks, then you move on to the next level of difficulty. Mostly Debbie sibers offers strength training for muscle tone the whole body. The complex also included a short video on abs and stretching.

Slim in 6 from Debbie sibers

15. HASfit: workout in a chair (2017)

• Equipment: chair, dumbbells (water bottles)
• Duration: 5 exercises for 20-30 minutes
• Most suitable beginners

If you have limited mobility, looking for exercise for the elderly or simply pick up light training for the home environment, then try the programs that are running on the chair. Their youtube channel HASfit, created by the American married couple of the coaches. All exercises are performed sitting on a chair, you will need dumbbells or a bottle of water. Such programs once again prove that home fitness available to everyone!

Workout on a chair from HASfit

16. Autumn Calabrese: 21 Day Fix (2014)

• Equipment: weights (1-4 kg)
• Duration: 10 exercises for 30 minutes (3 weeks)
• High popularity

If you are just beginning to do at home, but feel empowered to try more intensive the video, then stop the program 21 Day Fix. A set of exercises from Autumn Calabrese, which is designed for 21 days. You are waiting for a diverse workout for the whole body for 30 minutes: for the hands, thighs and buttocks, belly, cardio, strength, plyometrics, Pilates, yoga. Also demonstrates a simplified version of the exercises, so you can always optimize the exercises to fit your ability. This complex is one of the most favorite and popular among our subscribers!

21 Day Fix from Autumn Calabrese

17. Chalene Johnson: PiYo (2014)

• Inventory: not needed
• Duration: 10 training for 25-50 minutes (2 months)
• High popularity

And’s low impact very efficient workout offers chalene Johnson. PiYo is a mixture of Pilates and yoga, seasoned and dynamic exercises for the General tone of the body. Such training can be performed in the morning, you will not bother the neighbors, but it great exercise, and positivity. The complex is designed PiYo for 2 months. The first video you can sound suspiciously easy, but as you progress in the workout calendar will be complicated.

PiYo from chalene Johnson

18. Tracy Anderson: Mat Workout Beginners (2014)

• Equipment: dumbbells (0.5-1.5 kg), ankle weights, chair
• Duration: 3 workouts at 25 minutes (1 month)

The program Tracy Anderson Mat Workout Beginners included 3 workouts at 25 minutes. Each session runs for 10 days. The program’s low impact and suitable for beginners. Tracy offers custom exercises to work the smaller muscles, which adds to the effectiveness of its programs. This property will not be cardio, just working on exercises to strengthen muscles and tone the body. To complete Mat Workout Beginners you will need ankle weights, but you can do without them.

Beginners Mat Workout from Tracy Anderson

19. FitnessBlender: ‘s low impact cardio workout (2015-2017)

• Inventory: not needed
• Duration: workout for 10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes

But if you want to add cardio, then try’s low impact workout from a youtube channel, FitnessBlender. Coaches Kelly and Daniel offer a cardio workout to burn fat without intense jumps that can be safely run 4-5 times a week. Video length from 10 to 30 minutes, so everyone can find something suitable for you. Just on the FitnessBlender channel produced about 800 different videos, among them you can find not only cardio but also strength, interval and mixed training.

14 cardio for beginners from FitnessBlender

20. Alain Mordovina: Pilates (2010)

• Inventory: not needed
• Duration: 3 exercises in 60 minutes
• In Russian

For those who prefer’s low impact load on the floor, we recommend you to see workout Pilates from Alena’s Mondovino. Exercises from Pilates help to strengthen the abdominal muscles and legs to work the muscles and to improve posture. Training is held on the floor and do not have a negative impact on your joints. Exercises are performed gently and steadily, but it utilizes the deepest muscles in your body. Alena offers 3 watch video Pilates: beginner level, intermediate level, advanced level.

Pilates from Alena’s Mondovino

21. Natalia Popusoi: Pilates (2017)

• Inventory: not needed
• Duration: workout for 60 minutes
• In Russian

Another version of Pilates in the Russian language was developed by coach Natalia Popusoi. She released a series of one-hour video Pilates for beginners (30 pieces!), therefore, you will not get bored. Training Natalia will delight you with clear and friendly instructions, and that means you can not only tighten the body, but also to reinforce the correct technique of exercises. Pilates is not the same class, with which you can lose weight quickly, but to strengthen the muscles, stabilize the spine and improve posture and it was perfect.

Pilates Natalia from Papusoi

22. Tony Horton: P90 (2014)

• Equipment: dumbbells, tube expander, chair
• Duration: 10 exercises for 20-30 minutes (3 months)

P90 – this is a program that is ideal for both men and women. The complex Tony Horton includes several strength training and cardio workouts three difficulty levels that you have to perform for 90 days. Tony offers classic strength exercises for all muscle groups and it’s low impact cardio exercises on the basis of kickboxing. This is a very balanced program for total development of your body. As a bonus, several short video on press.

