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Get fit without going to the gym or doing aerobics
by Adestratore Didoneita
http://www.allenfitness.com
If you are out of shape and want to do something about it,
but you aren't comfortable going to a gym, have I got good
news for you.
You can get back into shape, firm up flabby muscles and
lose weight without going to a gym and without bouncing
around to some silly DVD workout video.
The key is walking up hills and doing exercises that
use your body weight as resistance.
If that sounds too easy, don't stop reading just yet. God
made your body to work and all you have to do is to do some
of the natural things that are part of what God intended
and you will start on the path to fitness and better
health.
Don't know where to start? Try this simple program to get
you started. It only takes 12-14 minutes per day.
Look around your neighborhood and find a hill that is not
as steep as Pike's Peak, but not as flat as the desert. A
simple incline about as long as a football field will do
just fine. Now, Walk briskly up the hill and back down.
Up the hill and down equals 1 repetition. You can do that
can't you? Do 5 repetions up and down the hill. You should
get your heart rate up quickly. When you are done with your
reps, you will have walked a little more than 1/2 a mile.
Walking the hill will take 10-15 minutes depending on your
level of fitness. Once you start losing weight and getting
in shape, you'll eventually want to start jogging up the
hill and then finally sprinting up the hill.
You will lose weight faster by sprinting up the hill
because that activity causes HGH (human growth hormone) to
be released in your body. This is the same hormone that was
in your body when you were younger and thinner.
You should Walk the hill every other day. Take off at least
one day per week from exercising so your body can recover.
Next, you need to do bodyweight exercises on the days you
don't walk the hill. Two good exercises are pushups and knee
bends. Just try to do 4 or 5 of each at first or do
as many as you can/ If its been a while since you exercised
you will find these exercises to be hard, but stick with it.
The trick is not to go down as far far at first. Let your
body start building muscle without hurting yourself.
Don't understand what I mean? On knee bends only go down
5-6 inches like you are getting ready to sit down in a
chair and then go back up. Very quickly you will notice
you are getting stronger. Wait a week or so and start
focusing on going a little deeper each week.
Only do the pushups and knee bends twice a week.
After a week or two, you will start to feel better and see
some changes to your body. They will not be dramatic at
first, but very soon, everything will start to tighten up.
Just do something, anything. You didn't get out of shape
in a week and you won't get back into shape in a week
either. Be patient with yourself, exercise consitently and
you will see the results you want.
won't get back into shape overnight either.
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