If you don't have a gym membership there are still plenty of ways to stay fit. Gyms are helpful, but can also be congested, and memberships can be long and expensive. The worst parts about gyms are the staff members who bug you constantly and try to advertise their gym's services to you like a cars sales rep. The good news is that I will show you a number of workout routines that can be performed at home. You may be limited in the muscle building department, but you can easily lose fat and tone up.
Body Weight Training
Body weight training is where you only use the weight of your body for exercises, which means no dumbbells or bars whatsoever. You might think that this will not be productive and are wrong. Many people only workout this way and get ripped and toned fast. Without weights you tend to do more repetitions and less rest, which means a higher intensity cardio session that burns fat fast. A few exercises to take into consideration besides running and jumping rope are:
* Dips - You can perform dips easily with just a stable chair, stair step, or basically any area that allows you to dip you body down far enough. These are great for working out your shoulders, triceps, and abdominals.
* Push-ups - The standard way, or position your arms differently for variety. By closing your hands together you will work a greater portion of your shoulders and upper back area. Keeping your hands together also works your chest and biceps. 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 - Pull ups are the only exercise on this list you may need to go out and find a playground, park, or purchase a bar to perform. The extra effort will be worth it with pull-ups though You can alter your grip to wider, for working your back more, to narrower for using your biceps more. The bar can also be used to work your abs by doing hanging leg raises.
* Core Work - perform crunches, situps and planks plus many other exercises for your abdominals. Crunches are where you lift only your shoulders off the ground, and sit ups are where you raise your full body off while keeping your butt and feet planted. The variety of core exercises are countless.
Exercise equipment for your House
Purchasing your own home gym equipment to make use of at home can be expensive at first, but in the longer term may be worth the investment. Dumbbells can be bought cheap because you only really need about 3-5 different weight sizes to get the workouts in you need. Kettlebells are also perfect for at home weight training. Multi-purpose benches are also useful and are not too expensive these days. You can use then as flat, incline or decline for different angles.
Safety needs to be a concern if lifting weights in your home, and no-one 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!
Body Weight Training
Body weight training is where you only use the weight of your body for exercises, which means no dumbbells or bars whatsoever. You might think that this will not be productive and are wrong. Many people only workout this way and get ripped and toned fast. Without weights you tend to do more repetitions and less rest, which means a higher intensity cardio session that burns fat fast. A few exercises to take into consideration besides running and jumping rope are:
* Dips - You can perform dips easily with just a stable chair, stair step, or basically any area that allows you to dip you body down far enough. These are great for working out your shoulders, triceps, and abdominals.
* Push-ups - The standard way, or position your arms differently for variety. By closing your hands together you will work a greater portion of your shoulders and upper back area. Keeping your hands together also works your chest and biceps. 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 - Pull ups are the only exercise on this list you may need to go out and find a playground, park, or purchase a bar to perform. The extra effort will be worth it with pull-ups though You can alter your grip to wider, for working your back more, to narrower for using your biceps more. The bar can also be used to work your abs by doing hanging leg raises.
* Core Work - perform crunches, situps and planks plus many other exercises for your abdominals. Crunches are where you lift only your shoulders off the ground, and sit ups are where you raise your full body off while keeping your butt and feet planted. The variety of core exercises are countless.
Exercise equipment for your House
Purchasing your own home gym equipment to make use of at home can be expensive at first, but in the longer term may be worth the investment. Dumbbells can be bought cheap because you only really need about 3-5 different weight sizes to get the workouts in you need. Kettlebells are also perfect for at home weight training. Multi-purpose benches are also useful and are not too expensive these days. You can use then as flat, incline or decline for different angles.
Safety needs to be a concern if lifting weights in your home, and no-one 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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