Get fit without going to the gym or doing aerobics
by Adestratore Didoneita
http://www.allenfitness.com
If you want to get back in shape without the embarassment
of going to a gym where fitness geeks hang out, then you're
in luck.
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.
Here's the program that I follow and it only takes about
10-15 minutes per day:
I walk briskly up a hill near my house at least 5 times in
a row. The hill is not too steep and is about 150 yards
long. I walk up and I walk back down. Up and down = 1 rep,
so in 5 reps you will walk about 1500 yards or a little
less than a mile. If you can't do 5 reps, do what you can
and then build up to 5.
You should be able to walk the hill in around 12-14 minutes
depending on how fit you are. After you have started losing
weight, you should start jogging up the hill and then
eventually sprinting up the hill.
You will lose weight by walking up the hill, but the weight
will melt off by sprinting up the hill. Sprinting up hills
releases the same hormone that was in your body when you
were younger and thinner.
Do the hill walking every other day, taking off 1 day
a week.
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.
Within a very short time, you will start to see a dramatic
difference in how you feel. Soon you will see a difference
in how you look as well.
In review, it doesn't matter what exercises you do, just
start doing anything. But start slowly and build. And be
patient. You did not get out of shape overnight and you
won't get back into shape overnight either.
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