Simple Home Exercises to Stay Fit
Maintaining a healthy and active lifestyle is essential especially during this time of COVID-19 pandemic. But due to some necessary safety precautions, going outside to exercise has become limited. Here are some simple exercises you can do in your own home to stay fit ad healthy:
Jogging in place
An easy and effective cardio exercise to burn your calories. It can be done in any spot inside your home or in your backyard. More than helping you lose extra pounds, 5 to 10 miutes of jogging in place will improve blood sugar levels, burn fat and make better heart rate.
Bodyweight workout
Some bodyweight exercises such as of push-ups, sit-ups, squats, planks and lunges are good for muscle toning, sweating and improving your body strength from head to toe. Best to do it on a circuit with counts of at least 30 seconds each exercise and progressing the count as you go along your days to achieve a better body.
Dance Aerobics
Another good form of physical workout to condition your cardiovascular, improve flexibility and strength is aerobics. It is an activity where you do a particular exercise with a rhythm. Very enjoyable with a danceable music, doing routines in tune with a beat. Some routines include the basic step, stretching, v-step, step touch, box step and grapevine.Source:
Jumping Jacks
A simple exercise that begins with standing your legs straight, arms on the side then jumping with your legs spreading and your hands going overhead with a clap. It is a fun way to burn calories, work out your heart and lungs at the same time. A count of 10 to 20 for beginners will be okay progressing forward.
Core workout
More than just torching those belly fats and having tight abs, a good core will give you better body strength, stability, better posture and balance. Some exercises to get hardrock core are crunches, bicycle crunches, heel taps, planking, mountain climber, spiderman plank and russian twists. You can do each exercise for at least 30 seconds while tucking in your core and breathing right, to get better body results and achieve toned abs.
It is really important that we maintain our body’s stamina. A few minutes of home exercise will always be good for our well being. Being not able to go to the gym is not an excuse to skip routines that will maintain our fitness and boost our immunity. Our own home is the best place to keep our bodies moving to live a better life.
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