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While you may avoid your gyms due to safety concerns during the pandemic, that does not mean that while you are home you can't break a sweat. While The Quad’s physical centers in Chennai continue to function with all the safety protocols in place, they have also transitioned to a virtual fitness experience for folks outside Chennai and the ones who do not want to step out because of the pandemic. They are currently working with more than 600 students worldwide.
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No Gym. No Weights: 5 Tips To Keep Fit At Home
Is Staying Fit At Home Possible?
While you may avoid your gyms due to safety concerns during the pandemic, that does not mean that while you are home you can't break a sweat.
While The Quad’s physical centers in Chennai continue to function with all the safety protocols in place, they have also transitioned to a virtual fitness experience for folks outside Chennai and the ones who do not want to step out because of the pandemic. They are currently working with more than 600 students worldwide.
5 Tips To Stay Fit At Home
Health and fitness can and should be a priority for everyone especially during this lockdown. Most of us don’t need a gym or a playground to keep fit. 1. Make sure that moving around is made priority2. Scheduling time for workout3. Befriend body weight workouts4. Listen to your body5. Don’t aim to transform yourself through the lockdown.
1. Make Sure That Moving Around Is Priority
● It is essential that you take some physical exercise whether you spend exclusive time working out or somehow manage to incorporate it in your routine.
● It doesn't have to be a very big room, but it is important to become familiar to moving about. The steps are irrelevant. It's the important thing that you move around and don't get used to your habit of sitting all the time.
2. Scheduling Time For Workout
● Make a schedule and be consistent.● Working to make fitness a habit is what is needed. Even
if you're having an awful day, try some sort of workout.● While the internet is flooded with workout videos, it is
essential that you find the one that is most suited for you.● While it is important to have a schedule, do ensure that
you do not overthink this.
3. Befriend Bodyweight Workouts
● Given the current situation, it is not always a viable option to step out and go to a gym or do outside workouts. In such a scenario, bodyweight workouts are the next best thing.
● Bodyweight exercises use the individual’s weight to provide resistance against gravity. While this sort of workout may not be and look as glamorous as what we often see in videos, it is amazing that just by using simple abilities such as pushing, pulling, squatting, bending, and twisting, you can enhance strength, flexibility, coordination and balance.
4. Listen To Your Body
● If it hurts, stop immediately. Either your technique is off, or there is some issue that is cropping up that might need your attention.
● You must learn to distinguish between muscle soreness and joint pain. If the joints hurt, you need to stop what you are doing. However, if it is soreness that you are experiencing, then you still can continue to work out keeping in mind that pain.
● Tip: Learn to listen to your body and workout accordingly. Stay active all 7 days of the week and try and get in 3 days of good workout into the mix.
5. Don’t Aim To Transform Yourself Through The Lockdown
● Please note that there are never any quick-fix solutions, and the lockdown is not the time to try and emerge ‘x’ kgs lighter. If that is the mindset with which you are working out, then that needs to change.
● Focus on things that you can control—get in enough protein, get that workout done, manage your sleep well and you will find that things fall into place.
Bonus Tips
● Be sensible about approaching this lockdown period. Do not hoard junk that you know you will end up consuming at one go, at the same time do not deny yourself a treat every once in a while. Make conscious choices during this lockdown period.
● If you want to know more about how to stay fit and what exercises you can do from the confines of your home, click here to access The Quad’s Instagram account.
