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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Anywhere and Anytime Exercises for Body Building

Following are the simple type of Exercises that will make you raise your health to new levels it will keep your body Strong, Loose weight, Firm and increase your strength. Either you are exercising for Muscle Building and or, for Body Building these exercises are quite easy and will help you a lot.
Here are my favorite anywhere and Anytime Exercises:-
a) The Crunch
This is a common exercise for abdominal muscles also called abs (used by be for weight loss). For this exercise lie down on the floor on your back and keep your knees bent. The exercise begins by curling the shoulders towards the pelvis with hands supporting or placed behind the neck i.e. try to slowly raise your head off the ground just a few inches. Try to hold on to the raised position for at least 2 secs and then slowly come down. Do not exert force on the neck since this my cause injury to you, use the hands only to support the weight of you head. Keep your neck straight and chest up and abdominal muscles tight. From your sternum, crunch your weight up and forward. Keep lower back flat on the ground. You may if you wish support the neck by placing a cushion under it.
Try to hold on to the raised position for 2 secs and then slowly come down.
Repeat this exercise 20-25 times to make one set. It will build dream abs for you and you will Loose weight and while will feeling (abs) it.
b) Raising Toes and then coming down
Stand on a floor flatfooted with your toes pointing straight. You can hold something to support or balance yourself. Now VERY SLOWLY, try to raise your toes as high as it has is possible. Try to hold on there for 3 secs and come down very slowly and gently. Repeat it 20-25 times to make a set. Just keep that image of the perfect body of your dreams as your target to get yourself motivated and loose your weight.
c) Push ups
This is a common strength training exercise. Lie down horizontally and with face facing towards the floor .Now look forward and put your body weight on your palms and Exhale as your arms straighten out, slowly push your body up and keep the spinal cord straight. Pause for a moment and then slowly bring your body back toward the floor. Lower body until chest touches the floor, keeping your knees off the floor, and inhale as you bend your arms. Wait for a moment and repeat the entire process.
Repeat the exercise 5-10 times in the beginning and later increase it to 20 times per set.This is a great exercise that will help your body to loose weight.
d) Wall Squat
The wall squat is a bodyweight exercise. Stand straight with your back touching the wall. Keep your feet slightly away from the wall. Now, Keep your abs tight and gently move your body down to the sitting position. Look straight ahead and make sure your back is still against the wall. Exhale while coming down, hold on for 10-15 secs and inhale and gently move up keeping your back against the wall again. This exercise will strengthen core muscle strength and build up the stamina of your knees when increased gradually it also helps to loose weight.
Repeat the exercise 5-10 times in the beginning and later on increase the practice to 20 times per set.
Yoga or Aerobics could also be tried if you are serious and want to loose weight. Muscle Building is one of the great ways to burn those extra calories and keep your self in shape.