Easy Toning Workouts to do at Home

It’s hard to fit in an exercise when you’re always at home, or you don’t want to pay the expensive gym membership and exercise classes. Cardio is still doable without the need of equipment, and you can just run every morning or go cycling. But what if you want to tone your muscles? What if you wish to have stronger biceps or rock-hard abs? Fear not, for there are many workouts you can do at home that requires minimal equipment. Without further ado, here are some simple exercises you can do at home.

Yoga

Yoga is the known for increasing muscle strength, flexibility, and decreasing stress. There are plenty of yoga exercise videos online, all you need is a laptop or tv and a yoga mat. You don’t even have to invest that much for yoga clothes, as they are just the typical sports bra and capris leggings. No fancy exercising shoes required! You can do yoga when you wake up in the morning to get your body started, or before you sleep in the evening to relax your mind. For intermediate and advanced yoga, we do recommend you to hire a yoga instructor, as abnormal movements can lead to joint pains. If you have no intention of hiring one, we suggest you stick to the beginner’s yoga movements.

Pilates

You may think that pilates requires a lot of fancy and big equipment, but it doesn’t. Just like yoga, all you need is a yoga mat. However, not a lot of pilates exercises are available online. You probably need to subscribe to a pilates application or hire a Pilates instructor. You can do a little research and attempt to do it yourself, but this rarely works. Pilates has the purpose of balancing your spine and coordination between the upper and lower body. Its final output is for you to have the perfect posture.

Matwork

The most popular workout nowadays is matwork. Just like the name, you only require a mat for most of the exercises. However, you need to focus on one body part per matwork. For example, today want to focus on your glutes. Your matwork exercise would then be squats, squat jumps, squat pulses, sumo, etc. The next day you want to focus on your abs so that you can do planks, sit-ups, mountain climbers, etc. You do this for 15 to 20 reps, three to four times. The matwork exercise is usually done in an hour.