by Jon Warner

Created on: June 26, 2009

Exercise and physical fitness need not be painful. The aim of this article is to get you exercising right away and acquiring the optimum body shape and fitness you need using a few short , quick and effective workouts. Unlike probably quite a lot of people seeking fitness and a good workout , I do NOT go to the gym , instead I stay home and practice a few Quick workouts each day. It will save you the time , hassle and cost of the gym. In this article I will show you 5 effective workouts. So lets get workin....

1. ABDOMINAL CRUNCHES.

Ab crunches are one of the most effective exercises that you can do at home by yourself. These exercises will tone your abdominal muscles and tone your stomach. Abdominal crunches entail: Lying down flat on the floor with your hands/arms behind your head. Then you slowly lift your head up as far as it can go. You should feel your abdominal area getting tense as you do this. For these to be the most effective as it can I recommend that you do up to 15 crunches(an individual crunch being when you do this exercise once.) twice a day but doing 15 crunches once a day can be just as good. After all if you are all new to this you should take care not to strain yourself. WARNING: If you have a hernia or are susceptible to getting them do not do this exercise. It may be dangerous and could cause it to rupture if you're not careful.

2. The plank.

This exercise is when you lie down of the floor in the position shown in the photo. You lie face down with your body elevated so it isn't touching the floor. Your body must be laid straight out not bent or arched but straight. You then support yourself by resting your arms and elbows at a 90 degree right angle to the shoulder as shown in the picture above. Keep yourself balanced in that position for around 10 or more seconds. This exercise should only be done around 3-5 times a day , this is as with this exercise it is easy to strain yourself too much.

3. Pumping Lead.

There is no other exercise for increasing both strength and muscle mass in the arms and hands than weight training. Weight training is commonly thought of and seen as lifting long metal poles with 1 ton blocks at each end but it is not. As you can see in the photo above weights can come in those ridiculously large epic proportions,I wont lie to you about that ,but they can also come in nice small sizes such as the ones I have shown you above. These weights can range from 1 KG , 3 KG or 5 KG. The 1 KG weight

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