Even if you're going to be away from your workout equipment with limited time this weekend (hopefully because you're out having a nice weekend), you can still get in a quick bodyweight workout. Here are a few quick and easy bodyweight workouts you can do, interval training style, to quickly get in some exercise:

[With this picture, you can now be confident that you have the proper form when doing "fence pull ups"!]

Beginner Body Weight 6 Minute Training:

Push Ups / Planks / Body Weight Squats

If you're not able to do full push up and body weight squats yet, you can do kneeling push ups and squats without going all the way down. Anyway, here's the workout:

Three Sets of (no breaks in between the 3 exercises, one minute in between each set):

5-40 Push Ups(depending on level)

15 second - 2 and a half minute plank (depending on level)

5-30 body weight squats (depending on level)

Intermediate Body Weight 6 Minute Training:

Push Ups/Planks/Pull Ups

Three sets of (no breaks in between the exercises, one minute in between each set):

5-40 Push Ups (depending on level)

15 second - 2 and a half minute plank (depending on level)

1-15 Pull Ups (depending on level)

Super Advanced Body Weight 6 Minute Training:

Pull Ups/Chin Ups/Muscle Ups/Parallel Bar Dips (You'll need a playground...or a tree)

3 sets of (no breaks between the exercises, 1 minute in between each set):

1-20 Dips (depending on your level)

5-30 Bodyweight Squats (depending on your level)

1-15 Chin Ups/Pull Ups, alternating between sets (depending on your level)

1-5 Muscle Ups (depending on your level)

Make Your Own Interval Body Weight Training Workout

Once you get the hang of it and get to know your body better, you can fool around with different exercises and make your own quick, interval training style workout to challenge different muscle groups. Remember, there is no "best" workout and the sky is the limit in using creativity to make them!

What do you think about quick body weight workouts? Feel free to discuss this in the forums with the other members! And have a great weekend!