Home Exercise Workouts

Is your time at a premium? Are you trying to save as much money as possible in this current economic climate? Frustrated with queuing up to use fitness equipment that your monthly subscription entitles you to use at your local (or not so local gym)?

There's never been a better time to ditch the time consuming and money sapping gyms and switch to home workouts. What is the point of spending your valuable time travelling to your health facility when you can exercise from the comfort of your own home, your backyard or the local park? It'll save you time, money, get you fit and flatten that tummy. Not a bad return for a minimal investment!

As a Personal Trainer, I train people in their homes or at the local park so it's impractical to use the types of expensive exercise machines that the gyms spend a fortune on and charge you the earth for the privilege of using. Yet I get the same results with my clients using equipment that is the fraction of the cost such as dumbbells, stability balls and medicine balls. I understand that even these relatively cheap pieces of equipment may be too much for some people's budgets so I have put together a great selection of exercises that you can do with the assistance of items that you can easily find in your home such as water bottles, tin cans, chairs and sofas. Some of the exercises just use your own body weight as a means of adding resistance. Simple but very effective!

Exercise Safety & Comfort

• You should check with your GP before embarking on an exercise routine if you haven't exercised for some time.
• Wear loose fitting, comfortable clothing to allow the body to 'breathe'.
• Wear training shoes and don't be tempted to exercise in your socks or slippers around the house!
• Keep hydrated throughout your exercise session. Feeling thirsty? This means that you are dehydrating. As a guide you should drink an additional 1 litre of water for every 1 hour of exercise you do. Sip the water throughout your session, don't leave it until the end to drink as gulping it down in a short space of time will rapidly increase your toilet breaks!
• If you feel faint or dizzy then stop. Don't carry on exercising.
• Listen to your body. If you feel any twinges or sharp pains during a particular exercise then rest up and check that you're performing the exercise correctly. If you're certain that you are then you need to stop that exercise immediately and move on to the next one. The 'no pain, no gain' mantra that some people use is to be ignored as its dangerous and may cause further injury. Feeling a 'burning' sensation in the muscles is ok as this is the muscle responding in a good way to exercise.
• You may feel some muscle soreness in the days after your session. This is ok and not be confused with twinges or sharp pain that I referred to in my previous point. This type of feeling is referred to as 'DOMS' or Delayed Onset of Muscles Soreness. Treat it as a positive step forward. You've worked muscles that may have not experienced movement or stresses of that nature for some time. When the muscles recovers and the soreness disappears you will be that little bit stronger and toned for the experience and over time your body shape will begin to change for the better!

I'll shortly be adding some great exercises that will be of huge benefit to you, so watch this space.

Keep a positive mental attitude throughout and you WILL reach your goals. Yes it will take time and effort but it'll be worth it. You'll be stronger fitter, have more energy and a flatter tummy. So give it a go and be confident!

Keep healthy!

David

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