If you don't have a health club membership there are still plenty of ways to stay fit. Gyms are useful, but can also be crowded, and memberships can be long and expensive. The worst parts about gyms are the staff who bug you constantly and try to advertise their gym's services to you like a cars salesman. Now you can learn some easy workout routines that you can easily do at home in the comfort of your own home! You may be limited in the muscle building department, but you can easily lose fat and tone up.
Bodyweight Exercises
Body weight training is where you only use the weight of your body for exercises, which means no dumbbells or bars whatsoever. You may be thinking that this will not be beneficial and are incorrect. Many individuals only use bodyweight exercises and get the results they are aiming for. Without weights you tend to do more repetitions and less rest, which means a higher intensity cardio session that burns fat fast. Besides running and jump rope, some activities to try are:
* Dips - carried out on a chair or bench, dips are a great starter exercise. These are great for working out your shoulders, triceps, and abdominals.
* Pushups - Pushups can be performed in different ways to target specific areas. By closing your hands together you will use more of your shoulders and upper back region. Close hand pushups are great not only for your pectorals, but your biceps as well. Other varieties are incline or decline on a step. Back in the day when football just started weight training was still not popular, and that meant many athletes only chose to do hundreds of pushups split into numerous sets!
* Pull-Ups - although you require a bar for these, they are fairly easy to find and do in any park or playground. Pull-ups will definently be worth the effort though! You can do wide hand grip which works your latissimus dorsi, and also close hand grip can be great for biceps training. Also a good workout to do on the pull up bar is leg raises which work the abdominals.
* Core Work - perform crunches, situps and planks plus many other exercises for your abdominals. The difference is that with crunches you only lift your shoulders off the ground, and with sit ups you lift your whole upper body, whilst keeping your feet fixed. The variety of abdominal exercises are countless.
At Home Equipment
There is loads of exercise equipment on the market at reasonable prices, and not to mention you save money in the long term! Dumbbells are great as you can do many different types of exercise and you only need a few different sizes. Kettlebells are also perfect for at home weight training. Multi-purpose benches are also useful and are not too expensive these days. They can be changed from flat, incline, and decline giving you all the benefits in one machine!
Safety needs to be a concern if lifting weights in your home, and nobody is around. Ensure you only use weights you can lift, and exercise at an intensity your body can handle. Lastly, please have fun with your workouts!
Bodyweight Exercises
Body weight training is where you only use the weight of your body for exercises, which means no dumbbells or bars whatsoever. You may be thinking that this will not be beneficial and are incorrect. Many individuals only use bodyweight exercises and get the results they are aiming for. Without weights you tend to do more repetitions and less rest, which means a higher intensity cardio session that burns fat fast. Besides running and jump rope, some activities to try are:
* Dips - carried out on a chair or bench, dips are a great starter exercise. These are great for working out your shoulders, triceps, and abdominals.
* Pushups - Pushups can be performed in different ways to target specific areas. By closing your hands together you will use more of your shoulders and upper back region. Close hand pushups are great not only for your pectorals, but your biceps as well. Other varieties are incline or decline on a step. Back in the day when football just started weight training was still not popular, and that meant many athletes only chose to do hundreds of pushups split into numerous sets!
* Pull-Ups - although you require a bar for these, they are fairly easy to find and do in any park or playground. Pull-ups will definently be worth the effort though! You can do wide hand grip which works your latissimus dorsi, and also close hand grip can be great for biceps training. Also a good workout to do on the pull up bar is leg raises which work the abdominals.
* Core Work - perform crunches, situps and planks plus many other exercises for your abdominals. The difference is that with crunches you only lift your shoulders off the ground, and with sit ups you lift your whole upper body, whilst keeping your feet fixed. The variety of abdominal exercises are countless.
At Home Equipment
There is loads of exercise equipment on the market at reasonable prices, and not to mention you save money in the long term! Dumbbells are great as you can do many different types of exercise and you only need a few different sizes. Kettlebells are also perfect for at home weight training. Multi-purpose benches are also useful and are not too expensive these days. They can be changed from flat, incline, and decline giving you all the benefits in one machine!
Safety needs to be a concern if lifting weights in your home, and nobody is around. Ensure you only use weights you can lift, and exercise at an intensity your body can handle. Lastly, please have fun with your workouts!
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