What Are Your Favorite At Home Exercises?

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  • Ally_Clare
    Ally_Clare Posts: 355 Member
    Exercise bike
  • TrinityPixie4
    TrinityPixie4 Posts: 109
    I like to do the Tae Bo T3 workout DVD's. Soon I will get the Jillian Micael's 30 Day shred, I heard some great things about it.
  • mark996
    mark996 Posts: 184 Member
    What if my garage is my gym? Haha! My favorite is either going to be ATG squats, or deadlifts, or atlas stones, or tire flips, daggum I have to just pick one?
  • BeginningNoStop
    BeginningNoStop Posts: 78 Member
    If you have someone at home who can hold the pads then you can get a really good Boxing workout. A few that I use when my wife and I train at home:

    - Ten Punches: where you do ten punches medium height, then ten punches low, then ten punches up high. Do three sets of each.

    - Ten Punches with Exercise: Ten punches then squat 10. Ten punches then ten lunges. Ten Punches then ten burpies.

    - 21: You start with one punch each hand, then two punches each hand, then three punches each hand............ working your way up to 21 punches each hand. This is brutal.

    - Minute Jabs/Minute Cross: Do a minute of jabbing with your lead hand (pulling back into defensive position -keeping your hand up between punches). Then a minute of crosses with the other hand. The repetition with the same hand is hard work but great for building strength and speed.

    - Situps with punch: Ten situps with your partner holding the pads so that you Jab/Cross when you rise. You can also do a situp with a twist adding a left and right hook on at the end.

    Pressups with Ball - In your normal pressup position, but put a soccer ball (or medicine ball) under one hand and complete ten pressups, then switch hands. This varies the normal pressup slightly and forces you to go deeper on one arm than you would via a normal pressup. You can also take this further by putting the ball in your centre and placing both hands on it and doing a pressup, works a different range of muscles but helps with core strength and balance.

    - Punches with Weights: Get a small dumbbell (3-4kg) and do a minutes worth of jabs/crosses remembering to hold your form and to keep your technique sharp (Extending and twisting the arm, moving the body from the core, bringing hands back into defensive positions, keeping the hands up). The resistance for the weights are great for building power in your punches.

    - Numbered Combos: Ive also given each punch a number (1 Jab, 2 Cross, 3 Hook, 4 Uppercut, 5 Slip, 6 Duck) and get my 12 year old daughter to call out random numbers (while she watches telly!) that I use when shadow boxing!

    I hope the above helps, Id been keen to draw on any other exercises people use at home when boxing. :)

    I know this is a very long time coming but thanks for the boxing advice!! I'm going to try it out today!! i'm sooo excited
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