Workout
Without a Gym
By Gary Matthews
We know that using free weights and machines is the fastest
and most efficient way there is to improve your metabolism
and strength, but for many reasons these may not be convenient
or readily accessible to you.
You may also have no access to a commercial gym, home gym
or are on business trip, but there can be a solution, a
strength-training workout without the need of expensive
machines.
As with any exercise, whether you are using your own body
weight, machines or free weights, if the resistance doesn't
increase, your muscles won't be worked to their maximum
capacity and the stimulus these fibres need to grow will
be missing.
Exercises done correctly will build the lean muscle and
increase your metabolism in the same way as performing exercises
at a gymnasium, but without the time constraints and associated
costs.
These exercises can be easily done in a bedroom, hotel
room, a park, school yard, ceiling rafters in a garage or
in a doorway and all you have to do is use your imagination.
There will always be a way to add more resistance to your
workouts.
Please remember: It doesn't matter where you are working
out — at home, a hotel, or a park — always warm
up properly before beginning your session, and cool down
and stretch when you are finished. |