The Shape Magazine workout of the month looks like quite a bit of fun! This workout was created by Jessica Rucker, a proponent of body weight workouts. Rucker took moves from the gambit of places, ranging from wrestling, capoeira, and break dancing. The workout is comprised of 6-moves done for 40-seconds each with 3-sets, total.

One of the best parts is that you will need absolutely nothing but your gorgeous self to complete this one. Every exercise uses our own body weight for strength and endurance trainer. According to Rucker, this will reduce the risk of injury during the workout and through day-to-day life. Body weight training will also utilize more muscles at one time and increase the calories burnt per minute. Yea, all of this sounds pretty great to me.

The Workout

This is a great cardio workout! The entire thing takes right about 20-minutes and with lots of cardio tucked into that small amount of time. Some of the workouts were a bit confusing at first, but once I got the hang of it, I loved it. Each exercise felt like it was working my outer thighs and bum the most. This was great considering that that area can be a bit tough to workout.

In order to complete the workout, you do 40-seconds of an exercise, followed by 20-seconds of resting. This 20-seconds of rest felt like sweet, sweet nectar after the intense 40-seconds. For real, I never knew I could look forward to 20-seconds so much- it also gave you enough time to get into position for the next exercise. This means that you are doing an exercise for the right amount of time and not going beyond the allotted amount of time per move. Genius.

After 20-minutes of tough moves, I burned 210 calories and kept an average heart rate of 160 BPM. Yea, I can totally see why this was Shape Magazine's workout of the month.