Greetings to all the viewers, I hope you all are doing good
As we all have been unable to go outside of our homes lately
In these times you should try to stay positive and not miss your workout
because even by staying at home you can perform a lot of exercises which target a variety muscle
This is what I am going to show in this post.
How you can workout at home without any equipment and stay healthy
As our videographer wasn’t available for the shoot of this post
I am making it in a simple way using my phone
Hence my apologies for the poor picture and sound quality
But content creation is very important as a lot of people wait for my post every week
It is very easy to workout in the gym but how to manage workouts at home with no proper equipment
Let’s watch in this post.
The first exercise which I am going to perform is chair dips
For this you require two similar chairs
if you want to know the distance between the chairs
There should be elbow width gap between the chairs when I stand straight
Now grab the chairs firmly and lift up your body
You can either cross your legs or bend them
Now bend your body a bit forward and go down slowly
Come back up slowly and breathe out
Go down slowly and come up in a controlled way
Slowly down
With this exercise you will target your chest and triceps muscles
But a lot of people might not be able to perform chair dips
So here is another solution for them
Rotate the chairs inwards and place both your hands on the seat
Position your legs straight in front of you
Bend your body little forward and go down then come back up slowly
Target your chest and triceps muscles
Like this
Try to perform this exercise for 10-12 repetitions with 2-3 sets
The second exercise which we are going to perform is inverted row
To perform we require two single bedsheets like these
Tie a knot in both the bedsheets
Now hang the bedsheet onto a door and check if there is any difference in the lengths
Now close the door completely
You need to grip the bedsheet tightly with a strong grip and your fingers inwards
Now hang your body with the bedsheets
Like this
This will be our posture for inverted rowing
Next, pull your upper body up with both hands
Squeeze your upper back muscles and release slowly
Breathe out when you come up
Try to perform this exercise in a controlled way to maintain good posture
It looks easy but when you will perform this exercise you will realise that performing exercises with bodyweight is very difficult too
Number of sets will be 2-3 with 10-12 repetitions in each
After two exercises of upper body now its time to train legs
First, I am going to perform pistol squats
For this I am using a chair
Before starting make sure you’re standing close to the chair
Now, lift one leg up and keep your hands in the forward position for balance
Now sit down on the chair and using the leg which is placed on the floor
Come back up applying force from your heels
Stand straight, balance yourself and then sit down and lift again
Breathe out whenever you lift
Similarly, you need to perform this exercise with your other leg too
Perform 2-3 sets of 10-15 repetitions with each leg
We will perform the fourth exercise to train legs as well
The exercise is Bulgarian squats
I am using the same chair to perform this exercise
On this I will place one of my leg and bring the other one forward to create some gap between my feet
Now, slowly go down and come back up
Breathe out when you come up
Perform this in a controlled way to feel the effect of this exercise
Similarly perform it with your other leg as well
You can do 2-3 sets of 10-12 repetitions with each leg
In the fifth exercise I will try to target my hamstring muscle
It is called towel leg curl
I will use this towel to perform it
Place it on the floor or on a flat surface
Now place your feet on the towel, lie down and spread your arms wide to get bit comfortable
Now you need to pull your heels inwards and lift your hips up simultaneously
Like this
Now slowly go back
Whenever you pull your heels in, breathe out
Target and squeeze the hamstring muscle
When you go down you need to remember that you cannot touch your hips back on the ground
So
So go up, squeeze your hamstring and go down
Perform 15 repetitions of this exercise for 2-3 sets
The sixth exercise will be performed for upper body as well
The exercise is called pike push ups and it targets the shoulders
To perform, position both hands and feet on the floor like this
Then bring your hands inwards like so and your body should look like an inverted V in this position
Raise your glute muscles as high as you can
There should be shoulder width distance between your hands
Then bring your head down between your hands and back again
Breathe out when you come back up
Perform this in a controlled way to avoid any injuries
Perform 10-15 repetitions for 2-3 sets
This exercise is very helpful for your over upper body along with your shoulders
After these six exercises I want you all to do an activity for 10 minutes which results in an elevated heart rate for some cardio effect
For example, jumping jacks, high knee raises, spot running etc
This was our post for today and I hope you all liked it
And if you think you can’t build muscles at home you can definitely do it and these exercises will help you when you are at home
You can always gain muscle if you have good nutrition
But our main focus here is to keep you all healthy
As told by our respected prime minister I would request you all to stay at home during the lockdown
As you and your family’s health and well being is very important
I will bring more informational post for your all
Till the take care yourself and your family
And most importantly your health
Good bye!