Home Workout Routines

A11 women (and men!) need to exercise, no matter what shape or size, young or old – and that includes you.

Where do you begin? What specific type of exercise will benefit your body – what are your capabilities and limita­tions? Is it enough to assume you are comparatively fit because you walk up a few stairs or stretch and bend a little as you go about your household chores? And is it true that you can achieve that long-desired perfect body shape from toning up different areas like thighs and buttocks?

First of all we must look at the importance of exercise in relation to our health. This surely is the primary reason for keeping fit. Women are particularly vulnerable to diseases such as arthritis, osteoporosis (brittle-bone disease) and heart attacks in their middle years if they have been leading a sedentary life, sitting slumped in front of the television, losing muscle tone and even bone mass.

For health insurance reasons you owe it to yourself to take care of your one and only body – your working machine. It is after all one of the few areas in our lives over which we have control.

By the age of 50, around 44 per cent of women are overweight, compared with around 21 per cent of 20-24 year-olds. Are you a health risk?

Before we take a look at the right fitness plan for you let’s look at the physical benefits of regular exercise:
1. The biggest muscle in your body is your heart. Getting the circulation going ensures you are helping to efficiently pump gallons of blood around your body.
2. Bone-strengthening exercises like running, aerobics, skiing, swimming, brisk walking and dancing all help to maintain bone mass. Osteo­porosis is a painful disease and causes broken bones and humped backs in 1 in 4 women.

How many of us like our bodies, are confident with the body shape we possess? We assess and evaluate a person on an initial first impression – this includes their whole body image. If you are trying desperately to cover up your body, this will reflect not only in the way you dress but how you move. So how can exercise help?

1. Too often we only look at our faces in a mirror. Exercising in front of a mirror encour­ages us to take a real look at our bodies and get to know and control them better.
2. The sheer pleasure of enjoying the fun of exercise is reflected in our mental well-being.
3.Confidence increases. The way you move, sit and stand will show you have a greater body awareness and pride. Your body language will speak volumes about your happy state.
4.Inhibition decreases. When you are not in harmony with your body, you learn to be less tactile, less physical – learning to ‘reach out’ as a form of communication becomes second nature when you are used to exercising. •
5.As the body tension is eased out by working out the body, muscles relax and a good sleep induced.

One of the other main benefits for working out at home is that there will be no more putting up with the crowds, no more standing in line to use the equipment, no more listening to the gym’s music that you don’t want to hear, and you no longer have to feel self-conscious about working out in front of other people.

I have to admit, when I started working out in the weight room as a high school student, I did feel a bit nervous working out in front of other people. And don’t worry, it’s one of the first normal things that you experience when you first join a gym and you do get over it overtime. You learn to cut out the distractions and let 100% of your concentration be on your workout instead of worrying about other people. But like I said, if it’s one of those anxieties that you can’t get over, working at home might be the next best thing for you. Because working out at the gym isn’t for everybody.

Since you can choose to exercise whenever you want based on your schedule, and use whatever workout equipment you want instead of having to wait in line, having to workout at home is really less stressful. But if you still feel you want to hire a personal trainer, that’s more than okay by all means. Just do whats best for your comfort. It’s just that many people prefer a more flexible schedule to work with such as working out at home. Let exercise follow around your schedule, not you follow the schedule of your exercise routine. Being flexible is one of the most important components when it comes to fitness.

You get the exercise you need that your schedule allows, and a home exercise program enables you to do so. Instead of doing a routine that’s given to you, you’re more likely to stick with your workout routine. Forget the trainers, the gyms, and just exercise at home to become your own super fitness trainer in your portal of fitness. Become a stronger person, and let that voice inside you drive you to get into the best possible shape possible.

Even though personal trainers might be a good source of motivation, why spend the extra money when you can get the same motivation if not stronger from your family such as your spouse and even your children. Those close to you such as family members care about your progress and they know you better on a personal level. And one of the best quirks of all is they don’t cost a dime for them to motivate you.

By doing your own home workout routine at home, you can achieve amazing results based on how hard you work at it. At home, you have no one to answer to and best of all you can do it during your spare time and not on someone else’s schedule such as a personal trainer. A personal trainer’s schedule can sometime interfere with yours as they have other clients as well to train.

While you exercise, you can listen to your favorite music and even your favorite television shows. Instead of having to stick with a 45-minute program, you can exercise for short periods of time spread evenly throughout the day. It’s been shown through numerous studies that there isn’t really a huge different in getting 10 minutes of exercise, 3 times a day, compared to exercising for 30 minutes all in one session. You burn the same amount of calories.

Mixing in with your regular everyday activities, you can create and combine your own exercise routine. So instead of driving to work, you can walk or even ride your bike. Same with going to the grocery, or your post office, as long as it’s within safe distance of course.

By mixing up your daily physical activities and your home workout routines, this allows you to be more flexible within your busy schedule. And all at the same time, it’ll keep your interests in being more proactive within your workouts to stick with it instead of doing the same workout routine over and over again. Let exercise be something to look forward to instead of looking at it to dread over.