10 Workout Exercises For Families

Workouts can be a family activity in this quarantine. Why not make the time useful and get a chance to be fitter and in shape plus turn it into a family activity.

Some general tips that you should keep in mind when doing workouts to make sure you get the most out of your workout.

• Never workout immediately after a meal
• Make sure to keep yourself hydrated
• Get enough sleep
• Being consistent
• A healthy diet according to your workout goal

Following are some of the exercises that can be done using no material at all and aren’t very tough to carry out. These exercises are gender or age-specific, they’ll help you overall for a better version of yourself.

Jumping Jacks

At the start of the workout, you’ll need to warm up the body and do a little bit of cardio.

• Start by doing 3 sets of 1 minute each with a break of 30 seconds between sets

Mountain Climbers

Being a compound workout that uses several muscle groups, it is an efficient way of improving your shoulders, back, core, legs and arms. Another advantage of using several muscles at the same time is a raised heart rate, which would help the body burn lots of calories.

• Start by doing 3 sets of 10

Dips

They are known as upper-body workouts that mainly build stronger and bigger triceps, but dips also hit the shoulders, chest, and back.

• Start by doing 3 sets of 10 dips

 Push-ups

This is one of the oldest and most effective bodyweight exercises, that strengthens most of your upper body, lower back and core.

• Start by doing 3 sets of 5 push-ups each

If you are not able to do a push-up you can start of by doing knee or negative push-ups.

Planks

A simple exercise for beginners for stronger abs, strengthen your shoulder, arms and back. It can be done in many variations.

• Start by doing 3 sets of 30 second each

Crunches

The crunch is one of the most popular abdominal exercises. It engages all the abdominal muscles but primarily works on building six-packs and tightening the belly.

• Start by doing 3 sets of 10 crunches each

Squats

It is a strength training workout that needs multiple muscles in the lower and upper body to train together at the same time. Most of these muscles provide strengths to your daily tasks like climbing stairs, carrying heavy loads, bending or walking.

• Start by doing 3 sets of 10 squats each

Lunges

They improve muscle mass to increase strength and give the body good shape, especially your butt, legs and core. Improving your look is not the primary benefit of toning your body, you will also develop good postures and an improved range of movement.

• Start by doing 3 sets of 10 lunges on each leg

Superman

It works your obliques and lower back and helps improve flexibility.

• Start by holding it for 10 seconds 

Cobra stretch

A good way to end your workout by relaxing all muscles.

You may add different equipment like fitness sandbag training etc to provide a variety of activities.