Here are some of the best home exercises to lose weight
You can easily lose weight by staying at your home if you keep doing your exercises regularly. There is a huge misconception among most people that losing weight is something that is only possible if you go to gym.
While people who have extremely busy schedules find it very hard to take out time to go to gym everyday which makes them think that losing weight is almost an impossible task for them.
Today we will discuss some of the most easy exercises that can help you lose weight just by staying at home.
Body Weight Squats
Body squat means shifting your hips lower towards the ground but being in a standing position. Ideal position that needs to be reached in a squat is when your thighs become parallel to the ground beneath.
And then again going back to standing up straight position.
Hence body weight squat has two basic phases
- 1.ascending phase
- 2.Descending phase
Such squats also know as air squats, are different from other type of squats because it does not need any additional weight to do the exercise but it only requires your body’s own weight.
The trick to do body weight squats in right manner is to feel the pressure in your thighs.
When moving up from the squat position the trick is to to push up through your heels
- 1. Body weight squats need you to descend your hips lower than your knees.
- 2. The process of going up and down in the squat position should be done slowly.
- 3. Your both feet should be apart according to the width of your shoulders.
Benefits of body weight squats
- 1. Body weight squats is one of the most effective way to lose calories.
- 2. It is a simple exercise that reduces the risk of injury to a great extent
- 3. Most athletes prefer doing body weight squats because it increases their athletic performance massively.
- 4. Body weight squats is a great way to build and strengthen your lower body muscles.
- 5. Body weight squats help in improving mobility thus helping in general health and overall fitness.
Lunges
Lunges are performed by stepping one foot forward while keeping the other foot back, in such way that both your knees get bent at an angle of 90 degree angle.
Lunges are very important as they do not only help with losing weight but also develop functional strength which helps to perform daily tasks with more ease.
For instance if a person does lunges everyday regularly, he would be able to walk, run and even climb stairs with more ease and stability as compared to someone who does not perform lunges.
Lunges help build strength in your hips and thighs which in turn helps in protecting your knees.
Lunges can be safely performed by almost everyone. But the people who suffer from knee or joint injuries should not opt for lunges.
Lunges may also help boost your metabolism by helping your body to digest the food intake easily.
Pushups
Pushups are performed in plank position separating hands parallel to both shoulders and lowering your body until it is about to touch the ground but making the body to again go to the initial position before it actually touches the ground.
Pushups is one of the most simple exercises that can be done with minimal space and no special equipments.
A beginner when trying to do pushups might feel them to be quite difficult but here mental strength plays a major role. You just need to convince yourself that you can do it effectively and you should never stop trying. Begin with taking baby steps and you might attain your goal soon.
Benefits of Pushups
- 1. Due to modern day’s hectic and tiring routine people don’t have much time for exercise as they are always busy with their daily busy schedules. In such hectic environment pushups is a kind of exercise that takes very less time and engages multiple muscles at once.
Pushups at once target chest, shoulders, triceps and core muscles which makes it a multi-joint movement engaging multiple muscles at once. - 2. Pushups help prevent pains, aches and injuries. Pushups help you build stronger core which helps you maintain neutral spine position during athletic activities as well as during daily activities of life. In other words Pushups strengthen your muscles to such extent that whenever your body has to face some load, your muscles take the load instead of spine which in turn helps prevent any injury.
- 3. Pushups can also be considered as one of the best cardiovascular exercise because it increases your heart rate and blood flow which benefits heart’s function.
- 4. Pushups are also considered as one of the best exercises to help relieve back pain because it directly strengthens the neuromuscular control which is the action of nerves to control voluntary muscles.
- 5. Pushups exert pressure on bones leading to increased bone strength and density.
Jumping Jacks
Jumping jacks can be performed by simply jumping again and again while standing in such position that when you jump your arms and legs spread outwards. The exercise needs to be continuously done for 1-2 minutes.
It is one of the most simple workouts that engages your entire body.
People who tend to do jumping jacks everyday are fast runners and could easily jump higher than others because the muscles of their arms constantly get stretched and relaxed during the exercise.
Jumping jacks help you to move your body out of its comfort zone and increases your heart rate which is very beneficial for the heart.
In addition, jumping jacks can also help with weight management and to reduce blood pressure. It also causes an increase in Good cholesterol also know as HDL (high density lipoprotein) while causing a decrease in bad cholesterol which is also called LDL ( low density lipoprotein)
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Mountain Climbers
Mountain climbers is also a very commonly known exercise that is done while being in the position of plank, moving both your knees one by one towards your chest at a fast pace. It is best to do this exercise for 1 minute or more.
Mountain climbers are the best way to engage your entire body as one unit. The plank position helps grant strength to the core while the movement of legs forward and backwards give the running effect to the body helping in the weight loss.
Performing all these steps in an order for a set amount of time with small gaps between them can easily help you lose weight at home.
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