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Tips on how to Stay In Shape without a Gym Membership

By Robt Eckhart


If you don't have a gym membership there are still plenty of ways to stay fit. Gyms are helpful, but can also be congested, and memberships can be long and expensive. And also, the selling tactics used by staff to get you to purchase other services such as classes or personal training are rather irritating. Now you can learn some easy workout routines that you can easily do at home in the comfort of your own home! You may not get huge like the hulk, but you will get cut and toned guaranteed.

Body Weight Training

Bodyweight exercises do not use equipment such as bars or dumbbells, only your own body for resistance. They are more beneficial then you might first consider. 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. A few exercises to consider besides running and jumping rope are:

* Dips - performed on a chair or bench, dips are an excellent starter exercise. They also put tension on your core and shoulders.

* Pushups - Pushups can be performed in different ways to target specific areas. If you do diamond pushups you will be working the trapezius and deltoid region. Keeping your hands together also works your chest and biceps. Other varieties are incline or decline on a step. Pushups have been used for years by athletes as a fixed part of their training regime to work the whole body.

* Pull Ups - Pull ups are the sole exercise on this article you may need to go out and find a playground, park, or get hold of a bar to perform. Pull-ups will definently be worth the effort 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. The variety of core exercises are many.

At Home Equipment

There is a lot of fitness equipment accessible to you at an affordable price, and not to mention you save money in the long term! Dumbbells are great as you can do many different types of exercise and you only need a few different sizes. Kettlebells are also perfect for at home weight training. Multi-purpose benches are also useful and are not too expensive these days. They can be changed from flat, incline, and decline giving you all the benefits in one machine!

Safety needs to be important if using weights at your house, and no-one 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. Lastly, please have fun with your workouts!




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