What is your level of fitness? Can you do 10 pushups? I mean proper pushups with your body rigid as a plank of wood, allowing your chest to touch the ground at the bottom? Can you do a squat? A full squat all the way down to where the tops of your thighs are parallel with the floor? Or what about chin ups? Large numbers if not most of us would have trouble performing many of these exercises but being able to do just a few key exercises well will not only give you that lean look you desire but will transcend throughout your daily life to make it better.
How does being stronger make life better? Do you play any sports in your leisure time? Do you play soccer, hockey, or basketball? Do you ski? Do you play volleyball or softball? Or maybe you just pick up a game here or there in the summer. I will guarantee your performance will be better if you are stronger, much better in fact. Also, the likelihood of you getting hurt will decline dramatically.
What about chores around the home? Do you need help lifting marginally hefty things? Do you need to wait for someone to get things done? Is it hard to life up your kids? What if you could do those things yourself because it was just so easy? Being strong makes you a little bit more liberated than you are today.
So the big question is how to get stronger in the easiest possible way. Okay, here's the plan of action and it won't take you over than 15 minutes a day. Let's take push ups to start. If you can't do a single push up you can do beginner push ups where you are on your knees instead of your toes. Wherever you start (regular or beginner push ups) start day 1 by just doing 5 push ups. Day two do 6. Day three do 7 and so on. Now here's how to make it even easier...you don't have to do them all at once. Sure 5 to 10 push ups may be no problem but in a month when you're doing over 30 it may be more challenging. No problem just divide them up throughout the day. Do 10 in the morning, 10 at midday, and 10 at night. You just need to hit your target number for the day. After two or three months you can stop at somewhere between 50 to 100 repetitions a day. The amount you wish to do is up to you but I would set 50 as a minimum.
After a while these will get so effortless you will just pop off your total all at once. The same goes for squats. If squats are too hard to do (some people can have hip and calf tightness making squatting a bit of a challenge) you can do lunges. Just remember to do each leg. I would also suggest taking a long-stance as that will also help you overcome hip stiffness. The easy way to do this is to stand up straight, then take as long a step as you can. Now work your back foot back so your stance is even longer, without it being painful. This is the top point of your lunge. Slowly descend until your knee gently touches the ground (if you can get down that low) and ascend up until your legs lockout, then do again.
The most challenging one is chin ups. Many of us couldn't do 1 if our life depended on it. But there is a way to slowly make it easier. Use workout rubber bands.
Buy a home chin up bar you can screw into a door way, loop the rubberband in the centre, and put your knee in the rubberband to help you up. The bands come in various strengths, helping you up to 100lbs. Overtime gradually use bands with less resistance until you don't require them anymore. A smart way to do this is use a particular strength band until you hit 50 repetitions, then change to the next level down. In a few months you'll be doing chin ups, something many of us think we would never be able to accomplish. Just Google, "Rubberbands Weightlifting" to find a link where to grab this kind of equipment.
The great thing about getting stronger is that it will help you get lean. With doing more fitness on a daily basis, this will help you build muscle and this helps you burn fat even while you are at rest. Combine this workout with a 30 minute walk every day and a wholesome diet and you'll be sleek and strong in no time.
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