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15-Minute Partner Bodyweight Workout

Video by nourishmovelove on YouTube · Open on YouTube

You and a partner do 10 moves once each (40 seconds on, 20 off): plank walk-outs with high-fives, push-up hand presses, partner squats, pendulum lunges with chops, wall-sit dips, plank hop-overs and side-plank foot taps. Playful teamwork; no warm-up.

  • 17 min
  • Intermediate
  • High impact (jumping)
  • No equipment

Good forFun workouts

Step by step 9

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  1. Plank walk-outs: walk out to a plank facing your partner and give two high-fives. 1:09
  2. Push-ups with a partner hand press. 2:09
  3. Squats with partner rotations. 3:09
  4. Right leg: pendulum lunges, then a lunge hold while you chop with your partner. 4:09
  5. Left leg: pendulum lunges, then the lunge hold with chops. 6:09
  6. One partner holds a low plank while the other hops over, then a wall sit while the other does tricep dips. 8:09
  7. Switch roles: the plank hold and hop-overs, then the wall sit and dips again. 10:09
  8. Side plank crunches on the right with a partner foot tap, then glute bridges with the heels together. 12:09
  9. Side plank crunches with the foot tap on the left, then bicycle crunches with your feet together. 14:09

The steps are a summary in our words, checked against the video — the coach shows every move.

Form cues from the coach

  • Warm up first, because this session starts straight into the work
  • Work 40 seconds, rest 20, and go through the list once with no repeats

What it works Whole body

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Joints it uses 6 takes load

  • Shoulders takes loadpush-ups, planks, side planks, tricep dips
  • Elbows takes loadpush-ups, partner tricep dips
  • Wrists & hands takes loadplank walk-outs, push-ups, planks, dips
  • Hips takes loadlunges, wall sit, squats, glute bridges
  • Knees takes loadpendulum lunges, lunge holds, wall sit, squats
  • Ankles & feet takes loadhopping over a partner in plank, lunges
  • Neck moveshead lifted in bicycle crunches
  • Lower back movesbicycle crunches, bridges, chops, side-plank crunches
  • Jumping or hopping. Impact goes through the ankles, knees and hips.
  • Weight on your hands. The wrists bend back under load. Fists, push-up handles or your forearms ease it.
  • Down on the floor. You get down to the floor and back up again.
  • Rounding or twisting the back. With osteoporosis or a back problem, move smoothly and within comfort, and ask a physio which suit you.

A guide to the joints this video’s moves load, from what the coach does — not medical advice. Some ache is normal; stop if a joint hurts sharply. How joints are rated

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Video by nourishmovelove; the summary, steps, cues, body areas and joint notes are Notbroken’s, written from what the coach actually does in the video and checked a second time. Warm up first, take the easier options until a move feels easy, and stop if you feel sharp pain, chest pain or dizziness. General instruction, not advice for your body. About & safety