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 employees who pester you constantly and try to advertise their gym's services to you like a cars sales rep. 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 might think that this will not be effective but you are wrong. Many people only workout this way and get ripped and toned fast. 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. Some exercises to consider besides running and jumping rope are:
* Dips - carried out on a chair or bench, dips are an excellent beginning exercise. 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 use a greater portion of your shoulders and upper back 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 - although you require a bar for these, they are reasonably easy to find and do in any park or playground. 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. 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 workouts are many.
At Home Equipment
Purchasing your own fitness equipment to make use of at home can be costly at first, but in the longer term may be worth the investment. Dumbbells are great as you can do many different types of exercise and you only need a few different sizes. 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!
Safety needs to be important if using weights in your home, and no-one is about. 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. Drink plenty of water and have fun!
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 might think that this will not be effective but you are wrong. Many people only workout this way and get ripped and toned fast. 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. Some exercises to consider besides running and jumping rope are:
* Dips - carried out on a chair or bench, dips are an excellent beginning exercise. 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 use a greater portion of your shoulders and upper back 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 - although you require a bar for these, they are reasonably easy to find and do in any park or playground. 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. 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 workouts are many.
At Home Equipment
Purchasing your own fitness equipment to make use of at home can be costly at first, but in the longer term may be worth the investment. Dumbbells are great as you can do many different types of exercise and you only need a few different sizes. 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!
Safety needs to be important if using weights in your home, and no-one is about. 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. Drink plenty of water and have fun!
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