There are lots of ways to stay fit for those who do not want to pay for a gym membership. Gyms are useful, but can also be crowded, and memberships can be long and costly. And also, the selling techniques used by staff to get you to purchase other services such as classes or personal training are fairly annoying. Now you can learn some easy workout routines that you can easily do at home in the comfort of your own home! You may not get huge like the hulk, but you will get cut and toned guaranteed.
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. They are more beneficial then you might first consider. 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. Several exercises to look at in addition to running and jumping rope are:
* Dips - You can perform dips simply with just a strong 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. If you do diamond pushups you will be working the trapezius and deltoid region. 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 sole exercise on this article you might have 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 do wide hand grip which works your latissimus dorsi, and also close hand grip can be great for biceps training. The bar may also be used to work your abs by doing hanging leg raises.
* Crunches/Sit Ups - Crunches and sit ups are different type of exercises, but work the same muscle group which is the 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 core exercises are numerous.
At Home Equipment
There is lots of home fitness equipment available to you at reasonable prices, and not to mention you save cash in the long run! 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 similar to dumbbells, but add some variety. 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!
Remember that as you are in your own home there might be times when you are alone and if hurt no-one is around to know. 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. They are more beneficial then you might first consider. 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. Several exercises to look at in addition to running and jumping rope are:
* Dips - You can perform dips simply with just a strong 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. If you do diamond pushups you will be working the trapezius and deltoid region. 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 sole exercise on this article you might have 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 do wide hand grip which works your latissimus dorsi, and also close hand grip can be great for biceps training. The bar may also be used to work your abs by doing hanging leg raises.
* Crunches/Sit Ups - Crunches and sit ups are different type of exercises, but work the same muscle group which is the 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 core exercises are numerous.
At Home Equipment
There is lots of home fitness equipment available to you at reasonable prices, and not to mention you save cash in the long run! 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 similar to dumbbells, but add some variety. 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!
Remember that as you are in your own home there might be times when you are alone and if hurt no-one is around to know. 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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