mercredi 10 avril 2013

Workout routines to do Without having a Gym Membership

By Robt Eckhart


If you don't have a health club membership there are still plenty of ways to stay fit. Gyms are beneficial, but can also be crowded, and memberships can be long and costly. And also, the offering tactics used by staff to get you to purchase other services such as classes or personal training are rather 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 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. They are more beneficial then you may first think. Many people 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. Apart from running and jump rope, some exercises to try are:

* Dips - You can do 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. 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 only exercise on this article you might 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. The bar can also be used to exercise 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. 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 abdominal exercises are numerous.

Exercise equipment for your Home

There is plenty of fitness equipment on the market at an affordable price, 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 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!

Always remember that since you are at home there may be times when you are by yourself and if injured nobody 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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