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At home training

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“Creating exercise and fitness habits at home may be one of the smartest strategies to save money, time, and the planet.”

Balls, bands, beams, and BOSU balls are basic equipment for fantastic fitness and fun. A Swiss ball is a great way to do many exercise and fitness activities to get fitter and stronger. Even simply sitting on one while you watch, work or work out is beneficial. Using bands or hand weights while on the ball provides additional benefits. Resistance bands offer big benefits because they allow you to do resistance training safely and without bulky weights. They are lightweigh­t and low cost so they are easy to travel with. Balance beams can be made with some two-by-fours raised two inches off the floor. You will be amazed at the extra benefits you get walking on a balance beam. A BOSU ball (an acronym for Both Sides Utilized) is designed to help develop your core and stabilizer muscles for better agility, balance, and stability. :hen these fitness systems are combined they offer a big bounty of benefits for a low investment.

Bodyweight workouts include a wide range of exercises such as aerobics, calistheni­cs, climbing, crawling, isometrics, jumping, lunges, Pilates, plyometric­s, pulling, pushing, running, squats, throwing, and yoga. All of them offer tremendous creativity and variety so you can match and mix them to keep your body and mind challenged, changing, charged, and conditione­d. 'o a few bear and crab crawls a day for a week and see the benefits of simple strength system.

)unctional full-body natural movement training focuses on exercise and fitness habits that actively engage core activities, movements, and skeletal systems for a more effective conditioni­ng programme. Some of my favourite functional training programmes include Egoscue 0etho', 0ov1at, Rebounder, and TR; suspension training. Each of these systems offers a wide range of activities, exercise, and fitness habits that challenge you in many different ways. These strength systems will keep you very stable, strong, and supple”. %\ MichaeO Morningsta­r the Great News Coach - find out more at www. michaeOmor­ningstar.com

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