Simple 12 Warm Up Home Exercises before doing the actual exercise..

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“ Simple 12 Warm Up Home Exercises before doing the actual exercise..”

When you start your weight loss journey you’ll find endless advice on fantastic workouts to help you towards your goal. There is very little advice,however, on effective warm up routines. A good warm up is even more important than the workout itself- strenuous exercise without warming up first will only end in trouble!This is where we come in. Here are our top  12 warm up exercises to get you ready for a great workout.

 

 

• Lateral Steps –

This is also known as struggled side walking. It looks little awkward, when you see it being done but is very good for increasing the stability of the knee joints, strengthening the hip abductors and improving hip stability. Hence, it’s a must-do warm-up exercise. It is beneficial to any sportsperson who needs to jump, run and twist in the sport. Take a short break of 15 counts after doing it. Lateral Steps needs to be done 20 times, starting at the count of 5.

• Body Rotation –

Stand with your legs apart and rotate your body from left to right and right to left up till 20 counts. For all exercises the count should be kept static at 20 and starting at the count of 5 as usual.

• Side bends –

Should be done by standing straight and lifting your hip and hand towards the top and bending it sideways; on to your right first and bringing it down back to its original position. Repeat the same procedure on your left. Complete the exercise on the 20th count, by alternating each time, so that each side, you would have done 10 times each. Next, after a rest period of 15 counts, start on the next exercise.

 

• Waist pinchers right –

Here you make you make your right hand and knees touch, by bringing your hand down and lifting your right knee. You should do it up till 20 counts and give a rest count of 15 counts.

• Waist punchers left –

Do the above exercise on the left for 20 counts and give a rest count of 15 as usual.

 

 

 

• Torso Twist –

Here you need to bring the palms of both your hands in front of your chest and turn your entire body to the right first and then to the left. As told earlier, do it 20 times.

 

 

 

• Ventral Lunge –

This means bend yourself a little and bring your hands in front, going backwards to your right first, later to the left. Alternate it and do it 20 times. Later, take a rest of 15 counts.

 

• Lateral Taps –

Take the same stance as in lateral steps, a half squat, with your hands joined in front of your chest and then take a step towards the right with your right foot and bring it back to its original position and repeat the routine with your left leg on the left side, uptill 20 counts. Then take rest of 15 counts.

• Step Jacks–

All are aware of step jacks, lift both your hands high up in the air and step first to the right with your right leg. Later, bring the hands down and while you bring the hands down, bring your legs close together too. Next time you lift both your hands, move your left leg to the left and bring it back to its original position, as told earlier, putting your hands down. Alternate the right and left leg and do it 20 times.

• High Knee Chops Left –

Hold your hands together, slightly above your chin towards your right and lift your left knee towards your abdomen and bring your hands towards your abdomen too; at the same time, making them both touch.

• High Knee Chops Right –

Repeat the above procedure with your right knee.

 

 

• Side Lunge Windmill –

Lift your hands high up in the air from their respective sides like a windmill and then bring it down and touch your right leg first, alternating it with your left leg. 

 

Simple 12 Warm Up Home Exercises before doing the actual exercise.

Again, repeat the entire procedure once again; with this procedure only is your warm-up routine complete. Do not try to do strenuous exercises, without doing a warm-up routine, such as this.Once you have completed these gentle exercises you’re ready to begin your workout. Trust us, do not try to do strenuous exercises without doing a warm-up routine first. Remember, before starting these or any exercises, it’s always best to consult a physician.

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Shandi Sinclair.