Circuit training at home: Upper Body exercise
These exercises are designed in a way that goes from easier to harder. This means that you start with the easiest exercise, and finish it up with the more challenging one. This circuit training session has four exercises. Except for the first workout, all the others are basically doing pushups but in a slightly different way. The exercises are:
- Moving back and forth on a balance ball
- Pushups while the ball is under the hips
- Pushups while balancing the body on the ball only with the feet
- Pushups and moving the ball towards the body with the feet.
The exercises are designed to make a person be able to do circuit training at home; all that is needed is a balance ball. Pushups are great for chest muscles. This means throughout this circuit training, the body works out its chest muscles. But as the pushups are done on a balance ball, the exercises get very challenging and the abs and core muscles are also worked out.
Always remember:
- NEVER challenge yourself too much. Do not pose challenge on your body more than it can handle. Usually, beginners are more likely to have less balance and muscle strength. This is why it is recommended to start with the easier exercises.
- Always do a good warm up and cool down. An effective warm up workout increases the blood circulation of the body and readies the body to take the exercises. A good warm up exercise can be running or skipping. As an example of cooling down, light stretching is recommended.
- Drink plenty of water during a circuit training session, it helps the blood flow throughout the body and thus the oxygen flow becomes better.
- Circuit training is a great way to maintain a health looking body, so try to follow good circuit training routines.
