Great Ways to Workout at Home
The humble resistance tube: it’s one of the best ways to workout at home. Using a resistance tube allows you to get a quality strength workout without heavy, bulky equipment. You get all the benefits of using weights– muscle building and bone strength– with something light and portable.
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Circuit training is an excellent way to get a tough workout done in a short amount of time. When you combine the resistance tube with simple exercises performed in a circuit, you create an effective, efficient workout. Spend a few minutes to learn the exercises ahead of time. That way, you’ll be able to flow from one exercise to the next. You’ll get a more heart-rate boosting workout that way.
Need a resistance tube? This is the one I recommend and use with my Balance Personal Fitness Training clients. I find the red (medium resistance) and green (light resistance) to be the most universally useful.
An Upper Body Circuit Workout
This short circuit includes FIVE upper body exercises to challenge you.
Perform each of the five exercises for one minute each. Complete TWO circuits.
If you have more time, take a one minute break at the each circuit, and complete THREE circuits. All of this good, hard work takes less than 20 minutes!
Here we go:
Bicep curls
Triceps press (one minute RIGHT then one minute LEFT)
Front raises
Lateral raises
Bent row
Make Adjustments as Necessary
Remember that when you work with a resistance tube, you are in charge of how easy or hard it is. Adjust as necessary! Adjustments can be made most easily in this workout by where your foot is placed on the tube and how much slack is held in the band.
Also remember that the resistance tube really is nothing more than a giant rubber band. Beware of the potential to snap yourself. You will do this only once! Ouch!
As always, do not perform this or any other workout without prior clearance from your physician. The videos describe modifications, but if you have injuries or other health conditions that make these exercises inappropriate for you, please listen to your body and your physician!
Looking for other ways to workout at home? Check out the other posts in the Exercise Ideas for the Super Busy series.
