Try This Workout For 15 Min And Forget Skin Aging

All you need to get started? Just 15 minutes - and not even dumbbells. “Body-weight exercises can be just as effective at building muscles as traditional moves,” says Lara Hudson, a fitness expert and star of . Here, Hudson shares her total-body, Pilates-inspired strength workout. Do it at least twice a week for a stronger, longer future.

# Reclining Leg Circles

- Start in a seated position and lean back onto your forearms.

- Press your legs together and extend them toward the ceiling. Inhale and tilt your legs to the right 45 degrees.

- Exhale as you circle them forward, left, and then back up to the ceiling. Reverse directions and circle to the other side.

- Repeat sequence 4 times.

# Front Plank Low Twist

- Begin in a forearm plank position, with your shoulders over your elbows and hands clasped together.

- Inhale as you rotate your pelvis to the right, rolling onto the edge of your right foot.

- Exhale as you return to center; roll to left side. Repeat 4 times.

# Butterfly

- Lie facedown with your hands behind the base of your skull and fingertips touching, chin tucked in, and forehead on the floor.

- With your legs slightly apart, bend your knees and touch the sides of your feet together.

- Inhale as you lift your thighs and elbows as high as possible toward the ceiling.

- Exhale as you slowly return back to the floor. Repeat 4 times.

# Reverse Tabletop with Knee Pull

- Begin in a reverse tabletop, with your shoulders directly over your wrists and knees over your ankles.

- As you exhale, lift your left knee toward the chest.

- Inhale and bring your left leg down, tapping the foot on the floor.

- Repeat 4 times.

- Then hold your left leg as you pulse your left hip up and down 8 times. Repeat sequence on the right side.

# Double-Lunge Twist

- Step your right foot forward.

- As you rotate your spine to the right, exhale and bend both knees until your left knee taps the ground.

- Inhale and press back up as your return to the starting position. Repeat 4 times; switch sides.