For a low-impact cardio sweat sesh, try this HIIT workout without jumping.

(It’s also great if you have downstairs neighbors.)

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Get into your squat stance and lower yourself down.

Keep your chest up the whole time.

Go back into your squat and repeat on the other side.

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Dont let the rest of your body rotate.

Bring your leg back into the plank position.

Repeat on the other side and continue to alternate legs.

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Leg lowers:Lie on your back and extend your legs straight up toward the ceiling.

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Plank reach:Get into a plank position.

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Reach one arm out in front of you, then alternate arms.

Repeat the entire sequence again.

Slams: Its kind of like a skier or a med ball slam, Atkins says.

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Your hands are above your head like youre holding a medicine ball.

Come up to the balls of your feet and throw the ball down.

Repeat both of those moves again.

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Get in plank position, and then lower yourself down to the ground like youre doing a push-up.

At the bottom, reach your hands out.

Bring them back into the push-up position and push yourself up.

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Keep your chest open and dont let your butt stick out.

As you come up, bring your knee in toward your chest.

What I dont want you to do is as youre stepping back, dont just swing the leg up.

I need you to stop reset the hips, Atkins says.

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