Thursday, August 26, 2010

Best exercises to stay fit


Today in this schedule and a busy life, it is not possible for most of us to follow a healthy diet plan or to exercise regularly. Due to this our body becomes unfit and unhealthy and we are leading an inactive and unhealthy lifestyle ,a solution to this is not at your regular gyms to have perfect physic but by practicing strength training exercises.

Strength-training exercises are very easy to perform and can be done at your convenient location—a bedroom or a park. But, all that requires is following the right procedure: a proper warm up prior to the start of the session, settling down and stretching after finishing the session. Remember that regular practice of these exercises can add more resistance to the existing workouts.

Push-Up: It is the most common strength-training exercise that builds arms, shoulders, and chest. Lie chest down on the ground with hands about 13-17 inches wide or shoulder width apart and palms flat on the ground with a bit more than shoulder-width apart.

Now push your body up off the ground until both the arms become straight, keeping the palms stable and body straight. Then, slowly lower the body towards the ground by bending the arms and keeping the body straight.

Lower the body till the chest touches the ground. Always remember to exhale as you straighten the arms and inhale as you bend the arms.

Squats: It is one of the best strength-training exercises that build the muscles of the hips, thighs, and glutes.

Place your feet about shoulder width or approximately 13-16 inches wide with your back straight and head facing up. Slowly squat down to that position where the abs contracted and the thighs are parallel to the ground.

Abdominal crunches, lunges, dips, chin-ups are some of the other strength-training exercises that help you stay fit without going to gym.