Excess body weight has a bad name…
In keeping with the positive spirit of developing a healthy lifestyle and healthy habits, we are going to take a different look at the additional few pounds that we have. Body weight only exercises have been around since… well, the beginning of time. When Adam and Eve worked out, I’m sure they didn’t use Bowflex, dumbbells or fancy resistance bands. No… Adam and Eve pushed up, lunged, squatted and crunched their way to hundreds of years of life.
Today, there is a movement back to body weight only exercises and home workouts. Frankly, many of us do not have the time to go to a gym, or the money to afford a gym membership. In addition, you have to have this “extra” room to put fancy machines or bulky exercise equipment in. Therefore, it’s time we use what we have to the best of our potential. And, in this case, those with extra body weight should not be discouraged, because when working out, body weight is our friend. It’s really a twisted relationship, because as you spend time with your new friend, you will realize that she won’t be there for you as she used to.
Let’s not discount the exercises that we can do only using our body weight. Quite honestly, these are the best exercises to do anyway.
Become one with universal exercise…
Perform 20 of each exercise then move to the next one. Perform 5 rounds for a total of 500 reps today.
Jog in Place – Click to view the video
A nice 2 minute warm up exercise.
Muscles Worked: Total body warmup/cardiovascular exercise.
Decline Push Up on the Bench - Click to view the video
Tighten your your entire upper body with this exercise!
Muscles Worked: Pectorals, triceps, biceps, shoulders.
Reverse Crunch - Click to view the video
Works your lower abs and tighten up those “love handles…”
Muscles Worked: Abs, lower back.
Back and Forth Lunges – Click to view the video
One of the most efficient lower body workouts you will ever do.
Muscles Worked: Glutes, quadriceps, hamstrings, core muscles.
Calf Raise – Click to view the video
For lower leg health.
Muscles Worked: Calves
Tricep Dips – Click to view the video
Keep those triceps tight!
Muscles Worked: Triceps.
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