7 Day Fat-Burning Exercise Plan (At Home)
Fat-burning exercises at home are important because they allow you to maximize your time by training multiple muscle groups in one session.
Table of contents
- Equipment you will need
- How to use the exercise plan
- Day 1 – Legs and cardio
- Day 2- Upper Body and Cardio
- Day 3 -Abs and Cardio
- Day 4- Legs and cardio
- Day 5 – Upper body and cardio
- Day 6
- Day 7
The best part of all this is that you can do any exercise for weight loss at home in the comfort of your own home and wear whatever you want.
Although the sound of working out in your underwear and socks in your own space sounds exciting, the passion and fun of all this may fizzle really fast if you don’t set a routine for your home workouts.
What you will learn today is how to work out at home, and get access to FREE burning exercises at home for females
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Equipment you will need
Based on this full-body workout for weight loss for females at home, this is the equipment you’ll need:
- 2-3 pairs of dumbbells
- A kettlebell
- An exercise mat or towel
How to use the exercise plan
This 7-day at-home exercise plan is designed for women and includes 12-30 repetitions (reps) of each exercise, which are called a set.
A circuit includes all the sets of exercises in the workout, such as those in the cardio session. You will perform 12 reps of each exercise, resting for 20 seconds before moving to the next set.
For example, you will do 12 dumbbell squats, rest for 20 seconds, then proceed to 12 dumbbell deadlifts. After completing a circuit, rest for 1 minute before repeating as needed.
7-Day Fat-Burning Exercise Plan (At Home)
Day 1 – Legs and Cardio
Directions for Monday
On Monday, you will start with a 5-minute warm-up. After warming up your muscles, you will complete two sets of muscle-toning leg exercises, followed by a calorie-burning cardio workout.
In round 2 of the full body fat-burning exercises at home, you will do a different set of leg exercises twice before moving to cardio, and finishing off with a cool down.
5-minute warm-up
- Jogging in place – 30 sec
- Arm circles – 30 sec
- High knees- 30 sec
- Hip circles – 30 sec
- Jumping jacks -30 sec
Repeat the circuit 1 more time to make it 5 minutes.
Round 1
Leg workout
- 12 dumbbell squats
- 12 dumbbell deadlifts
- 12 dumbbell backward lunges
- 12 kettlebell swings
- 12 glute bridges
Repeat the circuit 1 more time before moving to cardio.
Cardio workout
- 15 rockstar jumps
- 15-sec rest
- 20 jumping jacks
- 15-sec rest
- 15 rockstar jumps
- 15-sec rest
- 20 high knees
Round 2 of Monday fat burning exercises at home
- 12 bodyweight jump squats
- 12 single-leg deadlifts (6 each leg)
- 30-sec wall sits
- 12 dumbbell side lunges (6 each leg)
- 12 donkey kicks (6 each leg)
Repeat the circuit 1 more time before moving to cardio.
Cardio workout
- 15 rockstar jumps
- 15-sec rest
- 20 jumping jacks
- 15-sec rest
- 15 rockstar jumps
- 15-sec rest
- 20 high knees
Cooldown and stretch
- Standing quad stretch -15 sec
- Standing forward stretch -15 sec
- Figure 4 stretch -15 sec
- Wall shoulder stretch – 15 sec
Day 2- Upper Body and Cardio
On Tuesday, you will start with a 5-minute warm-up, followed by 2 circuits of the upper body workout and 3 circuits of cardio.
In round 2 of the full body fat-burning exercises at home, you will complete two circuits of the upper body workout and 3 circuits of cardio before cooling down.
5-minute warm-up
- Jogging in place – 30 sec
- Arm circles – 30 sec
- High knees- 30 sec
- Hip circles – 30 sec
- Jumping jacks -30 sec
Repeat the circuit 1 more time to make it 5 minutes.
Round 1- upper body workout
- 12 triceps kickbacks
- 12 bicep curls
- 12 dumbbell overhead triceps extension
- 12 hammer curls
- 12 pushups
Repeat the circuit 1 more time before moving to cardio.
Cardio
- 15 burpees
- 15-sec rest
- 15 mountain climbers
- 15-sec rest
Repeat the circuit 2 more times.
Round 2 of Tuesday full body workout at home
- 12 dumbbell floor chest press
- 12 bent-over dumbbell rows
- 12 overhead shoulder press
- 12 supermans
- 12 lateral raise
Repeat the circuit 1 more time before moving to cardio.
Cardio
- 15 burpees
- 15-sec rest
- 15 mountain climbers
- 15-sec rest
Repeat the circuit 2 more times.
