Saturday, March 23, 2013

Workout Sheets

By Emmanuel Palmer


Everybody deserves to live a full life - and one of the things you can do to achieve this is to have an active and healthy lifestyle. Unfortunately not everyone can afford to enroll in a prestigious and fully equipped fitness center. It doesn't matter; all you need is the commitment and heart and we will give you the best ways to workout at home.

Because you will be working out at home, there will be a tendency to grow slack at some point in your training. What will motivate you to keep on keeping on? Is it getting that great body? Is it to increase your strength and stamina? Or maybe you simply want to have a healthy body? Whatever the reason is look back to it whenever you feel sluggish and lazy to revitalize yourself. It would be good to have a photograph, a picture or a motivational phrase mounted up somewhere to remind you of your goals.

Here's the foolproof way to make your home training more effective - constantly monitor your progress by logging on to detailed workout sheets. These sheets can be downloaded from the Internet for free or you can create your own without trouble at all. The first thing you need to do is to make a list of all important personal statistics like your age, your initial weigh in, body measurements, etc. Check up on the change of these statistics regularly.

Separate the sheet into several columns. On the first line list down the exercise you've done and put in the following columns the reps, sets, weight load and the duration of time you executed the entire drill. Place a comment file beside the last file and write down things that happened to you that day that may have affected your training. For example, put in your mood that day, any special incidents that happened prior to working out, meals consumed recently, etc. Workout sheets have many times isolated specific problems by recognizing glitches in your lifestyle.

Cardiovascular activities are usually free and mobile - meaning it can be done almost anywhere, anytime. Take your dog for a jog around the block a few times each week. Play Frisbee in the park with some friends; Perform step exercises with your stairs at home; do some jump rope; or just slip on a bouncy track and start dancing!

It's funny but they say the best ever exercises are the crunches and squats - it's funny because these drills are absolutely free. No fancy equipment needed. However, do focus in keeping the right position and breathing. Close your bedroom door and start doing crunches on the floor. You can also sit on the edge of your bed and do 3 sets of leg raises in 20 reps or until failure.

If you have no dumbbells around, use water bottles as weights to hold on to as you do arm curls for your biceps, triceps and shoulder muscles. If that's too light weight resistance is ideal to utilize. Do push-ups or knee-ups as well as chin ups if you have a sturdy high bar somewhere. Always stretch before and after training as this increases blood flow to the muscles and optimizes your body for the workout ahead.

With these simple ways to workout at home, you have no excuse to not look fantastic every time you step out of your house. Live well and be happy!




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