Saturday, May 14, 2011

How To Exercise Without Equipment


Many persons would like to exercise but do not know how to about it, how to do it, how often to do it, how to progress it. Most exercise program requires equipment or gymnastics which are always available and can be very expensive, so exercising without equipment is the ultimate way to illuminate all of the problems. I will be focusing on how to exercise without using equipment.
I will be giving you ten ways to exercise without using equipment, the first four exercise are primarily to improve and maintain flexibility in those areas of the body which are usually left out, the also serves as warm - up for the more laborious exercise which follows.

Exercise One - Toe Touching - Stand upright feet 12 inches apart, arms over head, after doing that for 2-5 minutes you are now going bend over and touch your toes. Be shore to keep your knees strait.

Exercise Two - Knee Raising - Stand upright with hands a your sides, place your feet together, now you are going to raise your left knee as high as possible, aligning knee and chin with hands by pulling your leg towards your body, be sure to keep your back straight throughout. Repeat the very same procedure with your right leg and continue by alternating legs. Continue this for 5-8 minutes.

Exercise Three - Stand upright with your feet 12 inches apart, with your hand at your sides, keep your back straight as possible, bend side wards form your waist to left, slide your left hand down as far as they can reach. Return to the starting position and bend to right side, for 2-4 minutes you're to continue by alternating sides.

Exercise Four - Arm Circling, stand upright with your feet 12 inches apart, arms at your sides, make a large circle with your left hand, do one quarter of a count with foreword circles and one quarter with backward circles repeat with right harm and continue to alternating arms for fives consecutive minutes.

Exercise Five - Partial Sit-ups, lie on your back with your legs straight and close together, arms at your sides. Raise your head and shoulders from the floor until you can see your heels, then lower your head to the floor continue for 3 minutes. This will strengthen your abdominal region and the muscle at the back of you thighs.

Exercise Six - Chest and Leg Raising, lie on your belly with your face down, arms under your thighs, your palms should be pressing against your thighs, then raise your head, shoulder and your left leg as high as possible from the floor, be shore to keep your leg straight this. Repeat the same thing with your right leg for 4 minutes. This will help you to exercise the long muscle in your back, in your buttocks and in the backs of the thigh.

Exercise 7 - Side Leg Raising, lie on your side, with both your legs straight and close together, lover your arm stretched over along the floor and use the top arm for balance. Raise your upper leg until it is perpendicular to floor or as closest to the position. Lower your lower and turn over to do the same thing for the right leg for 2 minutes. Side rising is primarily concentrates on the muscles on the sides of the thighs; these muscles get very little work in our daily activities and even in sports.

Exercise 8 - Knee Push - ups, lie face down with your legs straight and together, your hand should be directly under your shoulder. Push your body off the floor until your arms are straightened. Your arms and knees should be contact with the floor. Be sure to keep your body in a straight line. Repeat for 5 minutes. Knee push -ups will allow you to exercise your arms, shoulders, and chest and at the same time exercise your back and abdomen.

Exercise 9 - Leg - overs, lie on your back with your legs straight and close together, your harms should stretch side wards at shoulder level. Raise your left leg until it is perpendicular to the floor, or as close as possible, lower and repeat with your right leg for then alternating for 5 minutes. Leg overs-this exercise routine will partly help you improve flexibility in your waist area and for strengthening the muscles of your hip and sides

Exercise 10 - Run and Hop, stand upright, with your feet together, arms at sides. Starting with your left leg, run in place with in place raising your feet at least four inches above the floor. When you are running place lift your knees foreword, do not merely kick heels backward. Hoping is done so that both feet leave the floor together. Try to off at least 5 inches above the floor each time. Continue doing this for 5 minutes. Run and hop will help to improve the condition of your heart and lungs, this exercise is persons who would like to more as one exercise is fir strengthening the muscles of the ankle joint and the feet while the other is for those muscles at the back of the abdomen which assist in the maintenance of posture.

They are many different ways to exercise without using equipment or acrobatics and above I mentioned I hope those 10 ways will be helpful and informative to you. Please be reminded that you can't use them every now and then expect to see result, you need to untililise them on constant occasions in order to experience the true effectiveness.

      By Lloyd Murray

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