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Indoors Workout
Students always have an excuse for not getting off their backsides and doing a little exercise. If you are not a gym bunny or in any of the many university sports teams, then we still want you to get fit. Your next natural excuse may be lack of cash and no trainers. Well read this article and learn how to exercise for free in the comfort of your own accommodation away from prying eyes. Come on you might even have a laugh and you can do most if it while you are watching E4.
Celebrity personal trainer Christianne Wolff has devised a nifty little in house work out, just take note and do it during a much deserved study break.
The bedroom bed press up
This will tone your shoulders and chest. Lie with your stomach down on the bed and place hands on the floor. Slide your body forward off the bed, walking hands out, until your hips are at the edge of the bed. Now you are at the start position, brace your tummy and lower your chest to the floor, then simply press up.
Do 1-2 sets of 20
Hall lunges
This tones the back, inner thighs and bum. Take a big stride forward with your right foot and dip down before lifting your left foot through . In the dip, bend both knees at right angles. Push back up through your right heel and take your left foot straight into a second stride and dip. At the end of the hall, lunge backwards to work the quadriceps and calves. Ensure your strides are equal length
Do 20 steps in total
Bathroom soap and squats
To tone your bottom and thighs stand with your feet hip width apart and hold a big washbag at your chest, thighs or tummy. Bend down like you are about to sit on a chair with bottom sticking our and back flat. Stop before your hips dip below your knees. Push back up and repeat.
Do 2 sets of 12-20
Sitting room ironing board crunches
Tone your tum. Place the pointy end of the board on your couch, the other on the floor. Lay back on the board with your head near the ground and curl your toes under the board’s foot bar. Contract your stomach, lifting your head and shoulder blades two inches off the board, but don’t swing forward.
Do 2 sets of 5-20
Kitchen chair dips
To tone your triceps (backs of arms). Sit on a chair with hands flat on the seat at your sides – fingers forward, elbows back. Straighten your legs in front of your legs in front of you and without shifting your feet, lift your bum off the seat and bend your knees. Use your arms (not pelvis or legs) to lower your body as far as you can without touching the seat, then rise without locking your elbows.
Do 2 sets of 10-20
Laundry room suds and presses
To tone up shoulders and arms.
Stand with your feet a hip width apart, holding a wash basket at chest height. Pull your tummy in and press the basket up, being careful not to swing it backwards over your head. Lower to your shoulders
Do 2 sets of 12-15