5 YouTube workouts you'll actually want to do

For the unseasoned athlete, YouTube workouts can be pretty difficult. For some people (hello), they can also feel deeply embarrassing.

To be clear, we're not knocking the power of the high-energy, Blogilates-type workout vid -- those can be extremely motivational for someone who wants to dial up to 11. But if you're looking for something a little more chill and a little less corny, YouTube can be a bit of a minefield.

That doesn't mean there aren't exceptions. In fact, there are plenty of approachable fitness channels out there -- ones that do not involve EDM of any kind and won't make you feel mortified when your roommates walk into the living room.

Please remember to stretch before and after!

1. Fitness Blender

Run by husband-and-wife duo Daniel and Kelli Segers, Fitness Blender is a well-known repository for just about every kind of workout video you can imagine -- including easy at-home options that don't require any equipment.

Best of all, the clips are music-free, which means you can focus on your 3 Day Flexibility Challenge instead of a 3 Day Flexibility Challenge featuring the Chainsmokers featuring Halsey. Very chill!

2. Yoga with Adriene

Yoga instructor Adriene Mishler has built an impressive channel with a wide range of specialized videos. There's yoga for self-care, yoga for service industry workers, yoga for people with sensitive knees -- even chair-based yoga designed for seniors. Mishler's presence is calm, friendly, and casual, and the videos are genuinely soothing. Periodically, she also completes themed 30-day yoga challenges, which you can (of course) follow at your leisure.

3. Scola Dondo

Personal trainer Scola Dondo's workouts provide easy-to-follow instructions, clear visuals, and manageable clip lengths. You'll want to stay for the Tiny Room workout (which works surprisingly well) and the dance workouts, which are fun and fairly easy to follow. She just posted one set to "Bodak Yellow," so...

4. Hang Tight with Marcie

Look past the clickbait-y video titles (par for the course on YouTube), and there's some great stuff here. Marcie offers a wide range of yoga, pilates, and HIIT (high intensity interval training) videos, including workouts specifically designed for pregnant women. Some of the videos are a little more fast-paced than others on this list, but you can always pause and repeat. Plus, Marcie is a badass.

5. Group HIIT

Okay, fine, so you want something a little more intense. Consider the videos at Group HIIT, which are fast, intense, equipment-free workouts reminiscent of a group fitness class... but without the other people. The clips are silent except for timers, so you can set them to whatever music you like -- or no music at all, if you enjoy the sound of your own ragged breaths. There are also quite a few demo videos in case you aren't familiar with some of the moves.

You'll be filled with adrenaline and extremely sweaty in no time.