My Calisthenic Routine.

I began my body building journey with calisthenics (bodyweight exercises).
Some of the key exercises I always have in every routine are push ups and pull ups.
When available my other favourite exercise is doing dips on the parallel bars.
So here is a sample routine that I would recommend, effective for a good pump and getting your heart rate up.

1. Pull ups - 10 reps (you'll need to invest in a pull up bar if you're planning to do this at home)
2. Squats - 20 reps
3. Push ups - 20 reps
4. Crunches - 20 reps

Do this total body workout as a circuit in the order above with 2 mins rest between each circuit.
Go through the entire circuit for 5 times, 3-4 days a week for the first week. ( I used to do it 5 days a week)
For the second week, go through the circuit 8 times, 3-4 days a week.
From the third or fourth week onwards, go through the circuit 10 times, 3-4 days a week.

You can do this workout at a fitness corner near your home, if not you can do it as a home workout.
If you find difficulty increasing the number of circuits, you can take 2 - 3 weeks before you start on the next level.
This workout can be completed in 20-30mins, that's all you need in a day, just 30mins of committed hard work and I can most certainly assure you a good toned body in 2-3months.

Note: if you are unable to do pull ups, you can do it assisted if not hang from the pull up bar for 20-30secs each circuit or step up onto a chair and do negatives pull ups (i.e lowering yourself slowly from the pulled up position)
Also feel free to do variations of pull ups, push ups, abs exercises and trade squats for lunges.

Hope this helps and that you'll see positive results in no time :)

Till the next post!