Looking for creative ways to boost your workout? Try using ordinary household items as fitness equipment. Your home is full of free fitness equipment - if you know where to look.
Ankle Weights - Wear ankle weights during your daily walk or workout for added resistance.
Backpack - Fill your backpack with canned goods and wear it during your strength workout.
Bag of Onions - Seal onions in a plastic bag and use it as a medicine ball for resistance exercises.
Canned Goods - Use canned goods as dumbbells during your workout.
Chair - Use a kitchen chair as a higher step up or for tricep dips.
Milk Jugs - If you have two empty 4 litre milk jugs around, fill them with water and use them as dumbbell weights for your strength training workout.
Rolled Up Towel - Place a rolled up towel between your thighs, squeeze and lift your feet off the ground. This exercise strengthens the inner thighs and abdominals.
Sandwich Bag - Fill a sandwich bag with rolled oats, making sure to release the air before sealing the bag. Squeeze the bag to train your forearms and grip strength.
Stairs - Utilize a staircase during your workout as a step or a bench. 6. Couch Lift Stand at the side of your couch in a deadlift position and lift the couch up and down as you would with dumbbells or a barbell.
Textbook - Textbooks can be used as dumbbells during your workout. Some activities include frontal raise, overhead tricep extension and resisted crunches.
Two Tea Towels - Using towels is a great way to build stabilizer muscles just like you would with floor gliders or a Total Resistance exercise.
Participate in workouts from the comfort of your home. The focus of this workout program is endurance. Complete two sets, 15 to 20 repetition or until fatigue.
Participate in workouts from the comfort of your home. The focus of this workout program is upper body endurance. Complete two sets, 15 to 20 repetition or until fatigue.