If you don't have a gym membership there are still plenty of ways to stay fit. Gyms are useful, but can also be crowded, and memberships can be long and costly. The worst parts about gyms are the staff members who pester you constantly and try to advertise their gym's services to you like a cars salesman. 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
Bodyweight exercises do not use equipment such as bars or dumbbells, only your own body for resistance. You might think that this will not be productive but are wrong. Many people only use bodyweight exercises and get the results they are aiming for. The reason is because without weights you need to do lots of repetitions, and repetitions at that rate are a great cardio workout that burns calories quickly. A few exercises to take into consideration apart from running and jumping rope are:
* Dips - performed on a chair or bench, dips are a great starter exercise. They also put tension on your core and shoulders.
* Push-ups - The standard way, or position your arms differently for variety. If you do diamond pushups you will be working the trapezius and deltoid 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 - Pull ups are the sole exercise on this article you might need to go out and find a playground, park, or obtain a bar to perform. Pull-ups will definently be worth the effort though! You can alter your grip to wider, for working your back more, to narrower for using your biceps more. Also a good workout to do with 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 options for abdominal exercises are countless.
Exercise equipment for your House
There is a lot of home fitness equipment available to you at reasonable prices, and not to mention you save money in the long run! 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. There are numerous interchangeable benches that can be purchased and take up little room. They can be changed from flat, incline, and decline giving you all the benefits in one machine!
Safety needs to be a concern if using weights at your house, and nobody is around. Only exercise with weights that you are able to lift, and place the right amount of cardio stress that you know your body can handle. Lastly, please have fun with your workouts!
Body Weight Training
Bodyweight exercises do not use equipment such as bars or dumbbells, only your own body for resistance. You might think that this will not be productive but are wrong. Many people only use bodyweight exercises and get the results they are aiming for. The reason is because without weights you need to do lots of repetitions, and repetitions at that rate are a great cardio workout that burns calories quickly. A few exercises to take into consideration apart from running and jumping rope are:
* Dips - performed on a chair or bench, dips are a great starter exercise. They also put tension on your core and shoulders.
* Push-ups - The standard way, or position your arms differently for variety. If you do diamond pushups you will be working the trapezius and deltoid 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 - Pull ups are the sole exercise on this article you might need to go out and find a playground, park, or obtain a bar to perform. Pull-ups will definently be worth the effort though! You can alter your grip to wider, for working your back more, to narrower for using your biceps more. Also a good workout to do with 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 options for abdominal exercises are countless.
Exercise equipment for your House
There is a lot of home fitness equipment available to you at reasonable prices, and not to mention you save money in the long run! 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. There are numerous interchangeable benches that can be purchased and take up little room. They can be changed from flat, incline, and decline giving you all the benefits in one machine!
Safety needs to be a concern if using weights at your house, and nobody is around. Only exercise with weights that you are able to lift, and place the right amount of cardio stress that you know your body can handle. Lastly, please have fun with your workouts!
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