P90 from Tony Horton

23. Denise Austin: Slim figure for 15 minutes (2004)

• Equipment: dumbbells
• Duration: 9 training 15 minutes

If you want to work purposefully on specific problem areas, then try the program Denise Austin: Slender figure in 15 minutes (Get Fit Fat Fast). It consists of a short workout: belly, hand, thigh and buttocks. In addition, for each zone there is a video of three difficulty levels. So you can do 15 minutes, for 45 minutes on one problem area or 45 minutes over all areas at once.

A slim figure in 15 minutes

24. Autumn Calabrese: Country Heat (2016)

• Inventory: not needed
• Duration: 10 exercises for 30 minutes (1 month)

Another rousing dance program offers Autumn Calabres. Country Heat is a complex of simple exercises in country style for weight loss and good mood. If you still don’t believe that to train and get rid of excess weight can be fun and easy, the program Country Heat will be able to convince you of this. Training lasts 30 minutes, preceded by a short training video with the basic dance moves of the sessions.

Country Heat from Autumn Calabrese

25. Eva Chodakowska: Skalpel (2012)

• Inventory: not needed
• Duration: 45 minutes

Eva Chodakowska – Polish coach, which became very popular far beyond the borders of their country due to their effective home workouts. Basically eve offers a fairly intense workout for losing weight and burning calories, but have a’s low impact video. For Example, Skalpel. The program is a combination’s low impact exercises for problem areas (stomach, legs) that are performed standing and on the floor. Seemingly banal simple exercises, but the load will be very noticeable!

Training Eva Khodakovskaya

26. Tone It Up: Bikini Series (2015-2016 year)

• Equipment: dumbbells
• Duration: 10-25 minutes

Tone It Up is a fitness channel on YouTube, created by two friends-trainers Karina and Katrina. Girls offer simple workouts for women problem areas, mostly short in time. Classes are held on the Sunny beaches of Los Angeles, so one of the most popular series is called the Tone It Up Bikini Series. It includes a variety of videos for 10-25 minutes: for the abdomen, inner and outer thigh, full body, strength, HIIT, stretching.

Workout Tone It Up

27. Leandro Carvalho: Brazill Butt Lift (2009)

• Equipment: dumbbells, workout rubber band
• Duration: 30-45 minutes (1 month)
• High popularity

Brazil Butt Lift – this is another program along with the 21 Day Fix, which is not just for beginners, but it a start home training. Complex Leandro Carvalho designed specifically to allow you to pump your buttocks! Training with an emphasis on thighs and buttocks, but you will not forget to work also over the entire body as a whole. Leandro has a unique energy coach, his programs have conquered all lovers of home exercises.

“Brazilian butt” from Leandro Carvalho

28. Lucy Wyndham-reed: Walking home (2017)

• Inventory: not needed
• Duration: 15-30 minutes
• Most suitable beginners

Very simple, pleasant and affordable training offers a British trainer, Lucy Wyndham-reed. Her training is based on walking with the addition of simple exercises for the hands and feet. With such a video like Lucy, you can safely play music or your favorite TV series and to do in your free time. Program she is short, but if you want you can combine several exercises into one. These videos also perfect quality charging.

Workout Lucy Wyndham-Read

29. Leslie Sansone: You Can Do! (2004)

• Inventory: extra inventory needed
• Duration: 3 workouts for 35-45 minutes

We offer to your attention another program Leslie Sansone, to which you should pay attention to all beginners. In the complex You Can Do came in 3’s low impact workout from Leslie Sansone: Pilates, Yoga and Abs Workout. The program is very mild load, it easily handle everyone. For classes you will need additional equipment: dumbbells and fitness ball for Abs Workout, elastic band for Pilates, chair Yoga.

You Can Do from Leslie Sansone.

30. Jillian Michaels: Hot Body Healthy Mommy (2016)

• Equipment: dumbbells (1-3 kg)
• Duration: 3 workouts at 25 minutes

And another program from Jillian Michaels, the most recent of the three on our list. This program is suitable for young mothers after childbirth and for any and all beginners. The complex consists of three workouts for 25 minutes: for the hands, thighs and buttocks, to the abdomen. Gillian offers circuit training, which combines strength cardio exercise. If you distribute three programs Jillian Michaels from our list in terms of complexity, we can say that Beginner Shred is the simplest, Hot Body – medium, 30 Day Shred is the most complex of the three. But they are great for beginners!

Hot Body Healthy Mommy from Jillian Michaels

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