| Read my top 5 household items you can used as exercise equipment .With exercise equipment being hard to source as well as expensive you may have to be a bit more creative with your workouts in ordered to meet you fitness goals. Over the passed few weeks I have looked at different items in the home and how you can use them as exercise equipment. |
I have come up with 5 items that you can use in replace of normal exercise equipment. Chair A chair is a great item to use as an exercise aid you can use it for so many exercise like: Inverted press ups Triceps dips Bulgarian Lunges Step ups Reverse chair crunches Raised legs crunches Tinned food Tinned food can be used as weights like bake bean tins are 415g in weight and if used affectively can really hit the smaller muscle groups like the shoulders, biceps and triceps. If you find them too easy them just up the repetitions. Try these exercise with bake bean tins: Triceps extensions Triceps kickbacks Shoulder lateral raise Shoulder front raise Bent over lateral shoulder raise Biceps curls Reverse Grip Biceps curls Backpack The backpack is a great item that can be used and you can add household items like books to make them heaver. You can actually pretty much do a fully body workout using a backpack, these are some great exercises to try: Squats Bent over rows Lunges Upright Rows Clean and press Shoulder Press Chest Press Towel A towel can be used for many exercise but i find it great for core and stretching exercise. why not try these core exercise with a towel: Jump rope sit ups Towel Teaser Cross-Chop sit ups Stairs Your stairs can be a great piece of exercise equipment. Climbing stairs for just seven minutes a day decreases your risk of having a heart attack by half over 10 years. You don’t just have to climb your stairs in one way, why not try these methods: Long steps Transverse Sprints Jump Crawl calf raised Crouch Walk |