So, the best time to exercise for one who is busy, or too tired to exercise in the evenings, is in the mornings. Waking up early each day and exercising before showering will help you a great deal. Simply do a few sets of any of these exercise and you’ll be off to a great start. Here are 13 exercises that will help you achieve your goals:
1. Stretches
Simply stretch out on your bed and enjoy a burst of released energy to get your body prmed for the day’s activity.
2. Push-ups
These help to work your upper body and core, and strengthen you all round.
3. Crunches
Crunches will help to flatten your stomach by tightening your abdominal muscles.
4. Jumping jacks
These help in developing the flexibility and toning of the body. They work the calves, glutes and muscles.
5. Plié squats
Plies squats help the glutes, thighs, hamstrings. They also help the joints and muscles to become soft and pliable, aiding the tendons in maintaining flexibility and elasticity and creating a sense of balance.
6. Mountain climbers
This is a full body work out, as it works your abs, your muscles, your legs, glutes, upper arms shoulders, back muscles, hips, and etc. It’s the whole package.
7. High knees
This exercise improves your overall coordination. It helps strengthens your hip flexors, and warms up your hamstrings. It also a great way to strengthen the entirety of your lower body. It gives more power, which is helpful for increasing your speed.
8. Lunges
Lunges are a lower-body exercise that work several muscle groups at once. They target the muscles including the glutes in your hips, butt, hamstrings and quadriceps.
9. Star jumps
It helps develop leg strength and cardiovascular endurance. It strengthens your deltoids, the large muscles at the top curve of your shoulder, and works all major leg muscles including hamstrings, abductors, calves etc.
12. Bicycle crunches
The bicycle crunch lifts the torso and contracts the abdominal muscles in the same way as a standard crunch. It works the rectus abdominis specifically.
These are the few exercises you can do in the morning before starting your day. Remember that with your new routine, your diet will have to change and you should eat more proteins than carbohydrates.
