Will You Need a Gym Pass to keep Fit?

By Robt Eckhart


If you don't have a health club membership there are still plenty of ways to stay fit. Gyms are helpful, but can also be congested, and memberships can be long and costly. And also, the offering strategies used by staff to get you to purchase other services such as classes or personal training are fairly irritating. 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.

Bodyweight Exercises

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 effective then you might first believe. Many folks 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. Other than running and jump rope, some activities to try are:

* Dips - performed on a chair or bench, dips are an excellent starter exercise. They also put tension on your core and shoulders.

* Push-ups - The standard way, or position your arms differently for variety. By closing your hands together you will work 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. Pushups have been used for years by athletes as a fixed part of their training regime to work the whole body.

* Pull Ups - Pull ups are the sole exercise on this article you may have to go out and find a playground, park, or purchase 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 training to do on a pull up bar is leg raises which work the abdominals.

* 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 options for abdominal workouts are many.

Equipment for your House

Investing in your own fitness equipment to use at home can be expensive at first, but in the long run 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. There are numerous interchangeable benches that can be purchased and take up little room. You can use then as flat, incline or decline for different angles.

Be aware that as you are in your own home there may be times when you are by yourself and if hurt nobody is about 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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