The warm weather’s here, businesses are reopening after a tumultuous spring, and Canada’s COVID-19 pandemic seems to be producing diminishing numbers. Despite all this good news, exercise and fitness centers in many parts of the country are still closed.
No excuses. There are still plenty of ways to get in shape at home. Using a few simple fitness accessories, you can get in equally challenging workouts on muscle groups like chest, back, shoulders, legs, and arms. Get your cardio up to snuff and keep your weight under your control.
If you don’t know where to start with home workouts and fitness-at-home, here are summer exercise accessories from Living.ca that are cheap, easy-to-use, and worth the buy.
Yoga Mat
Start with a comfortable, non-slip yoga mat. Also usable for tai chi, a yoga mat gives you somewhere to set yourself up where you aren’t going to slip and fall and risk injury. Yoga has modifications for every movement, meaning you can make it as easy or as difficult as you want.
Jump Rope
One of the best cardio workouts there is is jump rope. This lightweight aluminum jump rope is professional-grade. Increase your step count, get your heart rate up, and go further with a high-intensity cardiovascular workout. For home gyms and outdoor workouts, you always want to ensure a jump rope’s somewhere close.
Exercise Ball
An exercise ball adds stability challenges to various exercises. Just a few of the bodyweight exercises you can make difficult with an exercise ball include wall squats, stability ball lunges, dumbbell chest presses, decline push-ups, shoulder presses, hamstring curls, sit-ups, and more.
Resistance Bands
Resistance bands are used in physical therapy, stretching, yoga, Crossfit, and Pilates. Like other home workouts, a resistance band exercise program is customizable. Each resistance band is color-coded, with pink for easy, blue for medium, and green for hard.
Wooden Balance Board
A wooden balance board is another stability challenge but in a different way. These type of exercises are great for sports performance enhancement and muscle rehabilitation. It targets core strength and posture, through challenges to coordination and sense of balance.
All of us fitness enthusiasts and athletes are going through a tough time with so many fitness facilities closed. Even if you can’t get to a gym in your neighborhood, don’t stop training. Push yourself. Get what you can done at home. A few simple purchases can really open up things, giving you the chance to keep yourself in good cardiovascular shape and to even make gains. Shop these fitness accessories and more at Living.ca.
