Sunday, February 23, 2014

Indoor Exercises


Machineless Workouts
Squats – Make sure your feet are hip distance apart and you get down low and keep your back straight.  Add dumbbells for extra toning. The more muscles you work at once, the better the results and more calories burned.

Lunges – If no one is in the studio that would be a perfect place to walk a straight line across the room and lunge. If not just do it while staying in place.  Make sure you don’t step out too far and keep low with a straight back.  Lunge and bring your knee up while using dumbbells for a more vigorous workout.

Step-ups – Find an elevated platform, step up onto it with dumbbells and bend your arms then push them up straight.  Switch it up by bringing your arms up to a T-formation shoulder height.  Then do the same with an L-formation (one arm up, one to the side)

Sitting Bicep Curls – Sit downat the end of a bench with a dumbbell in your hand and rest it on your knee on that same side.  Curl up for a rep and then switch sides.

Back-flys – Stand up in a slight squat, have your arms together with dumbbells in the center and then bring them out and upward

Medicine Ball Chest Flys – Lie your back on a medicine ball with your head also against it.  Raise your arms to the side shoulder height and raise them upward with dumbbells, weights facing each other.  Then do the same but with the ends of the weights facing inward.

Dumbbell Skull Crusher (Triceps) – Lie on medicine ball and extend both arms overhead, a weight in each hand. (A) Bend your elbows so your forearms are parallel to the floor. (B) Slowly straighten your arms, then lower them to the starting position.

Plank – hold a plank with your hands like a push-up position, or rest your forearms on the mat.  To switch it up, stay in position but alternate legs back and forth (called the mountain climber – look it up for an accurate description)

Bridge – Lie on mat with knees bent and raise your but off the ground and hold. For a more vigorous workout, use medicine ball and balance your feet on it in the same position

Burpees – Plank into a jump

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