How you can Stay Fit without having a Gym Membership

By Robt Eckhart


There are several ways to stay fit for those who do not want to pay for a gym membership. A gym can be costly and crowded, and not to mention you usually have to sign some type of contracts. And also, the selling techniques used by staff to get you to purchase other services such as classes or personal training are fairly annoying. The good news is that I will show you a number of workout routines that can be performed at 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. You might think that this will not be effective but are incorrect. Many people solely 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. Aside from running and jump rope, some activities to try are:

* Dips - conducted on a chair or bench, dips are an excellent starter exercise. These are great for working out your shoulders, triceps, and abdominals.

* Pushups - Pushups can be performed in different ways to target specific areas. By closing your hands together you will work more of your shoulders and upper back 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. 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 - Pull ups are the sole exercise on this article you may have to go out and find a playground, park, or purchase a bar to perform. The extra effort will be worth it with pull-ups though You can do wide hand grip which works your latissimus dorsi, and also close hand grip can be great for biceps training. The bar may 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. There are many exercises you'll find and attempt which develop flat abs rapidly!

Exercise equipment for your House

Purchasing your own exercise equipment to make use of at home can be expensive at first, but in the longer term may be worth the investment. 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 similar to dumbbells, but add some variety. Multi-purpose benches are also useful and are not too expensive these days. You can use then as flat, incline or decline for different angles.

Safety needs to be important if lifting weights at your house, and nobody is around. 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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