by Ivan Copado

Created on: August 06, 2009

Let us face facts; the world as we know it has changed for good. Long gone are the days that dollars could be thrown around frivolously and bills paid strictly through the use of credit cards. Yet what does that mean for our bodies? For those of us that can no longer afford a gym membership that can cost hundreds of dollars a year, and were not granted the foresight to purchase exercise equipment; we feel restricted. Never fear though there is still hope, hope for those strenuous days at the gym to be found again, faith that our bodies will not become a giant mass of jelly, and trust that we may indeed find a sufficient substitute to the power of the dumbbells and exercise machines found in gyms. Allow this small list of exercises to further your knowledge of simple exerting tasks.

To begin, look high and low, far and wide around your home for ample space that will give the adequate space for the size of your body. For example: If you are a man of average build, 5 ft. 10 in., find an area that measures approximately eight feet wide and seven feet long, like a living room or den. Now that the boring task has been completed we can begin the fantastic work of sculpting our bodies at home.

Push-ups: Let us target our chest, arms, and abdomens with the all encompassing exercise known as the push-up. Ironically a simple exercise that we learned as children while we attempted to complete gym class can be recalled to help obtain the body we long for. To begin lower yourself to the ground, while on the ground stretch your arms out in front of you to be parallel to your hips. Keeping your arm stretched out set them down on the floor, and then stretch your entire body to be parallel to the ground, with arms set equally apart with arms aligned with shoulders. Now before beginning make certain that body is perfectly straight, and suck in your stomach. Form with this exercise is key, without it the entire exercise will be fruitless. Begin to lower yourself with head looking forward. Go as low as possible and do not forget that no one is perfect the first time, the trick is to practice until it is perfect, then repeat, to reach full success repetition and sets are best to be utilized. With this exercise you will strengthen your chest, biceps, forearms, and abdominal muscles. Next we position ourselves in a kneeling position with arms and hands in a prayer like pose, then attempting to keep them in a straight line are as wide as you can put them without causing any annoyance

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