We get it, your home is your comfort zone. It’s where you relax, unwind and binge on boxsets. The last thing we’d want you to do is to turn it into a house of “No Pain, No Gain”.
But doing your exercise at home is much easier than you might think and saves on extortionate gym memberships, too. No need to trade in your sofa for a weights bench.
“All you need is a plan,” says Alex Marks, owner of PT studio On Your Marks in south London. “You can burn excess body fat, get physically fit, and look and feel better all from the comfort of your sitting room.”
How To Build A Home Gym
In this article, we’ll break down the six best bang-for-your-buck exercises you can do at home. Don’t start sawing away at your doorframe to try and squeeze the latest running machine into your living room just yet though.
Most of these are bodyweight exercises and can be done without equipment, and to see progress in your strength and stamina you merely need to add weights.
To give your home gym the edge, Marks suggests investing in a simple pair of dumbbells. “Check your ego and don’t go too heavy or they’ll be redundant for most exercises,” he says. “With light weights, you can always make a move more taxing by slowing down the tempo or increasing the number of reps.”
Make sure you have space to move freely as well, you don’t want to be knocking over your mum’s prize china.
We’ll also show you how to get going with a four-move home workout. No kit required. No excuses accepted. Do try this at home.
We get it, your home is your comfort zone. It’s where you relax, unwind and binge on boxsets. The last thing we’d want you to do is to turn it into a house of “No Pain, No Gain”.
But doing your exercise at home is much easier than you might think and saves on extortionate gym memberships, too. No need to trade in your sofa for a weights bench.
“All you need is a plan,” says Alex Marks, owner of PT studio On Your Marks in south London. “You can burn excess body fat, get physically fit, and look and feel better all from the comfort of your sitting room.”
Home Workout
How To Build A Home Gym
In this article, we’ll break down the six best bang-for-your-buck exercises you can do at home. Don’t start sawing away at your doorframe to try and squeeze the latest running machine into your living room just yet though.
Most of these are bodyweight exercises and can be done without equipment, and to see progress in your strength and stamina you merely need to add weights.
To give your home gym the edge, Marks suggests investing in a simple pair of dumbbells. “Check your ego and don’t go too heavy or they’ll be redundant for most exercises,” he says. “With light weights, you can always make a move more taxing by slowing down the tempo or increasing the number of reps.”
Make sure you have space to move freely as well, you don’t want to be knocking over your mum’s prize china.
We’ll also show you how to get going with a four-move home workout. No kit required. No excuses accepted. Do try this at home.
Home Workout
Six Of The Best Exercises To Do At Home
