Maggie's Farm

Body-weight squats, lunges with or without weights, wall sits, jump rope, burpees, and step-ups are all excellent lower-focus calisthenics which, like most calisthenics, provide plenty of intense cardio stress too. 

We're working on a new game: Pistols. It's like a one-legged squat. Try it from your chair. It's not easy and you might have to begin from a higher perch and work your way lower. You will see what it feels like for elderly people to get up from a chair without using their arms.

The gal in the vid has short legs so she uses a stool for her foot to get the 90 degree knee angle. It stresses lots of accessory leg and core muscles because of the balance challenge. One foot must be solidly-planted, one in the air. We're adding this to our calis repertoire, and I am going to get out of chairs one-legged from now on. Just think of how many times/day you get up from a chair.  Why not use it as a good exercise?

Sorry for the horrible music.