Tag: Push-Ups

Push-ups can be as challenging or easy as you need them to be. Use the aid of a chair, wall, stability ball, or bench to vary the intensity. Start with classic push-ups and inclined push-ups and build up to more challenging versions like the diamond push-ups, one arm push-ups, or the explosive clap push-ups.

Certain exercises take years to master as they require you to develop strength, control, and flexibility of your body. These moves demand high fitness...

It's believed that an average American puts on close to 5 pounds or more over the holiday season. To lose all that holiday weight, there are a few simple, yet effective exercises you can perform. Burpees, walk-out push-ups, lunges, toe-taps, step-ups, mountain climbers, and sprints are some of the exercises you can go for. Alternatively, you could also consider swimming or skipping rope. Doing these exercises for about 20 minutes every day can help you shed your holiday weight.

Body weight exercises build strength and tone up the body. Incorporating them in your workout routine is key to a lean physique. Planks target the core muscles. Jump squats build endurance.They also tone the legs and hips. Walk out tones the shoulders, abs, legs, and hands. Mountain climbers are a full body exercise. Push ups tone the chest, arms, hips, shoulders, and core. Lastly, superman strengthens the entire back and glutes.

If you're someone who loves to get your blood pumping and your muscles flexing, don't let the lack of access to a gym stop you...

If the gym is not your favorite place, you don't have to stop exercising. Make walking and running a part of your morning routine. Swimming can strengthen your body muscles and help you de-stress. Squats and plank exercises can improve your posture while push-ups and pull-ups work your arms and shoulders. These ageless exercises can keep you fit even in your old age.

Improving the strength of your arms is very important. Increased arm strength not only enables you to do exercises that require arm strength but also helps you accomplish everyday tasks more easily. Exercises that develop the arm muscles also increase flexibility, balance, and coordination, which in turn reduces the possibility of injuries. Simple exercises that use body weight, bands and dumbbells help in improving arm strength.

Are you sick of having a flabby back? Do the superwoman, a full-body stretch that engages back and shoulders. Push-ups are classic moves for toning the upper body. Deadlifts, shoulder presses, and standing flies will sculpt the shoulders and surrounding muscles. Your lats will love it! Do a set of kneeling arm rows on each side. To challenge your balance, take it up a notch and do deadlifts on one leg.

When it comes to exercise, push-ups can be classified as a classic. They've been around since the early days of bodybuilding and still continue...

Forget the caffeine. With the right morning workouts, you’ll have lasting energy without the crash. Aim for exercises that increase heart rate and blood flow. Classic options include jumping jacks, push-ups, and burpees. If you hate running, do running mountain climbers instead. Jump squats are great for cardio as well. To work your abs and break a sweat, do Russian twists and twist crunches. Start with 10 to 20 reps and increase reps over time.

While it's important to feel comfortable in your own skin, it's also okay to want to change your body. To increase your bust size naturally, forgo expensive surgeries and opt for exercises. They not only make your breasts appear bigger but also strengthen your chest muscles and work your upper body. Chest presses, chest dips, push-ups, and shoulder rounding exercises are some of the exercises that will help.

If you've just started working out, then the number of workout options available can seem overwhelming. However, a few simple exercises can give you a good full-body workout. Plank exercises are good for the core muscles. Squats build strength in the legs and hips. Push-ups work on your arms, shoulders, chest, core, and legs. Dips work on your triceps, back, upper arms, and shoulders. Pull-ups strengthen the core and upper body muscles.

Most of us put exercise on the back burner. If you haven't worked out in a while, you could be out of shape. However, there are ways to check if you're unfit. Monitor your heart rate after exercise, or take the step test and the 2 km test to check your endurance. Wide waist size, high stress, exhaustion, and sugar cravings are signs of being unfit. Inability to do push-ups also indicate lack of fitness.

If you feel a sharp pain in your shoulders it is probably time you modified your chest building exercise regime by doing away with the bench completely. Take your pick from a number of lifts that target your pectoral muscle development far better than the classic bench press. From floor presses to push-ups, there are plenty of non-bench lifts that can punish your pectorals like never before

Most people who're not familiar with weight training think that getting abs is all about doing more and more sit-ups or crunches. However, you...