Wednesday, November 14, 2007

How to get fit on a budget

How to get fit on a budget
Joining a gym can burn a hole in your pocketbook. You
might not have the room in your budget for a gym
membership. Do not despair there is plenty that you can do
that will cost you either very little or close to nothing
at all.

You do not have to believe all those commercials that say
you need to have the latest fitness equipment in order to
get fit and lose weight. Those machines not only cost
money but nine out of ten times they do not live up to
their promises and wind up collecting dust under your bed.
Save your money and instead try taking a brisk walk
everyday. You can walk through your neighborhood, local
parks or even around a high school football field during
the summer when it’s not being used. If it is
raining, take a ride to your town mall and do laps around
the mall. Not only will you get a great workout, you can
also check out the latest deals. Other quick and free
things you can do is to take the stairs whenever possible
and park further away at stores.

You can also get a great workout by cleaning. Working out
in the garden can burn up to 400 calories in an hour which
is almost the same as you can get from walking your dog.
Shoveling Snow can burn almost 500 calories in an hour!
Virtually every household chore can be turned into some
form of exercise from scrubbing your floors to vacuuming
your carpet. The key is to increase your heart rate
while doing them.

Your kids are also excellent workout tools. Have you ever
spent a day chasing after a toddler? It is exhausting and
take it from me, they can leave you breathless. They have
an unbelievable amount of energy and you can work up a good
sweat just trying to keep up with them. Another activity
toddlers love is dancing. Put on some music and boogey
down with your tot. Not only are you spending more time
with your little one, you are getting a good workout.
If you have older kids also, take them outside and play
with them. Play kickball, or tag your it. Take them to
the park and run around with them. All of these fitness
ideas will cost you nothing at all and but for once you
will be gaining something in return,.

If you have the room in budget there are some inexpensive
fitness items you can invest in. Free weights or
dumbbells are usually very inexpensive and can help
strengthen you upper and even lower body. You may pay more
money for them at a sporting store but Target and Wal-Mart
sell them for only a few dollars. Jump ropes are also a
excellent and inexpensive way to get a good cardio work out.

Worse comes to worse and you have no room in your budget
for any of those items, chances are you have a every
workout tool you might need already in your pantry. A bag
of flour weights the same as a stomach ball and you can
fill empty milk jugs to act as weights.

There is no need for exercise to cost a lot of money. Save
the money you would spend on expensive equipment or gym
membership and use it on the new wardrobe you will soon
need.


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