Building Muscle At Home, Mass, Workouts

Workouts for Building Muscle at Home

Many people do not enjoy going to the gym to do exercises. Sometimes it's because they feel embarrassed about they way they might look, or feel weak because they can't lift as many weights as the Olympics gold medalist. Perhaps their reason for not wanting to do workouts in public is because of the cost to use public gyms. These are all good reasons for building muscle at home. Building muscle at home can be relaxing and still let you have time to do the things that you like to do. In this article you will find out what exercises you can do at home to build your muscle mass without taking up a lot of your spare time.

One of the oldest forms of building muscle is to do push ups. To do a proper push up you should lay completely flat on your stomach. Place your hands on the floor near your shoulders in a fashion that you can push your body weight up. You will want to make it so that you can use your toes to push up your weight as well. Now that you have the proper position you need to know how to workout. When you are letting your chest down to the floor you will want to exhale. You then push up, using your arm and chest muscles, while inhaling. Repeat this at least 8-10 times. When you find that doing that becomes easier you can increase the amount of times to do that. This exercise will affect your arms and chest muscles the most. Take note that if doing floor push ups are too difficult right away; you can always do the same thing while pushing off of the wall. Just push your weight into the wall and use your arms to push yourself off the wall.

Squats are another exercise that you can do while at home. Start out with your legs at a shoulder width apart. Keep your toes pointing forward. To do this exercise you just simply sit down, or squat, and stand back up. You want to make sure that your knees don't lock and that your knees never stick out past your toes. Also, try to keep your neck inline with your spine at all times. This is wonderful for building muscle at home, but also at keeping your back healthy. We all know that when our back is healthy our immune system works at it's best. Repeat the squats between 20-25 times. If that is too much for you to do at first then just do what you are comfortable with. Increase the repetitions when you are ready. Remember that you are your own fitness trainer! If you are consistent with doing squats you will see results in your thighs, hips, and butt. You can also do squats while holding weights to build even more muscle mass.

And lastly, a very convenient exercise that you can do while sitting in a chair is the bicep curl. You can use a pair of dumbbells or even canned veggies and soup if you don't have access to dumbbells. What you need to do is hold your weight, the dumbbells or cans, in each hand. Lift the dumbbells alternatively while keeping your arms perfectly straight. Do this 10 times at least. Once you feel ready you can use heavier weights. This exercise will increase the muscles in your arms.

Remember that whether you are building muscle at home or at the gym you should take a break for one day a week. Let your muscles rest and then begin your routine again.