home workout
Let Your Body be Your Own Home Workout Machine
Even if you decide to for home workout, you can still reach your target weight and you can still have a perfect body. However, when it comes to home workout, you need to know how to do that. Moreover, you do not need a huge space to build your own home gym and you do not need to spend a lot of money to buy a lot of equipment.
Home workout
You can choose to try home workout. Whether you want to do your full workout routine from home, or you are going to the gym but you want to do another session at home, or you want to do your cardio session at home, or you want to alternate between gym workout and home workout during the different days of the week.
However, you can always achieve your fitness goals through home workout as long as you follow the right home workout program in addition to the right nutrition plan. Moreover, home workout has many advantages such as:
- Save your time instead of going to the gym and back
- Do your cardio session while watching your favorite TV show
- Have more privacy where you can wear whatever you want and you do not need to feel embarrassed about it
- Save money because you do not have to pay gym membership fees
- Workout anytime of the day where you do not need to follow opening hours of a gym
Consider
Regardless if you are going to do home workout or you are going to the gym, you will always need to consider these factors in order to see results and improvements on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
- Nutrition Plan
- Workout Routine
- Recovery
Home workout Step by step
Firstly, you need to know where do your stand in terms of fitness before you start the home workout which means you need to find out your current fitness level. Moreover, this means you will find out your current weight, your body fat mass, skeletal muscle mass and total fitness score. In addition, it is very easy to find out these measurements at home by using a body composition analysis scale.
Secondly, you are going to set up your fitness goal which is how much muscle mass you need to add, how much body fat you are going to lose and the strategy to improve your total fitness score. Furthermore, I always recommend to set a 90 DAYS goal and once you reach this goal you can set a new goal.
Finally, its time to start by having your home workout program and your nutrition plan. In addition, you need to have the well, the motivation and the consistency to reach your goal. On the other hand, even though it is a little bit challenging to reach this goal by home workout, it will be your favorite thing in life once you do it.
What Do You Need for Home Workout?
Now after you know where do you stand, all you need to do is to start your home workout. At the beginning, all you will need is to use your body as your home workout machine. In addition, with a little knowledge of how to do that you are ready to start.
Beginner Home Workout Plan
This home workout plan is helpful more than you can imagine. However, we will start with this plan and then we can build on it in the future. Furthermore, you should follow this home workout routine for 4 weeks and then we can adjust it. Besides, this home workout plan should take only one hour of your day at any time of your convenience.
- 5 minutes of warming up
- Body weight Squats
- Lunges
- Push Ups
- Pull Ups
- Crunches
- Leg Raise
- 30 Minutes of cardiovascular training
5 minutes warming up
Initially, warming up means that you will prepare your body for the physical activity that you are going to do. In addition, this means that you are will prepare your joints, your muscles and your cardiovascular system for the upcoming activity. Moreover, home workout warming up will help you increase the blood flow into your muscles to prepare it and it will increase your heart rate. As a consequence, this will help you perform better in your home workout and it will protect you from injuries. For example, you can use any of these exercises for warming up such as:
- Walking or jugging
- Jumping ropes
- Jumping jacks
- Spinning
Body weight Squats
Squats is one of the most important exercises in your home workout that involves more than one muscle group. Moreover, you can start be doing four sets of body weight squats and each set is 10-15 reps. In addition, You should take 30 to 45 seconds rest between sets.
Lunges exercise
Lunges is a great exercise in home workout that helps in strengthening and muscle building as well. Furthermore, it is an exercise that involves more than one muscle group which is why it is a great exercise that will always help you whether you are a beginner or a professional. However, you start by doing 4 sets of 10-15 reps as well. In addition, you should take 30-45 seconds rest between sets.
Push ups exercise
Push ups is one of the best exercises in home workout that works out more than one muscle group. Moreover, it will exercise your chest, your shoulders, your triceps and your core as well. However, we will start with the standard style of push ups at the beginning. Furthermore, you should do 4 sets of 10-15 reps and you should take 30 to 45 seconds rest between sets.
Pull ups exercise
Pull ups is an exercise that will impress you by its results. Also it involves more than one muscle group such as: back, biceps and your core as well. However, we will start with the standard style of pull ups at the beginning that consists of 4 sets of 10-15 reps and you should take 30 to 45 seconds rest between sets. On the other hand, most of beginners will find it difficult to do pull ups that is why I always recommend to use resistance bands to help you at the beginning.
Crunches Exercise
Crunches exercise is the main exercise for your abdominal muscles. Moreover, this exercise will help you build your six packs and there are various ways to do this exercise. On the other hand, some people will find it hard to perform this exercise which is why I will recommend to use the medicine ball for assisted crunches. In addition, we will start by doing the basic form of crunches that includes 3 sets of 15-20 reps. In addition, you should take 30 seconds rest between each set.
Leg Raise Exercise
Leg raise is an important exercise for your lower abdominal muscles. Moreover, it will help you strengthen and sculpture your lower abdominal muscles. Furthermore, i would recommend you alternate between the two styles shown. In addition, you should do 4 sets of 15-20 reps of this exercise at the beginning. However, you should take 30 seconds rest between sets.
Home Workout Cardiovascular training
Cardiovascular training is basically bringing your heart rate from rest state to high heart rate and keeping it high during the session. Moreover, cardiovascular training will help you strengthen your heart muscle which means that your heart does not have to work as hard to pump blood. As a result, home workout cardio will protect you from heart diseases, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes. In addition, cardiovascular training will help you burn body fat which means you will look more fit and it will also increase your lungs capacity. However, cardiovascular training has many forms and styles that is why i will try to keep it simple for you at the beginning. For example, you can use any of these methods for your home workout cardiovascular training at the beginning such as:
- Walking or Jugging
- Cycling or spinning
- Rope jumping