Saturday, July 7, 2012

Six Simple Home Workout Routines

By Jeff Knox


Follow the six suggestions below for home workout routines. They have pointers on how to get a total body workout without ever having to leave your house. This is especially convenient for those who are too busy to get to the gym or maybe it is just too far from where they live. These suggestions are comprehensive and if you follow any one of them, you are guaranteed to not miss out on many of the things the gym has to offer.

Get the daily dose of cardio with walking, running and cycling. These are excellent exercise regimens to get the heart rate up; try doing at least one of these routines three times per week. Most likely you will need a treadmill or a stationary bicycle to do these exercise from inside your house. However, if you have a bicycle or you would rather jog, run or walk, you can use your neighbourhood as your playing ground for at least half an hour 3 times per week. Many individuals prefer to be outdoors rather than inside since it gives them more freedom and a constant change of scenery.

Get some weights to help to increase your muscle mass. This is a great idea, especially for those who want buffer arms and maybe even legs. Before you decide to buy any weights, browse the ones that are the most affordable and that will also be the most effective. If you choose, you can get a set of dumbbells and eventually graduate to heavier weights as you progress in your muscle building. Remember the objective here is to gradually build strength, so do not dive into heavy sessions your first time out.

Flatten your stomach with regular abdominal exercises. These are probably the easiest at home exercises because they usually do not involve the use of equipment or require that you leave the house at all. Since there are many videos of these types of exercises; choose one you are comfortable with. It should ideally be a series of routines that get harder as you progress. A warning for those doing abdominal work is to try not to sprain their necks. Make sure that the crunches are done in the correct way so that they benefit instead of hurt you.

Lunges and squats are an excellent way to help your legs look the way you want them to. They specifically target the muscles of the thighs and calves to help to increase their mass. Depending on the methods you choose, there could be an outright pronunciation of muscle growth in these areas or the appearance of nicely toned legs. Whatever you do, just use some of your exercise time to do these regimes, they will produce the desired results.

Press ups are a great way to help develop the muscular tone in your upper body. This is particularly useful to the chest, arms and shoulders and can be done everyday. Initially, these may be a little difficult; if that's the case try doing them on your knees at first. This way you will still get the resistance training in the upper body. Eventually you will get enough strength to do regular press ups before long.

If you forget to stretch before and after you exercise, you may end up with stiff muscles. Stretching is important because it helps to reduce the initial shock felt in the muscles when vigorous exercising starts. It also helps the muscles to slowly get back into a more sedentary state thus reducing stiffness and pain caused from suddenly stopping exercises.

The six home workout routines given above are for just about anyone. They are not complicated in any way and apart from those that need equipment, all you have to do is commit some of your time to them. Try getting into habit of regularly exercising and eventually it will become second nature. The best part is that you will do all of this from inside of your house and not a gym.




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