Spend time in bed watching TV or go for a workout? This is a common dilemma of many of us. But sometimes we don't have to choose between one and the other. Here are three exercises you can do while watching TV.
With these three exercises, you no longer have to choose between watching TV and going to training. This is a great way to combine the beautiful with the useful, especially if you want to get in shape, but at the same time you don't want to give up watching TV. With this type of exercise, you won't burn as many calories as you would with training, but you can still burn calories at a lower intensity and strengthen certain parts of the body. Three exercises you can do while watching TV are
1. Board
The plank exercise is one of the most popular exercises around the world, and for good reason. At the same time, it acts on all muscle groups in the body - strengthens the buttocks, reduces back pain, strengthens the arms and legs and strengthens the abdominal muscles.
Given that it is a static exercise, you don't need a lot of space to perform it, so you can do it right in front of your bed.
Lean on your forearms, stretch your body and lean only on your fingertips. The upper part of the body must be a straight line, make sure that your hips and buttocks are in the same plane, neither too high nor too low. Contract all the muscles in your body to hold this position for as long as you can.
2. Squats
If you want to strengthen your lower body, squats are a great exercise for that. You can easily watch TV while doing the simplest squat. All you need is gravity and your body weight.
You can also grab an object that is handy to make this exercise a little more challenging.
With this exercise, it is important that you stand in a proper stance (feet shoulder width apart). Lower yourself until your thighs are parallel to the floor and your knees can't go past your toes.
3. Steps
Another great exercise for the lower body and legs is the lunge. Like squats, you can do lunges with some objects to make the exercise more demanding (for example, with two bottles of water in your hands).
You only need enough space to kneel down. While enjoying a good movie or your favorite series, the time will pass faster and this exercise will not seem so strenuous.
Stand straight, feet shoulder-width apart, arms extended by the body. Look straight ahead, keep your back straight and tighten your stomach muscles. Step forward, leaning first on the heel and then on the entire foot of the leg you stepped forward with. The step should be so long that the foot of the back leg lifts off the ground (the heel leaves the ground, you lean on the toes of the back leg), and the angle between the thighs, when you come down, is 90 degrees. Make sure that the knee of the front leg does not go over the toes. Then push yourself up and return to the starting position. You can do this exercise alternately, with the left and then the right leg, or a certain number of repetitions with one leg, then the same number of repetitions with the other leg, reports Beauty and Health.
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