Building Muscles Without Weights
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The workout routines below are isometric type exercises and are very effective if done properly and on a consistent basis. I used this method myself for years before I started using weights and joined a famous health club in 1973. ( which I am no longer in need of ). Remember to warmup and stretch before you begin. In order to duplicate the results you would get from weights or pricey, bulky equipment, you need to isolate the muscle group and produce the same resistance.
Simply lay flat on the ground with your hands and arms tight to your side. Make sure your legs are straight and lift them up slowly so you can feel it working. Do as many as feesible and then try a set where you hold your legs at about 10 inches off the ground for as long as you can. Do these exercises three or four days a week for an hour or so and you won't believe the results. Remember to mix in some cardio exercises . Use more cardio than resistance training at first to burn the fat if you are still overweight.
Find a counter or table top that will allow you once again, to have your arms at chest level ( You can sit down for this to achieve proper height). You can do this with your arms at an L shape or straight out in front of you. Now simply place your palms on surface and press down as hard as you can, as long as you can. Rest and repeat
Simply lay flat on the ground with your hands and arms tight to your side. Make sure your legs are straight and lift them up slowly so you can feel it working. Do as many as feesible and then try a set where you hold your legs at about 10 inches off the ground for as long as you can. Do these exercises three or four days a week for an hour or so and you won't believe the results. Remember to mix in some cardio exercises . Use more cardio than resistance training at first to burn the fat if you are still overweight.
Do these on a consistent basis and you will get the abs you've been hoping for. If possible, hold some kind of weight on your stomach while you do the crunches. Putting your hands behind your head when you first begin is fine, but you want to progress to a hands free sit up. Lay on a mat or something soft. With bent knees gently raise yourself up and down with a slight twist to the right and left so you get a full abdomen workout.
Place both your elbows tight to your waist and hold out forearms palms up in L shape. Now take one arm and make a fist, placing it in the other palm. Press down while pushing up with the palm arm, keeping elbows tight to body. Wall Press: Stand erect and sideways to a solid wall with one of your hips facing wall. Make a fist and place the side of the fist against the wall with your arm straight down. Now move away a lttlle bit so your hips and feet are about 12 in. from wall. Simply press as hard and as long as you can.
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