Modern lifestyle may have given us all the conveniences and comforts, but it seems that it has taken the human component out of it. All the modern medicine and antibiotics may have found a quick fix to our headaches, but this has not stopped from letting our lives deteriorate any further.
Our white collar jobs have not only fattened our pockets, but also our waists and abdomens. Amid all the chaos and hectic lifestyle, one who has enough consciousness about his eroding health, cannot even find time to exercise.
Here are seven basic exercises or physical activities that you can do when you have a very busy and hectic schedule.
#1. Five Minute Push-ups:
Push-ups work on your chest and arms. When you live a hectic lifestyle, three sets of push-ups with each round composed of five to ten push-ups is greatly helpful. It doesn’t take more than five minutes to go through three rounds of pumping your arms up and down to flex those chest muscles.
#2. Walk Wherever Possible:
Wherever you find an opportunity, take a walk. Have your office on fifth floor? Take the stairs. Found 10 minutes extra during your lunchtime? Go for a brief walk instead of slumping down in your seat that allows all the undigested food to accumulate in your tummy.
#3. Thirty Squats:
Squatting trains your legs as it forces the weight of your torso on your legs. This strengthens the muscles of your legs and helps you build strength in your tendons in the long run. All you have to do is to squat with or without weights in three sets with each set having ten rounds.
Time Taken: 5 minutes in all.
#4. Don’t Skip The Rope Skips:
Rope skipping has been found to be the most effective fat burning exercise. When you have no time for a cardio or a sprint, a good session of fifty to hundred rope skips fixes that fat growth.
Time took: 10 minutes in all.
#5. Lower Body Crunches:
These crunches are effective to shape your lower abdomen from a fat blob of flesh into a toned stomach. Lie on the floor and bring knees close to your abdomen and push them again further. Keep the process going for ten counts! Do three sets of these. If you find it too difficult, do five in each set.
Time took: 5 minutes in all.
#6. Upper Body Crunches:
Lie down on a mat and slowly lift the upper part of your body while you place your hands on the sides of your head. Do not use your hands to support your head, instead just place them casually over there. Do three sets of this exercise with each set consisting of five to ten repetitions.
Time took: 5 minutes in all.
#7. Jump with Knees to Stomach:
Jump by bringing your knees till your stomach in an alternative manner such that while one knee touches your stomach, the other is down. Perform three sets with each set containing ten to fifteen repetitions.
Time took: 5 minutes in all.
If you add them up, they barely take anywhere between thirty-five to forty minutes, a time that you can afford to spare in the morning.