Our lives are fairly busy. There's school, jobs, dates, family, and tons of other things that occupy our time. And our downtime is filled up with TV shows, video games, social media, and above all the internet. This busyness leads to craving this downtime or laziness. It also takes up the time we have to satisfy our needs, one being food, which is why there's fast food places. Now you probably already know where I going with this, but let's be honest, people are becoming overweight due to these circumstances. Most of you probably already know the statistics, but if you didn't: according to The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases more than two out of three adults are considered overweight or obese, as well as one third of children and adolescence are also considered overweight or obese. But there are sooooo many exercises that don't require hours of your time and are sooooo easy to do since they only require your own body. Let's start out with arm exercises, there's the obvious one, the push up. But little did you know that there's other ways to increase the intensity of a push up. One is what Self Magazine calls the Full Circle. This is where your in a push up position and instead of going down and putting your weight on both of your arms you can instead put all of your weight on one arm as you go down and switch as you go up. Let's move on the core. The core are the muscles of your torso, these include your lower back and abdominal area. One exercise that is one of my favorites is the plank. To amp this exercise up you can lift a leg or an arm, but don't forget to keep your back straight. Another great exercise are leg lifts, these work your core and get your quads firing. I've been doing these frequently since my surgery and here are some tips to get the most out of the exercise. Take it slow, the slower you go the more you have to work. And for extra back support put your hands under your lower back, or if you're doing just one leg at a time then have the non involved leg bent. Now while these exercises can be pretty fast and somewhat convenient, you have to remember that it's not going to effect you dramatically. Mayo Clinic and the American Heart Association recommend 75 hours of vigorous aerobic activity (or cardio activity) or 150 of moderate aerobic activity per week. This can be hard to manage, but by doing little exercises like these throughout the day can help get those minutes knocked out.
Do you know any non-equipment exercises? Leave yours in the comments below, I'd love to hear your ideas!!!
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AuthorChloe Miller is an athletic girl who loves running and Nordic skiing. She also enjoys playing Uno and hanging out with her family. Archives
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