#7 Outdoor Activities
The outdoors provide an excellent alternative to the gym, especially if you dislike the crowdedness and lack of privacy in those spaces.
Choose an outdoor activity that best matches your interests: if you’re not a fan of jogging, you can grab your bike and choose a trail you know won’t be impossible to complete.
If you live in a mountainous area, consider hiking, but avoid opting for a long, steep hike if you’re a beginner. Otherwise, chances are that you won’t get up from your couch in the first place.
Whatever physical activity you do, remember to allow time to digest your food properly before you begin your exercise. Experts recommend waiting 1-2 hours after a moderate-sized meal and 30 minutes after a snack.
#8 Online Workouts And Fitness Apps
Thousands of personal trainers share routines, tips, and tricks on YouTube. You can type exactly what type of exercise you’re looking for—e.g., a 15-minute Zumba lesson, how to do crunches the right way, or a weight-lifting everyday routine—and there will be a video to guide your workout.
There’s also a variety of fitness apps that serve the same purpose, such as Future, which pairs you with a real-live personal trainer based on your personality and preferences, and Nike Training Club, which is free and offers a fair number of workouts, some as short as 10 minutes.
#9 Planks
Also known as hover exercise, planks help you strengthen your abdominal and core muscles.
This exercise involves balancing on your toes and forearms as you hold the rest of your body off the ground. Your spine should be kept in a neutral position and your head, torso, and legs should be aligned.
Using a yoga mat will give you enough padding to be comfortable in this position, which will make the workout easier.
You can choose whether to do a plank on your palms or your forearms.
#10 Calisthenics At The Park
Why don’t you take full advantage of the playground equipment in your local park for calisthenics workouts?
In calisthenics, you use your own body weight as resistance to perform multi-joint movements with little or no equipment.
Examples of calisthenic exercises include push-ups, crunches, and burpees.
#11 Wall Pilates
Pilates is an exercise form founded by Joseph Pilates that consists of various exercises intended to build strength, tone muscles, and improve your range of motion. For this, you can use a mat or a special machine called a reformer.
Wall Pilates also uses a mat but adds a wall as a prop. The exercises are similar to those of traditional Pilates, such as glute bridges and crunches, but you’ll have an additional tool to use as support.
This low-impact workout is great for all levels since it can be a full-body burn or catered to a specific muscle group, such as your core, glutes, or hamstrings, says Ariel Schwartz, a certified Pilates instructor.
#12 Fitness Video Games
If you’re a gamer, you’ll be pleased to know there’s a broad range of fitness video games to choose from that can make exercise more enjoyable.
Virtual reality fitness games can up the immersion, with games like Beat Saber being capable of putting you in a zen-like trance that will make the minutes pass by quickly, GameSpot explains. If you already own a VR headset, this could be a fun way to exercise.
But you can also get up and move with non-VR games, such as Ring Fit Adventure and Fitness Boxing on the Nintendo Switch.
#13 Build Your Own Home Gym
From step platforms to resistance bands and adjustable dumbbells, the Internet is full of options for gym equipment at different price points.
For strength exercises, the fitness blog Shape recommends starting with a single kettlebell, a pair of adjustable dumbbells, an entire set of dumbbells, and/or a set of resistance bands.
For cardio, you can invest in a treadmill or simply purchase a jump rope, which is cheaper and won’t take up as much space.
Alternatively, you can buy used gym equipment online on platforms such as OLX, Quikr, and Craigslist.
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