Home workouts are a great way to save time and money but results are not guaranteed unless you follow smart workout tips that get visible results. The best workout tips for effective home workouts are not only essential for getting amazing results they can also simplify your life and make exercise more fun and enjoyable!
Home Workouts Tip #1: Exercise every day no matter what!
The old guideline that 20 minutes of exercise three days a week is all you need to stay fit, healthy, and at your ideal weight no longer applies especially if you’re overweight or obese and struggling with your health. An hour of exercise a week might work for people with a fast metabolism, for those who have physical jobs and eat ultra healthy and very little but it doesn’t work for a majority of the population who is sedentary, overweight or obese, and struggling with disease. To get the most out of your home workouts be sure to exercise every single day of the week to keep your metabolism high and your body in fatloss mode.
Home Workouts Tip #2: Stick to fun workouts about once or twice a week.
When you workout every day not all your workouts have to be long and/or intense. Some of your workouts can be easy, fun, relaxing, restorative, or therapeutic. You can enjoy some WII exercise games, a nature walk with your dog, rehab old injuries, work on core stability, or indulge in some toning exercises that don’t burn as many calories and fat as other more intense workouts. A good weekly balance of workouts for most people includes: two 10-20 minute high intensity workouts, two moderate intensity strength or goal specific workouts (pilates, toning, sports specific), one longer moderate intensity strength workout, and one fun and easy restorative workout (yoga, walking, wii exercise, balance workout). Find a good mix of long, short, easy, moderate, and hard workouts that works for your goals and needs.
Home Workouts Tip #3: Limit toning exercises and ab workout equipment routines.
To get even better results from your home workouts be sure to minimize toning exercises and ab equipment workouts. This may appear counter-intuitive especially if you’re trying to improve problem areas but keep in mind that the more you work an area the more muscle and size you build in that area regardless of whether you use light weights. Muscle grows by volume which can be achieved by using a lot of weight or by training an area often or with high reps so be very careful about how often and how much you train a problem area. Instead focus on a few total body toning exercises that also burn a lot of fat as well high intensity interval training workouts, and equipment free workouts that challenge your core indirectly.
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