Exercising at home is becoming more popular with each passing day. With the already high cost of gym memberships on the rise, many people are choosing to exercise at home and save their hard earned coin. Monthly memberships are increasing almost daily, not to mention having to drive to and from the gym each day and waste an hour or 2 of your valuable time.
Below I will give you tips and techniques for exercising at home that will save you valuable time and money. Don't be fooled into thinking these simple techniques are not effective, they are, you just need to implement them on a daily basis to start seeing the results you are looking for in no time.
Set Your Goals
The first thing you will need to do is choose what area you want to focus on. There are three main areas, weight loss, basic fitness and muscle gain. Depending on which are you focus on will affect your daily routine and exercises dramatically.
If you want to lose weight, you will need to focus on nutrition, cardio and higher reps and sets when weight lifting with reduced pounds. Losing weight basically means that you will have to burn way more calories then you are taking in. Eat smarter and exercise more.
Basic fitness means being at a more appropriate body weight and maintaining a higher fitness level. It also means you will be doing more weight training and aerobics as well as eating more carb's and calories to fuel your efforts while exercising at home.
Muscle gain is entirely different. When one wants to gain more muscle, you have to really do lots of heavy weights (based on your strength level), at lower sets and reps but really push your muscles to exhaustion. Eating will involve way more protein and carbs to fuel your muscle gain.
Planning
Based on your goal from above, planning your routine to exercise at home will be your next step. You will need to research and list some exercises that you can do in your allotted space and pick the ones that you will enjoy the most. Planning these exercises will mean you will be fully prepared each day for your workout.
Being prepared means you will have no excuse not to work out when you should, so don't even think about skipping any. Be like the very famous footwear companies slogan, "just do it".
Routine
What I mean my routine is not doing the same thing over and over each and every day, that's boring. What I mean is the time of day and order in which to do certain exercises before others. Time of day is critical, early morning is best. Just do it early and get it done before you make excuses at the end of the day not to exercise.
Doing certain exercises before others is also important. Work the big muscle groups first, upper back, chest, thighs and arms. They will zap your energy the fastest. If you leave them until the end you will just not have enough energy to them effectively.
Nutrition
We all know nutrition is one of the most important ingredients to a healthy body and lifestyle. Plan your meals like you do your routine. Plan for each day and have whatever you need on hand for the next day.
Eat lots of fruits and vegetables, lean meats, fish, whole grains, seeds and nuts. Stay away from fast food, processed foods and foods high in fat and carbs.
Drink LOTS of water. Yes I know, you have heard it a thousand times before already, but you are probably still not drinking enough. Water is not only used for hydration, but is used in digestion, repair, building and detoxifying the cells and muscles.
Rest
None of what I have thought you so far will mean a damn thing if you don't get enough rest each night. Your body and mind needs rest and sleep, period. Not getting enough sleep while exercising at home means that you will take short-cuts or skip-out altogether. It also means your body will require more manual energy (food) to keep you going each day.
By no means are those 5 tips the complete puzzle for exercising at home. If you want further knowledge, explanation and practical use of these tips, click here at http://www.idealbodyformen.com/ and sign up for my FREE 7 part E-course. Together we can change your body and life forever. Stay strong.
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