- Get
Fit Without Going to the Gym or Doing Aerobics
by Adestratore
Didoneita
If you are out of shape and want
to do something about it, but you aren't comfortable going to
a gym, have I got good news for you.
You can get back into shape,
firm up flabby muscles and lose weight without going to a gym
and without bouncing around to some silly DVD workout video.
What's the answer? Bodyweight
exercises and simple walking.
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If that sounds too easy, don't
stop reading just yet. God made your body to work and all you
have to do is to do some of the natural things that are part
of what God intended and you will start on the path to fitness
and better health.
Don't know where to start? Try
this simple program to get you started. It only takes 12-14 minutes
per day.
I walk briskly up a hill near
my house at least 5 times in a row. The hill is not too steep
and is about 150 yards long. I walk up and I walk back down.
Up and down = 1 rep, so in 5 reps you will walk about 1500 yards
or a little less than a mile. If you can't do 5 reps, do what
you can and then build up to 5.
You should be able to walk the
hill in around 12-14 minutes depending on how fit you are. After
you have started losing weight, you should start jogging up the
hill and then eventually sprinting up the hill.
You will lose weight faster by
sprinting up the hill because that activity causes HGH (human
growth hormone) to be released in your body. This is the same
hormone that was in your body when you were younger and thinner. |
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Walk the hill every other day
and be sure to take off one day per week from exercise completely.
Do some type of weight bearing
exercise on the days you don't walk the hill. A good example
is pushups and knee bends. Only do 4 or 5 of each at first or
do whatever you can. If you have not exercised in a while, it
will be difficult, but the reward is worth it. Don't go down
as far at first, so you can start building muscle without hurting
yourself.
If you still don't understand,
only go down 4-6 inches when you are doing knee bends then go
back up. Very soon, you'll notice you are getting stronger. Wait
a week or so and start focusing on going a little farther down
each week.
Only do the pushups and knee
bends twice a week.
After a couple of weeks you will
start feeling better and your body will start to change. The
changes will not be dramatic at first. But within a month or
so, everything will start getting firm.
In review, it doesn't matter
what exercises you do, just start doing anything. But start slowly
and build. And be patient. You did not get out of shape overnight
and you won't get back into shape overnight either. |
