Shape Up: Top 10 No-Equipment Exercises You Can Do at Home
A quick workout is better than no workout. Here is a list of exercises you need to start doing right away.
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Standing toe touch exercise provides a good stretch to your hamstrings, the four-muscle group in the back of each thigh. #MyFit100Days fitness expert suggests to hold this pose for 1 minute daily, it will strengthen your abdominal muscles and target your abs.
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Standing Toe-Touch Exercise: Perform this exercise daily, aim to hold this pose for about 1-2 minutes daily. What will it do to you? Standing toe-touch exercise strengthen and stretches your hip flexor muscles, your quadriceps thus helping you get perfectly toned legs.
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Plank Hold: Did you know plank exercises have aesthetic benefits that can enhance your appearance by improving posture? Side plank can activate your core muscles, including the transverse abdominis and iliopsoas, which helps stabilizing your spine and hips.
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For the healthy you, do Superman pose: Not only the pose stretches and strengthens your chest, shoulders, arms, legs, and glutes but also helps keep your back flexible. Superman pose is also rewarded as a best pose to improve blood circulation.
Quick Tip:If you are pregnant, avoid doing this pose. -
Setu Bandh or Bridge Pose - Performing Setu Bandh helps strengthen your back, buttocks and hamstrings. It also stimulates the lung, thyroid glands and abdominal organs.
If you are suffering from Thyroid then performing this asana can be the ultimate solution to your problem. -
The best and most popular exercise for abdominal exercise - Crunch Hold
To crunch or not to crunch should not be a question ever! Crunches help improve your balance by strengthening your abdominal muscles. Bonus point for being user-friendly. The exercise can be modified to meet the needs of each individual. -
When in doubt squat it out! Squats are a full-body fitness staple. It works the hips, glutes, quads, hamstrings and strengthen the core. Quick tip: Add weights to your squat routine if you want a full body workout in one exercise.
Why doing Squat is good for you: Not only squats are good for your butt or glutes they are also helpful in increasing joints flexibility. -
Are you trying to shape your lower body or trying to develop core strength or just trying to make your hips more flexible? Doing lunges everyday can help you achieve your goals.
Did you know lunges are one of the most effective lower-body exercises? According to the American Council on Exercise lunges are as beneficial as doing squats, step-ups and quadruped. If you are trying to lose weight lunges can be an ultimate solution as they can speed up your metabolism.