Top 10 at Home Exercises | Pittsburgh Fitness

by Pat Hanavan on November 28, 2012

You don?t need to go to the gym for a great work-out. Many people simply don?t have the opportunity or the desire to visit their local gym, but work out routines are vital for fitness and health. So here are the top ten exercises which you can do at home, in your own time, at your own pace.

1. Running ? improves endurance, builds strength and is great for your cardio respiratory health. Whether you run over a specific distance, for a specific time, run outdoors or use a treadmill, running is a great basis for any exercise regime.
2. Pullups ? actually incorporate just about every muscle in the shoulders, back, chest and core. They require very little equipment; just a pull-up bar. Maybe you?ll come across one in the park while you?re out running; or you could set something across a door frame, in the garage . . . anywhere.
3. Pushups ? another great CrossFit exercise that actually uses the core of your upper body for strength exercises and training.? You can start off slowly but increase your goals as you go along and get stronger.
4. Jump Rope ? is a terrific method of exercise. It burns lots of calories in a relatively short amount of time. 10 minutes of jump rope exercises can burn off around 100 calories; and its fun too.
5. Burpees ? this CrossFit type exercise is a combination of pushups, jumps and squats; which are great for developing power, strength and endurance. They help to build up stamina and burn fats; what more could you ask for?
6. Squats ? a brilliant method of exercising the lower body, especially the legs and butt.
7. Superman ? this is a core exercise which is great for strengthening the lower back, and is a terrific exercise for warm-up and cool-down periods. Go on, do the Superman!
8. Crunches ? are recommended as being one of the very best CrossFit type exercises for strengthening abdominal muscles.
9. Lunges ? a bit like squats, this lower body exercise uses almost every major leg muscle group and can be performed in many different ways ? side lunges, walking lunges, stationery lunges, lunge jumps.
10. Handstand push-ups ? this is one to strive for. You?ll have to start off with the regular push-ups and pull-ups, but once you?ve built a certain amount of strength and stamina you can progress to performing handstand push-ups. You don?t need any equipment and it?s a great way to improve balance and strength in the core muscles as well as the upper body.

Source: http://if-fit.com/top-10-at-home-workouts/

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