It's quite clear that the Era of home workouts is here to stay a bit longer than we all had expected. It has some pros: it's convenient and comfortable, it can be easier to start with strength training at home before going to a gym and you can wear your favourite slippers or comfy socks. But it also has some cons: it's harder to make progress (depending on your goals) and you have to train smarter for the gains.
If you just want to move and keep in shape, there are already lots of workouts with different exercises to include in your home routine. But if you really want to see results, read the following cues to make progress in your home workouts:
Increase the NUMBER OF REPS. Do more repetitions of the same exercise, e.g. add 2 to 5 reps more every week.
Increase the WEIGHT. It's good to workout with your own body weight but you'll need to get more creative to challenge yourself over time. You can use things that you already have at home as weights or invest some money in basic equipment such as bands, dumbbells, kettlebells...
Improve your FORM. Check once again how you are performing the exercises. Is there something in the form you are not doing well or that you could improve? Focus on that. Be a pro with the basic exercises.
Include UNILATERAL EXERCISES. This means single leg or single arm movements, e.g. turn your squat into a split squat.
Look for OTHER CHALLENGING VARIATIONS. As said before, once you've mastered the basic exercise (also in its unilateral form), look for another more challenging option, e.g. pike push ups instead of regular push ups.
Have these cues in mind for your following workout-at-home sessions. Make sure you don't do always the same stuff that will get easy over time. You could easily get stuck in there and be incredibly bored.
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