Cooldown and stretch
- 15-sec child’s pose
- 15-sec tricep stretch
- 15-sec bicep stretch against the wall
- 15-sec forward stretch
Day 3 -Abs and Cardio
On Wednesday, you will start with a 5-minute warm-up as usual, followed by 2 circuits of floor ab exercises and 3 circuits of cardio.
Since Wednesday is cardio day, try not to rest between each set. Take 45 seconds of rest between the cardio circuits.
In round 2, you will complete two circuits of the upper body workout and 3 circuits of cardio before cooling down.
5-minute warm-up
- Jogging in place – 30 sec
- Arm circles – 30 sec
- High knees- 30 sec
- Hip circles – 30 sec
- Jumping jacks -30 sec
Repeat the circuit 1 more time to make it 5 minutes.
Round 1
- 20 Russian twists
- 12 crunches
- 12 reverse crunches
- 30-sec planks
- 12 flutter kicks
Repeat the circuit 1 more time before moving to cardio.
Cardio
- 30 jumping jacks
- 15 mountain climbers
- 12 rockstar jumps
- 30 butt kicks
- 15 burpees
- 30 skaters
- 30 high knees
Repeat the circuit 2 more times.
Day 4- Legs and cardio
5-minute warm-up
- Jogging in place – 30 sec
- Arm circles – 30 sec
- High knees- 30 sec
- Hip circles – 30 sec
- Jumping jacks -30 sec
Repeat the circuit 1 more time.
Round 1
- 12 dumbbell squats
- 12 dumbbell deadlifts
- 12 dumbbell backward lunges
- 12 kettlebell swings
- 12 glute bridges
Repeat leg circuit 2 more times.
Cardio
- 15 rockstar jumps
- 15-sec rest
- 20 jumping jacks
- 15-sec rest
- 15 rockstar jumps
- 15-sec rest
- 20 high knees
Repeat circuit 1 more time.
Round 2
- 12 bodyweight jump squats
- 12 single-leg deadlifts (6 each leg)
- 30-sec wall sits
- 12 dumbbell side lunges (6 each leg)
- 12 donkey kicks (6 each leg)
Repeat leg circuit 2 more times.
Cardio
- 15 rockstar jumps
- 15-sec rest
- 20 jumping jacks
- 15-sec rest
- 15 rockstar jumps
- 15-sec rest
- 20 high knees
Do not repeat the circuit.
Cool down and stretch
- Standing quad stretch -15 sec
- Standing forward stretch -15 sec
- Figure 4 stretch -15 sec
- Wall shoulder stretch – 15 sec
Day 5
5-minute warm-up
- Jogging in place – 30 sec
- Arm circles – 30 sec
- High knees- 30 sec
- Hip circles – 30 sec
- Jumping jacks -30 sec
Repeat circuit 1 more time.
Round 1
- 12 triceps kickbacks
- 12 bicep curls
- 12 dumbbell overhead triceps extension
- 12 hammer curls
- 12 pushups
Repeat the circuit 2 more times.
Cardio
- 15 burpees
- 15-sec rest
- 15 mountain climbers
- 15-sec rest
Repeat circuit 1 more time.
Round 2
- 12 dumbbell floor chest press
- 12 bent-over dumbbell rows
- 12 overhead shoulder press
- 12 supermans
- 12 lateral raise
Repeat the circuit 2 more times.
Cardio
- 15 burpees
- 15-sec rest
- 15 mountain climbers
- 15-sec rest
Repeat circuit 1 more time
Cool down
- 15-sec child’s pose
- 15-sec tricep stretch
- 15-sec bicep stretch against the wall
- 15 sec forward stretch
Day 6
Active recovery day.
Take a 30-minute easy walk.
Day 7
Rest day
Final thoughts
To get the most out of your full-body workout at home, always push yourself beyond your comfort zone by giving it your all.
Make it a habit to show up every day because that’s where the results come from. Be consistent with eating healthy and doing your home workouts, even when no one is watching. Remember, working out at home requires a lot of discipline.
Just because no one is watching doesn’t mean you should slack off. You’re only cheating yourself since the effort you put in will determine the results. Also, listen to your body. If it tells you to take a break, do so.
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References
Schumacher LM, Thomas JG, Raynor HA, Rhodes RE, Bond DS. Consistent Morning Exercise May Be Beneficial for Individuals With Obesity. Exerc Sport Sci Rev. 2020 Oct;48(4):201-208. doi: 10.1249/JES.0000000000000226. PMID: 32658039; PMCID: PMC7492403
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