Try these exercises using everyday household equipment and find out how easy it is to get a sweat on indoors.<\/p>\n
If it\u2019s not the same without your gym gang, why don\u2019t you get them on a video call and you can motivate each other as you follow the routine!<\/p>\n
This is a great warm-up exercise for your workout! Hold a broom above your head with both arms in a wide V. Lean to one side and touch the floor with the end of the broom. Then lean to the other side and touch the floor with the other end.<\/p>\n
Tip:<\/strong> you can also use a broom to provide an extra stability challenge when yourself doing squats, twists and kicks.<\/p>\n Fill up an empty 2 litre milk bottle with water. Holding it in both hands in front of your chest, with your feet wider than shoulder with apart, do 30 standard squats.<\/p>\n Repeat with your legs even wider apart for a sumo squat \u2013 this will add an extra dimension to your leg workout with more focus on your inner thigh.<\/p>\n Tip:<\/strong> If you\u2019re struggling, just tip out some water to lighten the load.<\/p>\n Grab a pan or a wok from the cupboard for an arm workout! Hold the pan in front of you as though you\u2019re about to flip a pancake. Extend your arm forwards and twist your fist so the pancake falls to the floor.<\/p>\n Bring your arm to the starting position and twist it with your elbow staying tucked into your side.<\/p>\n Repeat slowly 10 times on each arm for a surprisingly challenging strength exercise.<\/p>\n For this one, you only need a wall to lean on. Simply stand about 2 feet away from a wall and slide down until your knees are at a 90-degree angle, adjusting your legs if you need to. Hold for a minute and stand back up again.<\/p>\n There are so many workouts you can do using just a kitchen chair. One of our favourite exercises is using a chair to make press ups a little easier.<\/p>\n Keeping your hands on either side, extend your arms to push up your upper body. Try and repeat these 10 times.<\/p>\n Firstly, find two cans of baked beans or whatever you have in your cupboard for each hand.<\/p>\n Start with curls. We\u2019ve all seen bodybuilders do these – simply hold the cans by your side and raise them upwards, bending your arms at the elbows but not quite to your shoulders.<\/p>\n You can follow these with some shoulder presses: holding the cans next to your ears, straighten your arms upwards until fully extended.<\/p>\n Finally finish off with arm raises, hold your cans by your sides and bring your arms upwards so that they form a straight line from your shoulder.<\/p>\n Repeat these exercises 20 times each (or more if you find they\u2019re quite easy). You\u2019ll find those dumbbells super light once you\u2019re back in the gym!<\/strong><\/p>\n We hope you enjoyed that short indoor workout, great for keeping your arms and legs toned up without the specialist equipment.<\/p>\n Have you been designing your own workouts at home? Let us know what you do to stay fit indoors!<\/p>\n2) Milk bottle weighted squats<\/h3>\n
3) Get cooking<\/h3>\n
4) Wall sits<\/h3>\n
5) Chair press up<\/h3>\n
6) Tin can arm workout<\/h3>\n
Sources:
\nShape.com<\/a>
\nBroomstick Full Body Workout on YouTube<\/a>
\nLucy Wyndham-Read on Youtube<\/a>
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