How to Stay Fit with Simple Exercises at Home

We are a part of this busy world wherein we don't get time for our-self due to many reasons. Many are busy making money, working for some company, building career etc. As we grow up, the responsibility grows and we dissolve ourselves into it. We hardly get time for our body and soul to nurture them. we should always remember that health is the most important part of our life. We ignore the fact that we will be at our best if we stay best and that comes through fitness- be it body, mind or soul.

Exercise is one of the most important part of our life too. It hasn't got any side effect instead keeps you fit throughout your life. Today we would talk about some exercise which can be done at our home easily without wasting much of our time and money. For each exercise we just need to be in comfortable outfit like pajama-shirt etc.

If you are planning to join a gym, you may have to get proper shoes, dress, diet plan etc. which is possible for many but they leave it after a while as it needs dedication, passion and time. As your life changes daily, you can't stick to it throughout your life. 

Let’s see some simple physical exercises which we can do at our home within the available time for ourselves.

Running: An exercise set always starts with the best warm up exercise called running. Don't get confused, I wouldn't ask you to run throughout your house, but just pretend to be running in a field without actually moved ahead. Think as if you are running on a Treadmill. Running is the best exercise to keep your metabolism rate stable which is the rate at which our body burn calories. You can  burns around additional 200-300 calories by simply running for 10-15 minutes apart from burning it through you normal daily physical activities.

Running keeps you young, healthy, beautiful, fights your depression, lower your blood pressure and help lose your weight to keep you in shape. Run on a soft surface like a doormat which should be smooth enough not to hurt your feet or else you can use a usual sport shoes to support your feet.

Skipping Rope: This exercise reminds me of my childhood when I used to skip a lot in different ways. We always try to break the count of the contender without knowing the fact that we are actually helping our physical growth.

 Yes, skipping is one of the best exercises to keep us in shape. It is inexpensive as you just need a rope. The more we practice, the faster it gets. It helps us lose weight, enhances body flexibility, increase our stamina and endurance.

Sit Ups: You may find sit-ups a bit difficult and tiresome in the beginning but I assure you that this exercise can help you burn all the excess calories very soon as it requires you to lift half of your weight at one go. It helps you to strengthen your stomach muscle.

 If you have hard time keeping your feet flat on the floor, ask your partner to hold them down in the beginning, but try to do the exercise without any support with time. Start with 5 in a set and increase with time. Do less but make sure they are perfectly done.

Push Ups: One of the most common exercises apart from running. If you want to build good shoulder, chest, triceps, back and abs, I recommend you to do this. This exercise shapes your upper body and helps you fit in different outfits. You would feel that the outfits are made out for you when you go to a trial room.

Start with less number and increase them with time. It increases your stamina as you control your body weight with your arms. Many women doubt doing push-ups but let me tell you that they actually build beautiful arms, shoulder and chest by just including it in their daily exercise.

Pull Ups: This exercise proves to be one of the most difficult of all as you need to lift your entire body weight on a rod with your arms. Pull-ups don’t need any special equipment other than a properly fitted rod between walls (make sure it can sustain your weight). If you want a good V shaped physique fast, this would be the best exercise at place.

Whenever you think of this exercise getting difficult, think of the famous saying “No Pain No Gain”. I have seen people who couldn’t repeat after a single set of two, have reached the count to 10-15 at one go within a short period of time. Don’t overdo it if it is too difficult for you, ask your partner to support you up with successive steps. What you need is dedication and passion to have a good and strong physique. You will find a huge difference in your stamina if you practice it daily. 

Stretching: After the above warming up exercise, you can do some stretching exercise to open up your blocked joints and muscles. There are different ways to stretch, choose those which can cover almost all parts of your body like eyes, neck, hands, shoulder, waist, knees and feet within the available time.  One thing is common in most of the stretching exercises i.e. CIRCLE. If you have observed these exercise, it ask you to make a circle with the body part. E.g. moving your eyes all the way through 360 degree, moving your arm or fist in a circle, round your neck, waist in clockwise and anticlockwise direction, bent on your knees with both hand resting on it and making a circle. It frees your muscle and joints and boost up your blood circulation.

Sweeping: This is one of the easiest and productive exercise than others as this cleans up your house too. You could sweep your living room with a broom which requires a continuous change of your position from one to another

which covers your arms muscle, knee joints and your back. The frequent ups and down, back and forth of your upper body brings flexibility and strength to the body muscles. Many doctors recommend sweeping to those who are physically weak but need to open up their clogged joints and muscles. See how cleaning our own mess can be an add-on  to our fitness!!

Meditation: Finally after warming up and cooling down with a broom, you can sit down and take a comfortable position for meditation. Meditation cleans up your mind and soul. It helps you increase your concentration, stabilize your heart bit rate.

Choose an area in your balcony or in a clean room, sit in a comfortable position on a mat, close your eyes and try to relax. Take long breath and release them slowly. Forget all your miseries and tensions for a while and relax focusing the in and out of your breath. You always do what you have in your mind. So when you sit down to meditate, you have to set your mind and body at ease. Always end your daily exercise with 10-15 minutes of meditation. You would find ending up with a refreshing positive energy in your body and soul.

You can cover the above exercise within 40-50 minutes which I think anybody can manage from their busiest schedule. I will write a new post very soon which would talk about a set of complete exercise –SURYA NAMASHKAR. Good Exercise, adequate sleep and proper diet keep your doctor away and help you remain young, healthy and fit throughout your life. There should be a balance between work and social life to be happy. When you do something for yourself, it brings happiness and motivates you to excel in life. Happy exercising!!!