What happens when you don’t have the time to exercise? Or you normally walk or run outside and it is too hot or too cold or raining, what to do then? Easy, use your muscles during the commercials of your favorite television shows.
Get a beach towel out. You have four basic areas to work on. The upper torso, abdominals, inner thigh and outer thigh. Use two hand weights. A female that exercises regularly can use a 5 to and 8 pound weight in each hand for upper torso work. With weight, slow and controlled movement yields the best results. ShapeFit has information on basic movements.
For females, remember that we aren’t lifting heavy weights. Men use heavy weight and a small number of repetitions. Women use smaller weights and more reps.
Inner thigh – pick two inner thigh movements, alternate between them. Spend 3 to 4 minutes total on inner thighs. Half the time on one leg, the other half on the other leg. Stretch.
Outer thigh (Gluteals) – pick two outer thigh movements, alternate between them. Spend 3 to 4 minutes total on outer thighs. Half the time on one leg, the other half on the other leg. Stretch.
Abdominals – do two different movements for 3 to 4 minutes. Stretch.
Upper Torso – Many muscles. Most likely you won’t hit all the muscles during each workout. Try to spend a solid 30 seconds with a muscle before moving on. After doing a different muscle, go back and do the first muscle again for another 30 seconds. Pick three muscles (biceps, triceps, middle back) one night another three (lower back, trapezius, pectorals) the next. Stretch.
Can you spot train? NO! The only way to lose weight is to lose weight all over. You can strengthen certain muscles. And that underarm jiggle is your tricep muscle.