Fear The Gym? Get A Great Free Home Workout
Posted by : Craig | Posted on : Friday, February 20, 2009
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REDDITThis is a guest post that I was featured on earlier in the month on the excellent financial blog http://www.msmoneysavvy.com/
New years has come and gone but that doesn’t change the fact that the number one resolution is to lose weight and to be healthier. Have you already fled from your resolution? The winter tends to be the time of year that brings the dull, lazy mentality in us out. The bottom line is not to let it happen. Concentrate on your goal to achieving a healthier lifestyle, because before you know it, summer will be here and the beach will be calling your name.
Half the battle is actually getting to the gym. Once you reach the gym, the workout part becomes very easy. A lot of people have trouble actually making it to the gym for several reasons. For starters, the gym can be intimidating if you are new to working out. Another reason is gym memberships fees tend to be very high costing hundreds of dollars a year. A lot of people who are new don’t feel the value in spending all that money and will not workout because of it. Guess what? You can still get a great workout right at home for free! Fancy machines and weights can be helpful, but for the average person, basic exercises are more than enough to help someone stay active. Here are a few exercises that will keep you staying active and keep your wallet full. All of these can be performed right in your home for free.
- Push-Ups: Try sets of 10 and increase if you feel comfortable
- Sit-ups: Develop a routine you are comfortable with and try for 10 minutes
- Wall-Sits: Stand against a wall and pretend to sit as there was a chair there. Try 3 sets of 30 seconds, increase to a minute if you feel comfortable.
- Jumping Jacks: A great warm up to get the heart pumping
- Resistant Bands: Great for general strength and conditioning
A great way to have a home trainer for free is to utilize youtube.com. There are so many workout videos that show routines that can be done for free right in your home.
These are just a few of the many videos out there that can help you out. Utilize these techniques and workout to feel great and then take that extra money saved on memberships to buy yourself a new bathing suit and some sun tan lotion.
I find I need to pay the gym membership to commit to it but hey if working out at home works for you, that’s great. My boss has lost over 10 pounds on Wii Fit so apparently working out at home does work for some people!
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@Nicole I belong to a gym as well and am committed and exercise regularly. For me this works and I make the most out of my membership. But for others they pay and never go. My mom was this way, she had a gym membership and never went, wasted money. She would be intimidated a lot from the gym. Since she’s been working out at home more and feels more relaxed, and saves more money as well. It’s different for different people.
Working out at home and in the office building gym is what I’ll be doing, as much as I’d love to joint a gym, that contract is too much. When I was working in newspapers, I had personal trainers demonstrate exercises you could do without equipment to workout the upper body, lower body and abs and we featured a different exercise each week. I wish I still had them all, I would never need the gym!
@DebtHater There are so many exercises that you can do from home that are extremely effective. With youtube and other streaming video sites you can get so many new workout videos as well if that is your thing. I personally belong to a gym and enjoy it and go on a regular basis so for me it is worth the money. But for others who are unsure if they would be committed, they can get the same results at home. Bottom line is as long as you exercise, doesn’t matter how or where.
Great post. I would like to publish it on one of my own. Is this ok for you?
Great post, i love home workouts and have been following one for a while now with great results
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