Discover Simple and Effective Ways to Workout at Home

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.

Divide the sheet into titled columns. On the first line, list down the exercise/drills accomplished. On the following lines put in the minutes it took to complete the set, the reps, the sets and the weight load you carried at that particular set. Finally put in the comment column. Write down important events that happened during the day like your mood, the food you consumed, the supplements you took, etc. You will find this very helpful because these workout sheets tend to isolate specific problem areas in your lifestyle you have to work on. You can easily identify the glitches because of the pattern as charted in your sheets; then make the necessary adjustments you need.

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!

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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