The Importance of sweating it out!
The kind of lives we live, where we are juggling between work and responsibilities, our fitness regime usually goes for a toss. The fitness regime for which we set lofty goals at the start of every year takes a back seat each time. Have you ever wondered why does fulfilling such fitness goals becomes seemingly impossible? Well, the answer is pretty simple, if you have too much on your plate, would you want to add some more? No. Right?
Similarly, if you have so many responsibilities to fulfill, setting up a goal and trying to achieve the same may feel tiresome and draining. Like, imagine coming back from a tiring day at work and stepping out to go to your gym. Feeling lethargic, already right? But have you wondered why does this happen? Yet again, the answer is simple! When you set a fitness goal for which you tend to set high routine standards, you can enroll in some expensive gym and equipment. That is where most people go wrong, and they set unrealistic fitness goals that demand financial investment.
But what if we were to tell you that fitness is not necessarily obtained by investing in equipment or any expensive fancy gym? Yes, you heard it right. All that a fitness regime requires is your time and commitment towards it and space, which could even be the living room of your own home. Just 30 mins out of your busy schedule to be dedicated to your body that is already doing so much for you throughout the day. The importance of sweating it out with some kind of physical exercise is more than necessary to keep yourself healthy and mentally sane.
In this article, we will be walking you through some of the workouts you could try at the comfort of your home without any fancy types of equipment.
BEST WORKOUT ROUTINES – A GUIDE TO TRAINING WITHOUT EQUIPMENT
Here’s a list of 10 minutes workouts that require no equipment. You can repeat the circuit as many times as possible without resting.
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Bridge –
Tone your core muscles and your body's backside with a bridge, which is a great exercise to use as a warmup.
Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor, and arms extended by your sides. Drive through your feet and squeeze your glutes at the top, raising your bottom off the ground until your hips are fully extended. Slowly return to the starting position. Repeat this on a 10 mins timer.
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Pushups –
The best exercise to tone your upper body to build a stronger chest, shoulders, arms, and abs.
Get into a push-up position with your hands shoulder-width apart. Keep your lower back flat and maintain a straight line from your head to your feet. Bend your elbows to lower yourself but keep your elbows close to your body as you descend.
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Stationary Lunge-
The best exercise to tone your quads, hamstrings, and glutes.
Split your stance with the right leg being in front and the right foot flat on the ground. The left foot should be up on its toes. Lower yourself by bending your knees and lunge, stopping when your right thigh is parallel to the ground. Push up through your right foot to return to your original position. Do this on a 10 min timer and repeat the circuit if necessary.
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Lateral Split Squats-
This exercise is the best to build more strength in each leg while also targeting different muscles.
Start with a wide stance and your feet straight. Sit back into one hip and push yourself down by bending one knee out. Repeat the same on each of your sides.
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Burpee-
This is a full-body exercise that is used in strength training.
It starts with the low squat position with hands on the floor. The next step involves kicking your feet back to a push-up position. Complete one push-up and return to your feet immediately to a squat position. Lean up as high as possible before squatting and returning to the push-up position.
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Bicycle Crunch-
This exercise is the best strength exercise for working on your core.
Lie on your back bend your legs in the knees to a 90-degree angle/tabletop position. Bend your elbows and put them behind your head. Now crunch up, and use the opposite elbow and knee and bring your right elbow to your left knee while straightening your right leg. Release the crunch and repeat the same process for your left elbow and right knee while straitening your left leg. Repeat this circuit.
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Mountain Climbers-
This is a great cardio exercise to burn up those extra calories and firing up your metabolism.
Go into a pushup position while keeping your core tight and run as fast as you can while pushing your knees towards your chest. Do not let your hips rise and let them be at the same height as when you started.
We sincerely hope that this time your fitness regime has to stay committed and dedicated and less of those fancy equipment or worry about going to a gym. Because just like charity, fitness begins at home! Happy Workout.