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]]>Here are three bodyweight exercises for you to start with—no weights required.
If you are new to push-ups you can either do them against a wall or with your hands on a bench. Or instead, start on your knees instead of straightened legs. There are loads of different variations of the body weight push-up, you just have to find what is right for you.
These are a little harder than the regular body weight squats but more effective and will get your heart rate soaring. Stand with your feet a little wider than hip-width apart and go down into a squat, instead of coming all the way up, straighten the legs halfway and go back down to the bottom of your squat then straighten to the start position.
This is a great hamstring and glute exercise. It can be a little challenging on one leg, but that’s how to get the best results. It also works your core and helps to keep your body balanced. Lie flat on a mat with your knees bent and feet on the floor, straighten one leg to knee level and push through the foot on the floor to lift your hips, squeeze the glutes at the top.
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]]>Well, first of all, scale weight is a pretty bad way to determine anything about your health. Your weight is impacted by so many factors from your body composition to your menstrual cycle (if you have one) to your nutritional intake to how much water you drank that day to when your last bowel movement was. Because there are so many contributing factors, it’s impossible to make a direct correlation between weight and health, or to even trust the scale as a reliable measurement.
There are much better measures you can use to track your health, from your body fat percentage, to your energy levels, to your blood work, to how good you feel in your own body. So who needs the scale?
If your scale has the potential to make you feel guilty or bad about yourself, we say that you should get rid of it. There will always be better ways to track your fitness progress and your health, and you’ll finally be freed from the shackles of caring about the measurement of how much downward force your mass has. It’ll take a huge weight off your shoulders—pun intended.
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]]>The changes you see on the number on the scale from day to day are most likely due to water. As long as you’re eating healthily and exercising, water retention is usually what changes the number on the scale. Factors that influence your body’s water composition are eating, drinking, urinating, having a bowel movement, and exercising. Period weight gain is also normal—your weight fluctuates based on your time of the month.
Some things that can lead to weight gain are alcohol, medications, and health conditions.
For some people using a scale every day can help them make better health choices throughout the day, but for others, it can make them obsessive over numbers and it can even derail their progress and negatively affect their mental health. If you fall in the latter category, it may be best to find other ways to track your progress.
A better way to keep track of if you’re meeting your goals is to weigh yourself only once a week and to maintain a healthy diet and lifestyle. Other ways to track your progress besides for a scale are checking your body composition or seeing the way your clothing fits you.
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]]>The post Scared of Weights But Still Want to Workout? Try These Bodyweight Exercises appeared first on yourdailysportfix.com.
]]>Here are three bodyweight exercises for you to start with—no weights required.
If you are new to push-ups you can either do them against a wall or with your hands on a bench. Or instead, start on your knees instead of straightened legs. There are loads of different variations of the body weight push-up, you just have to find what is right for you.
These are a little harder than the regular body weight squats but more effective and will get your heart rate soaring. Stand with your feet a little wider than hip-width apart and go down into a squat, instead of coming all the way up, straighten the legs halfway and go back down to the bottom of your squat then straighten to the start position.
This is a great hamstring and glute exercise. It can be a little challenging on one leg, but that’s how to get the best results. It also works your core and helps to keep your body balanced. Lie flat on a mat with your knees bent and feet on the floor, straighten one leg to knee level and push through the foot on the floor to lift your hips, squeeze the glutes at the top.
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]]>The post The Benefits of Getting Rid of Your Scale appeared first on yourdailysportfix.com.
]]>Well, first of all, scale weight is a pretty bad way to determine anything about your health. Your weight is impacted by so many factors from your body composition to your menstrual cycle (if you have one) to your nutritional intake to how much water you drank that day to when your last bowel movement was. Because there are so many contributing factors, it’s impossible to make a direct correlation between weight and health, or to even trust the scale as a reliable measurement.
There are much better measures you can use to track your health, from your body fat percentage, to your energy levels, to your blood work, to how good you feel in your own body. So who needs the scale?
If your scale has the potential to make you feel guilty or bad about yourself, we say that you should get rid of it. There will always be better ways to track your fitness progress and your health, and you’ll finally be freed from the shackles of caring about the measurement of how much downward force your mass has. It’ll take a huge weight off your shoulders—pun intended.
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]]>The post Here’s Why Your Weight Flunctates from Day to Day appeared first on yourdailysportfix.com.
]]>The changes you see on the number on the scale from day to day are most likely due to water. As long as you’re eating healthily and exercising, water retention is usually what changes the number on the scale. Factors that influence your body’s water composition are eating, drinking, urinating, having a bowel movement, and exercising. Period weight gain is also normal—your weight fluctuates based on your time of the month.
Some things that can lead to weight gain are alcohol, medications, and health conditions.
For some people using a scale every day can help them make better health choices throughout the day, but for others, it can make them obsessive over numbers and it can even derail their progress and negatively affect their mental health. If you fall in the latter category, it may be best to find other ways to track your progress.
A better way to keep track of if you’re meeting your goals is to weigh yourself only once a week and to maintain a healthy diet and lifestyle. Other ways to track your progress besides for a scale are checking your body composition or seeing the way your clothing fits you.
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