Archives: Exercises

How to do Bicycle Crunches 1. Lie flat on your back, preferably on a comfortable surface, and place your fingertips lightly behind your ears 2. To get into the starting position, contract your abdominal muscles to bring your shoulder blades off the ground and your legs off the ground with a slight bend at the…

How to Jog On the Spot 1. Stand strong, with your feet placed at about shoulder width apart, a slight bend at the knee, with your elbows bent loosely at your side 2. Keeping your body upright lightly transfer your weight from one foot to the other as you jog on the spot 3. Continue…

How to Do Calf Jumps 1. Stand strong, with your feet placed at about shoulder width apart, a slight bend at the knee, with your elbows bent loosely at your side or your hands placed lightly behind your ears 2. Keeping your body upright and with no aid from your upper legs, lightly, but explosively…

How to do Star Jumps/Jumping Jacks 1. Stand strong, with your feet placed at about shoulder width apart, a slight bend at the knee, with your hands by your sides 2. Lightly, but explosively jump off the balls of your feet out to the side away from each other while simultaneously bringing your hands up…

How to Do Hip Circles 1. Stand strong, with your feet placed at about shoulder width apart, a slight bend at the knee, and your hands placed on your hips (don’t worry, we won’t be performing the Macarena) 2. Begin to rotate your hips in either a clockwise or anticlockwise direction 3. Continue this for…

How to do Standing Arm Circles 1. Stand strong, with your feet placed at about shoulder width apart, a slight bend at the knee, and your arms extended straight out to your sides 2. Keeping your arms straight, begin to rotate both arms in either forward or backward rotations 3. Maintain the focus on keeping…

How to do Bent Over Chair Rows 1. With the chair placed in front of you (‘face to face’) bend your knees slightly and place your feet at about hip-width apart 2. Bend forward at the waist to about a 45-degree angle and grip the outer sides of the chair 3. Keeping your back nice…

How to Do Knee Planks 1. From a face-down position on the floor, place your elbows directly underneath your shoulders, keeping them bent at a 90-degree angle, with your forearms extended out ahead 2. Extend your legs out so that only your knees touch the floor, bend at the knee and keep your feet either…

How to do Plank to Push Ups 1. From a face-down position on the floor, place your elbows directly underneath your shoulders, keeping them bent at a 90-degree angle, with your forearms extended out ahead 2. Extend your legs out behind you, and place your feet hip-width apart 3. When ready, elevate your body into…

How to do Plank Shoulder Taps 1. Place your hands flat on the floor slightly wider than shoulder width apart 2. Fully extend your legs out so that only your toes and/or balls of your feet touch the floor 3. Keeping your back nice and straight, brace your core and lift one hand up across…