The Best Exercise Routines You can Start at Home
How often do you find yourself thinking about starting a reliable exercise regimen as you sit on the sofa, eating yet another bag of Doritos? Doritos are fantastic but not exercising your body is certainly not!
You could always stock your home with some essentials for building muscles, get up half an hour earlier every morning so that you can bust out some quick exercises, or clear away some clutter in your living room to make a workout spot ? but what do you do then? Committing yourself properly to exercise for the very first time can be a confusing and often a daunting task ? but with some help, you may find that it’s not as complicated as you originally thought.
You can work out for half a Transformers movie, a Dangerous Catch episode, a session of Sportscenter, or another show for instance. This is how you do two things at once!
The following is a collection of some of the best beginners? exercises that you can take on board, as well as why those movements are a salient way to start pushing you towards the body and fitness that you’ve always wanted. So let’s get started.
1. Press-Ups
Everyone’s heard of a fantastic press-up. This move utilizes numerous muscle groups throughout your body for enhanced strength and maximum growth. With regular press-ups, you can prepare your body for the gradual progression into some of the more demanding exercises you might be exposed to in a gym setting, such as an incline bench press.
To do a press-up, simply get down into the appropriate position with your back flat and hands placed about a shoulder-width apart. Your body should form a straight line from heels to head, and then you can begin lowering your body until your chest hovers around an inch above the ground, before driving up explosively by extending your arms.
2. Dumbbell Squats
Squats are one of the best moves available for all-around exercise and building killer strength. By adding a set of dumbbells to the mix, you can concentrate more on your technique, and begin to work on the range of movement that you have available to you. Only consider moving onto barbell squats once you’ve nailed the dumbbell option.
With a dumbbell in each hand, keep your back straight and your head up, then position your legs about a shoulder width apart. Sit backwards into the squat until your dumbbells are about an inch away from the floor, and make sure that you keep your knees balanced over your toes, and don’t arch your back or lean forward as you drop. Take a second to exhale, then carefully return to your original position.
3. Lateral Raise
This is a fantastic exercise if you want to develop your shoulder muscles in a visible way. By isolating your medial deltoid, at the center of your shoulder muscles, you will be able to develop both mass and width ? perfect for enhancing that sexy “V” shape.
Grasp a light dumbbell in each hand and slowly lift them outwards at each side until they’re at shoulder height. Don’t cheat by swinging the weight, and take a second to pause before you lower the weight back to your sides as slowly as possible. You’ll acquire more of a result fighting against gravity because you are simply allowing it to do all of the hard work on your behalf.
4. Bicep Curl
Another fantastic move for creating the muscles we all long to see in the mirror, the bicep curl keeps your upper arm stationary, meaning that you develop more of the bicep for enhanced growth. Start with a dumbbell in each hand and keeping your upper arms still, begin to curl the weights until you’ve brought them completely to shoulder level. You should be able to keep your elbows still too, so that only your lower arm moves. Squeeze your bicep hard, then lower your arm slowly, and repeat again.
5. Plank
Countless crunches can build a fabulous stomach, but they also put a lot of pressure on your spine, and can give you a set of weirdly distended abs if they’re done incorrectly. Planks are a better way of working your core that gives you the six pack you long for, without the potential injury. Start by getting into a press-up position, but resting on your forearms instead of your hands. Make sure that your glutes and abs are tensed, and straighten your back, the hold the position for as long as possible without allowing your hips to fall.
Are you saying you cannot do this while watch Gold Rush or 24? Come on now. We know you can and so do you! It just requires a little motivation and your body depends on it.
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About Benjamin Roussey Benjamin is from Sacramento, CA. He has two master’s degrees and served four years in the US Navy. He enjoys sports, movies, reading, and current events when he is not working online.