Floor exercises can be just as effective as expensive equipment for weight loss and toning. Push-ups, lunges, squats, and crunches can target specific muscles, while plank exercises can improve core stability. Little to no equipment is required.
Many people interested in losing weight or general shaping assume that they need special equipment to do it. This may lead them to believe that it is necessary to buy expensive equipment or join a gym to achieve their ideal body. What they may not know is that floor exercises can often be just as effective as a large piece of equipment, and often require little or no equipment. This is because they focus on using body weight or small tools like hand weights and resistance bands to get in shape.
Toning the arm muscles is possible in most cases through floor exercises. An example is the push up, in which the hands are placed flat on the floor below the shoulders, with the body also on the floor in a straight position. The point is to push your entire body up with your arms, gently lower your arms, and then repeat the movement a few times. Also, small weights can be lifted repeatedly, either overhead, to the sides, or back behind the body. These are the basics of using floor exercises to tone your arms.
Leg muscles can also benefit from floor exercise. The lunge is a common move, requiring your feet to be shoulder-width apart on the floor. The next move is to step forward with one leg and bend it, allowing the other leg to bend toward the floor behind the body with the knee hovering above the ground. The original position can be resumed, repeating the movement several times afterward. Another leg exercise is the squat, in which the legs are about shoulder-width apart as the body is slowly lowered until the knees bend enough to be directly over the toes.
Abdominal workouts using the floor are quite common. The main floor exercise appears to be the crunch, in which the subject lies on the floor with their knees bent. The hands can be placed behind the head or on the chest, and the subject must slowly lift the upper torso off the floor using the abdominal muscles. Then the original position should be resumed, and the movement can be repeated the desired number of times.
There are some floor exercises that don’t focus on a specific muscle group, but on core stability of the body. They mostly consist of static floor exercises, which means they need to be held in place rather than involve a lot of movement. For example, the plank involves keeping your body straight on the floor, with your elbows and toes touching the ground. The position should strengthen the abs, and is usually held for at least 30 seconds for most beginners, with more advanced subjects holding it for several minutes at a time. This and similar floor exercises can help strengthen the core muscles that help keep your entire body stable.
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