What Common Household Items Can I Use To Get A Great Exercise Program?

Question

Tired of going to the gym all the time, especially during the winter. I'm looking for information to start at "workout at home" program. What is your exercise routine at home and what do you use?

Answer 1

Ah, nothing says dedication like Milk Jug Bicep Curls!

The first thing to consider is that you will have limited weight to utilize for proper muscle exhaustion. Therefore, concentrate on doing compound movements against the resistance of your body weight followed immediately by concentration movements.

Perform this routine on every 4th day. Use Yahoo to research proper form for safe execution!!

Perform each of these exercises back-to-back and repeat them 4 times without taking a break! This will properly fatigue your muscles for optimum benefit and results!

1. Free-standing squats using body weight or paint/milk gallons
2. Calf Raises using body weight or paint/milk gallons
3. Push-ups
4. Corn Can Pec Blasters (Chest Flies, haha)
5. Tomato Paste Can Shoulder Presses (substitute Asparagus for more intensity)
6. Standing Encyclopedia Raises (Lateral Delt Raises)
7. Overhead Onion Sack extensions (Overhead triceps press)
8. Milk Jug/Beet Can Bicep Curls

Quick, smooth transitions is key- as is following the order above. One exercise sets the target muscle up for exhaustion in the next.

Seriously, the chronology and exercises are legit, but in order forme to properly prescribe a fitting routine, I will need to know your gender and general physical condition.

You can achieve amazig results with minimal equipment and weight. This highlights the fact that they key to getting the results you desire lies both in consistency and desire for change.

Best of luck!

~F

EDIT: dingoblue, you beat me to the milk jug thing while i was typing! Hahaha..

Answer 2

You can use bottles and cans instead of weights and lift them. They a few weights at Walmart are CHEAP.

Get a couple of good exercise tapes. something you like - dancing, kickboxing etc.

Watch early morning TV and do yoga or daily exercise with the instructor.

I have been exercising at home for years.

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Dont know your fitness level.

OK well E-bay has a lot of used exercise tapes for cheap.

The only catch is you have to get up and do it just like you were still going to the gym.

It works for me

Answer 3

One thing that I've seen used are plastic, gallon milk jugs partially filled with sand (or anything, really) to be used as weights.

I use the stairs. Running up and down them for a half an hour a day - to eighties tunes! - is a good workout for me.

Answer 4

Did you know that;

1. Tidy up your house and rearrange your furniture. These activities help you burn 450 calories.
2. You burn 70 calories while cooking.
3. Dancing make you burn 230 calories.
4. Spend at least 20 minutes for a slow walk around your window's room. The sunshine helps control your eating desire.

Answer 5

take 2 chairs.put your feet on 1 and as your sitting in the other chair,scooch your butt out while hoding the sides of the seat and do push ups,its great for your tri and biceps..using 1 gal milk jugs filled to your comfort,and canned veggies are good too....

Answer 6

what do you plan on doing with it getting high while working out at the same time

Answer 7

lift bags of potatoes instead of weights use your couch instead of the crunch machine stairs instead of stair master hallway instead of treadmill tie cans of food to you if you are doing weight resistance so many cool things to use the possibillities are endless