This move will work your core, arms and that pesky area right below your arm pits!  Woohoo!

Start by laying on your back with legs bent and heels on the floor.  Lower back is pushed into the floor as well.  With some small weights or food cans in each hand, hold them together with arms straight right over your shoulders.  While holding them together lower them behind your head by bending at the shoulders (not at the elbows).  Go down as far as you can and then back up.  This is a slow movement down and up.  Don't let the arms just "fall".  Control it!  Keep a slight bend in the elbow as well.

Another classic exercise that works your butt, legs and core!  Simple form and great results! 

Start on the floor laying on your back with your heels placed on a chair, step or something to incline them.  Straighten your legs and place your arms at your sides.  While pushing into the heels on the chair or step, squeeze your butt and lift it up off the floor.  Lift it high enough where your body looks like it's in a straight line!  Hold it there until your time is up!  Be sure to give that butt some extra hard squeezes.  The more you squeeze, the more results you'll see!

​For added difficulty, raise your arms up over your shoulders and hold.

Want a really great exercise that lifts that bootie?  This is it!  It's a great move for the butt and back of the legs!  You can use a chair (without wheels), a bench, a step or even a stack of books against a wall (so they don't move).  You could also do them on the floor if you'd like.  

Start by laying on your back next to something you can incline your foot.

Place one heel on the something like a chair, raise the other leg up in the air.  While keeping your arms at your side, push through the heel on the chair, squeeze your butt and raise it up in the air as far as you can and then bring it back down.  Try not to bring it all the way down to the floor.  Do your reps all on one side and then switch to the other side.

To add difficulty, raise your arms up in the air over your shoulders.  This will engage the core as well!  It's a win win!

Another exercise to change those bland burpees into something fun and exciting!  You guessed it - ski hops!

Start in a standing position.  In a quick motion, bring your hands to the floor and jump your feet out behind you into high plank position.  Jump both feet as close to one elbow as you can (off to the side) and then back out into high plank position.  Repeat on the other side and then jump both feet back up and into standing position.  Once standing do another jump and back down into your exercise!

Again, there are modifications for you to eliminate the jumping.  Check out the video!

I'm not really sure where the name came from, but it's awesome!  

Start in a laying position on the floor with your arms wide out to your sides and your legs wide on the floor.  In one big fluid motion come up into sitting position, bend your legs, hug your knees and then go back out.  When you do go back out, try to keep your legs off the floor the entire time!  It'll be harder that way!

If you can't come all the way up into sitting motion, you can still do the movements!  Watch the video for modifications!

Combining a burpee with a mountain climber makes this exercise one of my favorite burpee moves!  

Start in a standing position.  In a quick motion, bring your hands to the floor and jump your feet out behind you into high plank position.  Perform 6 mountain climbers (3 on each side), by bringing your knee in to your chest and jumping to the other leg to do the same and repeating 3 times on each side, then jumping both feet back up and standing.  Once standing do another jump and back down into your exercise!

Watch the video for proper form and modifications for non-jumping movement.

Your shoulders will get a workout!

In a standing position with weights (or water bottles) in each hand in front of you, keep your knees slightly bent.  While keeping your arms somewhat straight (don't lock the elbows), raise your arms to shoulder height out in front of you and then return to starting position.

Keep your back straight and knees slightly bent.  With smaller weights, you can perform these movements fairly quickly.  With heavy weights, you need to slow down.

Abs, abs and more abs!  

Lay on the floor with your hands underneath your hips to protect your back and your legs straight up in the air.  Lower one leg as close to the floor as you can and then alternate those legs back and forth.

Work at getting closer to the floor each time you do this exercise.