Regular exercisers are more prone to ball prey to the blunders of regular exercise. It could be anything from reading during a work out, to depriving one’s muscles of inadequate burn. The best way to spice up a fitness program is by returning to the basics.

About your posture, are you slumped over the treadmill or stationery bike during your regimen? If you are trying to manage your time by catching up on some much needed reading while you train, you are guilty of depriving your body of the work-out it deserves. Not to mention, reading during a work out is not exactly the best form or posture.

It’s the primary reason many machines have handrails. These peripherals are intended for safety and balance. If you have been doing the same exercise on the elliptical machine, try letting go of the rails and performing your work-out without hands. You should notice that it drastically modifies the scope of the exercise. The body requires more balance. The added benefit of this exercise exhausts many more calories as well as an all-around enhanced exercise session.

Pilates Exercise

Using a Pilate ball, squat a forward or backward stance. Make sure that one leg is planted on the ball. Focus on balancing your trunk and lowering the bottom half of your extremities. Together these movements will develop both stability, and strength.

Here’s how: Standing next to a wall with one hand extended for balance, take an embellished step forward. The movement should be executed in a
lunge style. Transfer all weight onto the front leg and gingerly elevate the rear leg onto the ball. With your shin on the ball, find an appropriate position.

If you have poor balance or unable to maintain your balance, use the wall to steady your balance. Otherwise, put your hands on both hips with your torso and head upright squat down with the forward leg. Slowly bob up and down in slow and controlled motions, until you have performed ten movements on each leg.