14 Easy Workouts To Try At Home That Take Less Than 20 Minutes

While the shift to at-home workouts may have been made by necessity rather than choice, most people adapted quickly. Even as gyms and fitness studios begin to reopen, many people are opting for the convenience or lower-risk option of staying indoors. Whether your new "gym" doubles as your bedroom or living room, these 14 at-home workout routines will keep you moving.

Get moving on your fitness journey with these core exercises for beginners, put together by certified Pilates instructor Helen Phelan. She also includes modifications and progressions for each exercise, depending on your level.

If you're looking for a soothing yoga sequence that also targets your core muscles, try these yoga for abs movements. Move through one pose to the next for a complete abs-focused yoga flow.

Resistance bands are a great tool for elevating your abs exercises. Try this five-move resistance-band abs workout you can do at home from trainer Katie Dunlop. This workout is easy to follow but will certainly give your core a challenge. If the resistance band is too challenging, just use your body weight.

The lower abdominals are notoriously troublesome to tone, but these four Pilates-based lower-ab moves get to the core of the issue. With the support of a Plower bodilates ball (or pillow), alternating between marching variations helps tone, lengthen, and strengthen while keeping impact low.

Each of the moves has a song associated to set both the mood and the timing of the workout. As soon as one song ends, switch to the next to keep the energy flowing. 

These tension-relieving exercises target the pelvic floor muscles and the full body. Starting with necessary (but oft-neglected) breathwork sets the tone for the remaining movements. Moving on to an inner-thigh roll and a figure-four stretch helps unlock tightness in the inner thighs, pelvic floor, and back—common sources of stored-up tension. 

Starting your day with a few light, easy stretches is a great way to get energized. Yoga instructor Margeaux House put together this at-home morning yoga sequence you can do first thing in the a.m.

Perform each of the four moves (squat pulses, lunge pulses, bridge pulses, and mountain climbers) as many times as possible for 1 minute, rest for 1 minute in between, then switch to the next move.

This 8-minute, three-move lower-body blast from fitness instructor CJ Frogozo is designed to inspire movement on those days when work or life in general is keeping you glued to one seat. Though the glutes and legs are the primary targets, Frogozo gets the arms involved and keeps the heart rate up with short cardio bursts.

This Pilates series for the legs and deep core helps promote stability and tone the muscles. All you need to reap the benefits is 10 minutes, your own bodyweight, and a mat. With hundreds, teasers, and rollups (to name a few), the moves are easy to follow yet still challenging.

Inner thighs are often viewed as another hard-to-reach muscle group. However, this 20-minute inner-thigh circuit is sure to fire up the area (with bonus lower-ab attention). Complete the five moves for 1 minute each, and when you're done with the first set, do it all over again. Get ready to feel the burn.

Complete these four barre- and ballet-inspired arm movements with or without small hand weights (1 to 3 pounds). While the biceps and triceps are the main focus here, these tiny movements will also strengthen the upper back and shoulders. 

The back may not get as much attention as the core, but it's equally valuable. Engaging in these five bodyweight-only back exercises can improve posture and provide support for long days sitting at a desk—which is where many of us are spending the majority of our days lately.

OK, so this is targeting the upper, upper body—but face yoga (which flexes the facial muscles, of course) is a legitimate workout. The movement helps promote youthful, glowing skin by toning the neck, jawline, and cheeks. More than that? Face yoga is an act of self-love and self-care, according to Face Yoga Method creator Fumiko Takatsu.