Gyms now days can cost a fortune and can be very time consuming. They can essentially rob you of both time and money. In fact they are a rather archaic form of finding a way to exercise. With the advent of the internet, one can now find exactly what they need and want to do as a form of total body workout exercise, and discover a way to accomplish their chosen workout in the privacy of their own home.

Instead of expensive equipment for your ab workout, what you need are appropriate clothing, enough space, and maybe, an exercise mat. Begin with only a few crunches. A very useful kind is the vertical crunch. Lying on your back, place your hands behind your head. Slowly, while lifting your legs up, begin bending your knees. Maintaining such position, raise your body in the direction of your knees and then lower it again slowly. You can begin with ten repetitions, increasing the count as you go along.

Jumping Jack Stints. This is surely one of the easiest approaches in burning fats quickly. Jumping rocks your entire body, thus breaking down fatty elements in all areas. A 2-minute jump using a rope delivers a burning sensation. How much more if you do it for 30-45 minutes? For beginners, you can just take it for 20 minutes. As you go along, you can increase the longevity of execution.

Jumping rope is effective since it not only provides a great aerobic workout, it also puts into play many muscle groups in your body. Your arms, shoulders, and chest are stimulated with each jump, not to mention your legs, of course. Just the basic coordination is enough to stimulate the body to burn more fat than in other workouts.

Arm exercises. This is important to improve muscle tone. For arm exercises, you can use an exercise band. Place both feet on one end of the band, hold the other ends with each hand and then repeatedly raise and lower the band (in an up and down motion for 10-15 minutes). If you have a pair of dumbbell, you can also use them to exercise your arms.

You sit on the ball then place your hands on the ball for balance or behind your head (harder). You can slowly begin rolling your hips in a circle to the right, make small circles and then larger circles, as you get comfortable.  You can do 10 to 20 circles and then repeat the exercise towards the left. We call this as the ball circles.

Body weight wall squats

This is a nice at-home alternative to barbell squats at the gym. The key to getting the focus on your butt and not your legs is to squat deep. You’ll need to squat so that your upper thighs are below parallel to the ground. Anything higher than that puts most of the focus on your legs. I suggest that you work your way up to doing 4 sets of 10 each day. Spread these out through the day or do them all at once resting 60-90 seconds between each set.

Isometric butt squeezes

If you want to tighten up your butt and improve it’s shape, squeeze your butt together really hard and hold the isometric tension for as long as possible. Keep doing that with short 10 second rests between each time you do it. Do this for 5 minutes a day, everyday.

If you don’t want to spend any money at all then try stair climbing. Just walk up and down your stairs for 10-20 minutes and see how you feel afterwards, this is one of the best cardio workouts at home that you can do, it will get your blood pumping, your lungs panting, and improve your heart, best of all it’s free.

Scott Gillespie
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