Tips to avoid hurting yourself while exercising at home

Accustomed to confinementBecause there is no other choice, many people have decided to start a normal life within the moderately possible. We have a lot of free time, and sedentary lifestyle can become our worst enemy: many people today complain about sleep problems and health can suffer. Also, facing the bikini operation, inactivity nor is it a great ally.

That is why many people have put their batteries in quarantine and have not only followed the best advice from nutritionists, they are also doing as much exercise as they can. It is not difficult, there are many options on the internet and even it is likely that if you are signed up for a gym They have promised to send you videos so that you can keep up with each of their classes (when moderately possible).

The problem? Having no one to control us, it is not difficult to hurt us. Not only because we still spend a little jumping in slippers to be at home or stretching our legs, but because, let’s be honest, our homes are not enabled in most of the occasions for those complicated gymnastic exercises that they propose to us. Still, the show must go on, and if you want continue doing sports without damaging any vital organ you can do it. You just have to be careful with these tips.

Put things away

Sometimes we have little room, more if we do not move the chairs, the baby carriage and the three rugs that we brought from Morocco. Before starting it is essential to enable the space to be able to do the exercises conveniently, unless you have a private gym in your own home. Get all the objects you are going to use and need.

Not all furniture works

No, the kitchen table is not the best place to place your legs. And apart from jokes, keep in mind that you can hurt yourself using them, when they are not intended for it. Similarly, if the exercises require you to use a mat, don’t do them on the floor and put at least one mat: your head and back will appreciate it.

And the doors …

Coach Brett Williams he warns in a recent article in ‘Men’s Health’: “Not all are intended for drawbars. Make sure it is up to the task before setting up a platform, or you could get hurt. There are exercises that, as much as we like them, we may not be able to do. “

Chairs have to be stable

There are many exercises that you can do at home and you can always pull your imagination: if you need weight, you can use water bottles, a backpack or even milk cans. Inverted rows, ‘pullups’ with two chairs, a broom and a shovel… many things can be done, but you always have to make sure that the chairs are on a completely stable surface. If not, stop at the moment.

Use your imagination to exercise at home. If you need weight, you can use water bottles, a backpack or even milk cans

It sounds obvious, but sometimes we tend to feel safe. trying to reach the limit of our training. The key is this: if you have to change the way you generally do an exercise to adapt to what is at hand, it is a sign that something is not being done well.

Don’t try difficult movements

And less in small spaces. Especially if they are the first times that you are doing those exercises and you have not mastered them yetBetter to sin a little. Remember that this is not the best time to go to the emergency department with a fracture and, after all, nobody can control you to tell you if you are doing it wrong.

And if you want to exercise and stay in shape during these days, and still you feel something lost (at least until you can go jogging down the street), try these tips that we leave you here. Always with a head.

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