Exercise
Although a lot of people say they don’t enjoy exercising, exercising does not mean running marathons or going to the gym 4 times per week. Exercise is very important in a healthy lifestyle and to help maintain weight loss, but it can become part of your lifestyle quite easily. Trying simple things like getting off the bus a stop early or walking up the stairs instead of taking the lift can burn an extra 100 calories a day, do this a few times per week and it will quickly add up!
We have a range of simple exercises you can do in the home to begin with which you can find below:
10 minute workouts
Exercise does not need to be complicated, and to make life easy we have a selection of easy 10 minute work outs to compliment you BioDIETS Plan. Adding these 10 minute power work outs can help you burn up to 100 calories each session.
Single-Leg Squat
- Lift right leg off floor, bending knee 90%, and place hands on hips
- Bend left knee, lowering into a squat
- Hold for 1 count, straighten leg, then repeat
- Do 1 minute per leg
Crunch Ball Toss
- Lie on back holding a medicine ball (a football will do) with both hands at chest level, knees bent
- Crunch up and toss the ball a few inches above you; freeze in that position until the ball falls back into your hands
- Slowly return to the start and repeat
Single-Arm Diagonal Clean and Press
- Holding a 5lb dumbbell, in right hand, bend knees 90% and lower weight toward left foot
- With an explosive lift, stand and swing the weight up to your right shoulder
- Extend arm overheard; return weight to shoulder
- Repeat 10 times on each side
Explosive Jump
- Stand with knees bent 90%
- With arms by sides, bend elbows, bringing fists just below chest
- Keep abs and glutes tight and jump as high as you can
- Land with knees slightly bent
- Return to start
- Do 12 times; rest for 30 seconds and repeat
Metabolic Bike
- Lie on back with knees bent, feet on floor
- Place hands lightly behind head
- Raise upper body and extend legs about 12 inches off floor
- Bring left elbow and right knee towards each other
- Continue, alternating sides