Exercising the body comes with numerous health perks. In an age where electronics and pressing scheduling take a bulk of our time, prioritizing workouts can be worthwhile. However, like any other effort-demanding practice which yields long-term benefits, exercising requires you to be steadfast and consistent.
Check out these muscle-building poses you can kick start your day with.
Bridge Progression
This exercise is not exactly a walk in the park; which one is? To do this, you need to lie on your back, fold your knees up and rest your hands on both sides. Then you elevate your hip up. Maintain this posture for ten seconds and then down. Repeat this twenty times, and it checks the box for the day.
This stabilizes the lower back, reducing any lingering back pain as well.
Bird Dog
To get this right, you need to maintain a steady posture. For example, put yourself in a crawling position, and lift one of your hands as if to gesture a direction while raising the opposite leg. Do ten reps on each side every day.
The exercise helps increase the muscles in the back. It is beneficial, particularly to people who spend most of their day seated behind a desk.
Squats
On the first day of any gym program, you’d probably be asked to do some squats. It is not difficult to get the hang of, although the real challenge is how many you could do. First, stand straight and spread your legs a bit. Then sit and rise as your hands are settled before you. Fifteen times per session isn’t asking too much of a starter.
Squats are beneficial to the leg muscles. They are also suitable for your hips and core
Planks
The workout that gets you thinking about a million things! To reap its rewards, you would need to maintain the pose for thirty seconds. The duration may be extended as you mean to go on. Lie on your chest and hold yourself straight up by the support of your elbows.
This exercise helps core strengthening, body balance, arms, and chest. It is intense.
Push-ups
This is effectively a body lifting workout. Doing push-ups energizes our bodies, making us stronger. Lift yourself with the help of your hands and keep both legs together straight behind your body. Raise yourself, hold and then bring yourself down. Ten of these per session will suffice. With practice, you could do several more.
GCBM Contributor: Mitchell Amoamah
