Good Home Workout Routines
Many people choose to workout at home for various reasons. The most common being convenience and saving money. When you decide to begin exercising at home you can do so any time of the day. I know when I worked a 9 to 5 job, the last thing I felt like doing was driving to the gym and exercising. Looking back, I should have focused on putting together a home workout routine.
For one thing, you can workout any time you want. If you are a morning person, you can exercise before work. If it is easier to do so after work, you always have the option. You don't need to drive back and forth to a gym. You also don't have to spend money on monthly or yearly gym membership fees. So many people start off their new year joining a gym only to stop going after several months. A small home gym can save a lot of time and money.
Home Workouts to Conside
Your home gym doesn't need fancy equipment. At the most I would suggest a set of dumbbells, elastic bands, and an adjustable bench. Below are some routines to consider for exercising at home.
1. Interval training - The great thing about intervals is that you only need your body weight for resistance. Adding in free-weights like dumbbells creates more of a challenge. Essentially you perform moderate to high intensity exercises followed by a period of rest.
2. Strength training - This will require more in terms of the weights you will need to buy but once you have them, you won't need to purchase much else.
Strength training is lifting weights in order to build muscle and become stronger. It isn't the same as bodybuilding where bodybuilders are usually building muscle for competition purposes.
3. Fitness DVDs - There are a lot of very good workouts on DVD now. Purchasing a few of them can keep you busy as well as add variety to your routines. Build up a library of these programs and it is like having your own personal trainers on call.
4. Calisthenics - These are basic exercises such as push-ups, pull-ups, crunches, lunges, squats, jumping jacks, and more. Your body weight provides resistance and they are generally easy to do.
What helps more than anything is changing up your routines every few weeks. Not only will it keep you from becoming bored, it will also keep you from reaching a plateau.