10 Couch Home Exercises to Burn Fat in Lock down!!

 

Even if it’s lockdown, there are ways to exercise and you should find out these techniques. Because health is of prime importance always, especially now during these corona times. You need to enhance your immunity and what better way to increase it than exercise.

Here are 10 Couch Exercises to burn your fat and remain fit and healthy:

#1 Couch Bike – Seat yourself in the front of the couch; not leaning behind. Keep your hands on your ears and lift your legs alternately.  Do it up to 30 counts. Rest time is for 15 counts.

#2 Couch Flutter Kicks – Lean behind on the couch and lift your legs alternately, first right, then left. This is also done uptil 30 counts. Rest time needs to be of 25 counts.

#3 Couch Squat – All 20 times, bring your hands into a namaste position and sit on the couch, instead of going down to the floor and then take your hands behind and lift yourself a little from the couch. Rest time is 25 counts.

#4 Couch Russian Twist – Lift your legs from the couch and twist your legs and hands both towards the right first, later to the left. 20 times is the count for this exercise. 30 counts are the rest time for this exercise.

#5 Seated Punch Twists – Hold your hand in the form of a punch and put it in front, by twisting your legs too, alternate your hands and legs towards the right once and then towards the left. Do it 40 times. Rest is of 30 counts.

#6 Couch Tap – 30 times, stand in front of the couch and lift your legs and touch the couch alternatively with your right and left leg respectively. Take rest time of 30 counts.

 

#7 Couch Tricep Dips – Balance both hands on the couch, by taking a sitting stance, but do not sit on the couch , but hang in the air with only your hands to balance on the couch and take your upper body down,  by giving pressure on the right side leg first and then on the left. Do this exercise only 20 times. Give a count of 30 for resting.

#8 Couch Climbs – Stretch in front of the couch balancing on your heels and your hands on the floor and then left your body up and keep your hands on the couch by lifting your bod higher. Do it 15 times. Rest time is of 30 counts again.

#9 Side Plank Rotation – The position of the legs is similar to the previous exercise, but keep your hands crossed on the couch and lift up your right-side hand along with your body upwards and then go back to your original position and then alternate the side, do it 20 times. Count uptil 30 for rest.

#10 In and Out – Sit on the couch with your hands at your side, a little in front, seeing that you don’t fall. The exercise is done by joining your legs together and leaning backwards with your legs and in the process the entire body going backwards. This is done only for 20 counts, but the rest time is of 60 counts; as this is the end of 1 particular routine.

The count for the exercise and the rest time varies for each exercise, as per how strenuous the exercise is. So, see that you follow it thoroughly. The count-down to start each exercise is 5 counts; that remains static. Now repeat the entire exercise routine once again.

Had you ever thought that a couch could help you to exercise? So, ‘Where there’s a will; there’s a Way’ – this saying is true in this case. Go for it, from today itself.

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Roberta’s Gym

Blog Author

Shandi Sinclair.