If you are looking at sweating it out to burn the stored fat in your body, cardiovascular exercise is the best option. You could chose between aerobics, kickboxing and swimming, but if you’re the kind who can’t find time to hit the gym, here are a few ways to blast up to 300 calories in 30-40 minutes by these ‘do it anywhere’ cardio workouts. Include these strengthening exercise after a cardio regime to achieve the desired results. Perform these exercise on alternate days only.
EXERCISE FOR THE LOWER BODY
Along with basic lunges and squats here are some more exercise to sculpt the ower body. keep going with the repetition until you feel you can’t do any more.
NYC BALLET EXERCISE
Lie on one side and bend the upper leg and rest your toes on the ankle of the other leg. Without moving your hips, slowly lift and lower the bent knees.
LEG LIFT
Lie on your stomach with your chin tucked in and legs extended. Lift one leg as high as you can and lower. Repeat other side.
HAMCURLS
Stand and hold onto something stable for support. Slowly lift one heel towards your buttocks, and then lower; The knee of the supporting leg should be slightly bent during the exercise, not locked.
EXERCISE FOR THE UPPER BODY LATERAL RISE
For shapely shoulders, use a half litre bottle of water in each hand and raise your arms sideways until they are level with your shoulders, Keep your arms slightly bent throught.
TRICEP EXTENSION
Tone the back of your arms, hold a one litre bottle of water with both hands and raise it above your head, keeping your arms straight. Keep your upper arms still and your elbows closed to your head. and slowly lower the weight behind you from the elbows as far you can, and lift up again.
STANDING PUSH UPS
Stand facing a wall, feet apart and 12 inches away from the wall at shoulder height. Bend your elbows sideways and lean towards the wall as far as possible without letting your forearms touch the wall. Keep your legs and back straight. Push your self back to starting position.
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