If getting to the gym is preventing you from working out, forget the gym and workout anyway! Florida weather allows for nearly year-round exercising and Mother Nature offers one of the best workout facilities of them all. Plus, it’s free.

If you don’t want to exercise outdoors, get to work right in your living room, no fancy gym equipment required. Your own body weight easily produces all the strength training you need.

Here are a few of the best ways to exercise anywhere.

1. Turn your own Neighborhood into Clearwater Beach

You may not live walking distance to a beautiful beach in Florida, but that doesn’t mean you can’t create your own right in your neighborhood. Warm up by jogging to your neighborhood park where a workout could evolve into pushups and lunges, perhaps using playground equipment to practice pull-ups.
 
2. Build Muscle using Your Own Body Weight

Using the body’s own weight during a strength building circuit is an easy, fun way to stay fit. Feel free to get creative, using the stairs to assist with pushups, or doing lunges in your backyard or living room.

Plank

This shape resembles the top of a pushup. Keep your hands underneath your shoulders, legs extended behind you, toes tucked under to support your legs. Distribute pressure evenly through your hands, making sure not to dump all the weight into your wrists. Engage your abdomen, tucking your pelvis slightly to keep the body in a straight line.

Stay here for 30 seconds to 3 mins. To modify this pose, rest on the forearms instead of using straight arms.

Leg lifts

Come into all fours, hands under shoulders and knees under hips. Stretch your left leg straight behind you until it’s in line with the rest of your body. Hold for a breath or two before releasing and switching to the opposite leg.

To increase the strength-building aspect of this move, lift your alternate arm along with the leg—so you would extend the right arm with the left leg and vice versa—extending both limbs in a straight line with your body before lowering to the floor. Repeat ten times.

Wall squat

Stand near a wall, sliding down it while inching the feet out to keep the knees in line over your ankles. Sink down until the legs are at 90 degrees and stay here for 30 to 60 seconds, pressing your back against the wall. Repeat if desired.

Triceps dip

Find a step, bench, or other elevated surface. Standing with your back facing the step, bend your knees until your hands are able to grasp the edge. Keep your fingers facing forward, bend your elbows to 90 degrees, keeping a line that extends straight back from your shoulders, not allowing your elbows to splay out.

Lower down, allowing your triceps to take your body weight, before lifting back up to starting position. Repeat ten times.

Bicycle

This one works your core. Coming onto your back, bend your knees so they rise directly above your hips. Bend your arms and rest your hands onto the back of your head.

Extend your right leg straight keeping it off the ground, twisting your torso and gently lifting your abdomen, pressing the right elbow toward your bent left knee. Switch to the other side, extending your left leg as you bring your right leg back in, rotating your arm position.

Repeat the bicycle for one to three minutes, taking your time to breathe and support the body with core muscles.

3. Internet-based workouts

Thanks to Internet-accessible cell phones, tablets and laptops, you can access the world’s top trainers anywhere with a wireless connection. On YouTube, you’ll find a range of free workout videos that range from dance to cardio to strength building.

Choose videos that focuse on weight loss, strength building, yoga, or functional fitness and access them from your cell phone or computer any place that has Internet access.

4. Just DANCE

This one might be for the ladies, but gentlemen, feel free to give it a try. Turn on your favorite upbeat tunes—using YouTube videos or streaming music from Pandora if you don’t have much of a collection—and just dance. Jump up and down, shake those hips, and let it all go. You’re never too old or too young to have fun and dance.

Dance for five minutes, ten minutes, or longer, depending on how you feel. This is not only a great workout, but also a great stress reliever. Have fun!

What is your favorite do-anywhere exercise?