Sunday, April 21, 2013

Ways to Workout at Home

By Emmanuel Palmer


Do you agree that everyone is entitles to a full life? Of course! One way of achieving this is committing to an active and healthy way of life. If you don't have the means to enroll in a fully equipped gym, it doesn't mean you cannot have any part in this. Be creative. We have listed some excellent tips on the best ways to work out at home.

Since working out at home is relatively convenient and cost free - inspiring yourself to exercise regularly might prove to be a challenge in itself. To stay motivated, ask yourself what put you in this path to well-being in the first place? Is it the goal of having a beach worthy body all year? Is it building strength and stamina for sports or highly energetic activities? Maybe you just want to be healthy. Whatever the reason may be, tack on a picture or phrase that will remind you of your goals some place where you -'ll always see it.

To make your home training sessions more effective, you need to monitor your progress regularly with detailed workout sheets. You can download these on the Internet or create and print your own log yourself. Before anything, list down important information about yourself like your age, what weight you started with, your present measurements, etc. Make it as specific as possible and check up on it weekly or monthly.

Divide your sheet into columns and list down the exercise done along with the duration, and the corresponding reps, sets and weight load every training session. Put a comment space at the last column. Put in significant events that transpired, how you were feeling, what were the supplements and food you consumed on the given day. Many times people will recognize a pattern that came out of their eating habits, specific workouts or particular stressful issues at work or at home. You will find that workout sheets will help you zero in and improve on what needs to be dealt with in your life.

Aerobic exercises are the easiest and cheapest way to keep fit. Most cardiovascular activities are free and can be done almost anywhere, anytime. How about taking a 30 minute jog around the park 3x a week? Take the stairs instead of the elevator; perform several minutes of jumping jacks or jump rope; or just crank up the MTV and start dancing up a storm!

Crunches and squats are probably two exercises that never go out of style. Fortunately for us, this can be done for free and in the convenience of our homes. Put your hands on your waist and begin executing lunges and squats in your living room. You can lie on the floor and do some crunches or sit by the edge of a piano bench and do 20 leg raises in sets of 3 to develop your abdominal muscles.

If you are able to, invest in a few dumbbells of different weight loads. If you have none available, make use of water bottles, detergent containers or whatever you can think of that will offer you some resistance when carried. Push-ups and knee-ups will help tone up your arms anywhere. Make sure you always have time to stretch well before, during and after training to release blood flow and increase your body temperature prior to working out.

Now you are well equipped and armed with effective ways to workout at home; use them well. Smile - you have every reason to because you look good without spending much. Enjoy!




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