With so much advice out there on different styles of training and areas of fitness, the common one you often get is to exercise.
Perhaps, you may have received such advice either from a health consultant on a visit to the hospital or possibly during your daily activities but the question that you and I often failed to ask is how to exercise.
It is true that exercise is good for the body but knowing how to exercise for effective fitness results is even more important because without knowledge of the exercise routine that suits your body you may end up choosing one that can jeopardize your health.
By the time you finish reading, you’ll never have to wonder “what basic exercise routine do I need to keep fit?”
Here we get started. Before taking your fitness journey it is important to carefully think through what you intend to achieve at the end as it will help you easily track your progress to know if you’re actually getting the desired results.
Your fitness goals may be to improve your flexibility and balance, boost your immune system, or even getting yourself to the best shape of your life.
By drawing a concrete plan which I recommend should be guided by a health professional or a fitness coach, set you in a motion to crush your goals.
A typical visit to the fitness center with lots of equipment to your disposal can easily make you lose sight of the big picture.
So we asked an experienced trainer on the exercise routine that guarantees maximum fitness and that can be done by almost everyone and his approach was quite interesting. So here are some basic exercise routines for maximum fitness which you can start right away to keep fit.
1. Yoga Exercises
Regular practice of yoga can bring together your physical and mental discipline to achieve a peaceful body and mind with many positive results, ranging from stress relief, weight loss, improved immunity, and maintaining a healthier lifestyle.
From mountain pose yoga (Tadasana) to forward fold (Uttanasana),
child’s Pose (Balasana), Plank Pose
and many yoga poses among others, yoga requires full attention and awareness
with experience and a certified yoga instructor.
Finding the best fitness center for yoga can be a dwindling task especially in areas where yoga is not commonly practiced and to save you the stress of locating the best yoga center in Lagos Nigeria, we strongly recommend Pro-Fit gym & Yoga Centre Lagos: the best place to experience complete body, mind and soul transformation with yoga guided by a certified and experienced yoga coach.
2. Aerobics
Aerobics helps in achieving the basic element of fitness. Common aerobics activities include walking, running, cycling or swimming.
These exercises get your heart (Cardio) and blood pumping resulting in different oxygen flow in the body. They differ from anaerobic exercises such as weightlifting and are performed for a shorter time with maximum effort.
Some Basic Aerobics and Benefits
i. Walking: You can walk anywhere, anytime. Some use walking as their major form of exercise. Walking daily reduces your chance of heart diseases, burns fat, and keeps your body flexible.
ii. Cycling: Cycling comes handy depending on your conveniences and available machines. It helps free your joints, build muscles and increase blood flow.
iii. Swimming: A swimsuit and a pool sets your swimming in motion. It’s good for people recovering from injuries or limited mobility because it is a low-impact exercise.
iv. Zumba: This exercise tones your entire body, increases your flexibility, coordination and is also beneficial to the heart.
Zumba dance is now becoming popular in most fitness centers and as one of the leading exercise hub in Lagos, expect the best zumba workout when you step in to Pro-Fit Gym & Yoga Centre Lagos.
Any of these exercises can be combined depending on your fitness level and it is always advisable to speak with a fitness coach where necessary.
3. Gym exercises
Gym is a shared space. By now you can figure out that here you will find tons of people, lots of confusing equipment if it happens to be your first time in the gym.
We all at some point have experienced some things unclear to us in the gym or perhaps, this may be as a result of not knowing what we really want to achieve and the reason I earlier suggested that you list out what you want to achieve before taking your fitness journey.
It is okay to let the front desk person know that it is your first time in the gym.
The gym section is one of the complex rooms in a fitness center because of different equipment there so we listed some of this gym equipment and their uses.
i. Dumbbells: This is a popular gym equipment you will find in fitness centers. They come in different sizes and shapes and some with adjustable dials. A dumbbell serves different purposes. You can use a dumbbell for biceps and triceps transformation or even full body workout depending on the design.
ii. Chest Press Machine: This gym equipment targets your upper body. If you admire bodybuilders, rugby players, football players and wrestlers with great stature you may consider using chest press.
iii. Decline Bench: This helps to develop the triceps, pectoral muscles, abs, and shoulder.
iv. Pull Down machine: This equipment allows you to move a pull/chin attached to a weight while sitting down. It helps build the deltoid (back) and trapezius (traps).
v. AB Roller: the purpose of this equipment is for you to hold the handles, roll along the floor and engage your core. It is effective for the abdominal muscles, triceps and hamstrings.
vi. Kettlebells: Designed to the shape of a kettle consisting of ball and handle, this equipment engages most body muscles and improves your cardiovascular fitness levels. Just hit the gym, then grab the kettle and start moving.
Conclusion
Well, there you have it and we hope this will be a great start for your fitness journey.
The beautiful thing about fitness is that it keeps evolving as new equipment surfaces. So you won’t become an expert overnight in mastering those equipment, hence it becomes a goal to achieve.
Building a healthy fitness routine helps eliminate procrastination, increases your focus and supercharge your zeal of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Whether your goal is to get stronger or faster,lose weight or just improve the quality of your life, you need to know the best gym to begin your journey.
So go ahead and jump right away to any of yoga class, aerobics or gym class depending on the fitness journey you want to embark on.
Pro-Fit Gym & Yoga Centre Lagos is a leading fitness hub with certified coaches from India and Nigeria.
Written by Edward [pedward080@gmail.com]
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