Ways to exercise without going to the gym

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Sometimes finding the opportunities to make it to the gym can be impossible to fit in to your normal schedule. Everyday life can conflict with the personal you you’re looking for. The good news is that you don’t necessarily need to find yourself at the gym to find yourself fit. There are plenty ways of sneaking in exercises without gym membership to the gym.

The first piece of advice is to invest in a pair of dumbbells. These are sold at most Wal-marts and can be utilized an in infinite number of ways. It’s tough to say how heavy to go but I would suggest that you should be able to raise them outwards from your body at least twenty times.

Now one of the best ways to use your dumbbells is doing shoulder circuits. The first exercise in the circuit is the Front Raise. To do this hold the dumbbells by your side and raise your arms forward until your arms are parallel to the ground and then back down.

The second of these exercises is the Upright Row. Hold the dumbbells by your waist parallel to the trunk of your body. Then raise the dumbbells to your armpits and then back down.

The third of these exercises is called Lateral Raise. To do this exercise again start with the dumbbells by your waist and then raise your arms outwards from your body and then back down.

The fourth and final exercise is called Bent Over Row. To do this exercise bent your knees a little and bend over until you back is slightly more than 45 degrees to the ground. Let the dumbbells hand down. Then lift your arms up backwards and then back down. This completes the shoulder circuit. I would suggest maybe starting out with 15-20 reps of each and decreasing the amount after each completion of the circuit. One of the most important things to remember while doing this is to not sway. Swaying will make the workout less efficient and you will have wasted your time. Isolate the movements to your muscles.

 Abs are a very sought after thing for people in this life and let me tell you that abs do not come easy. To work out abs I prefer to use another circuit because I hate doing repetitive motion the whole time.

First start out by completing simple sit ups. If you still have your dumbbell the next exercise uses some sort of weight. While lying flat on the ground, move your arms, preferably holding the weight, over your head. Then move your legs up and at the same time move the weight to your feet. This should sort of make the motion of closing the letter V, hence the name V-up.

The third and fourth exercises in this circuit are called Slow and Fast Bike. While lying on the ground hold the back of your head with your hands. Then hold your feet 6-12 inches in the air. Next, bring up one of your knees and bring your opposite elbow up to that knee. Then return and complete using the other knee and other elbow. Doing this slowly after the other two exercises should make your abs burn. After a about 10 slow reps about 5 per minute then try to complete the cycle as fast as you can until you can’t anymore.  If you repeat this cycle you should get a pretty decent ab workout.

Remember if abs are your goal you are going to need to eat healthy and run. Try to lay off any kinds of bread and stick to salads and fruit. Running is also vital to burn the calories that you do ingest and will set in your stomach area. Try to work up to at least 3 miles four times a week.

 There you have a perfectly good workout without the use of gym. Dumbbells are extremely affordable and are easily stored. Also, I don’t think I need to help you find ground to do the ab workouts.