During these difficult times relating to the Coronavirus, many of us find ourselves in lockdown at home going stir crazy, as our favorite means of exercise have been taken away from us.
For the sake of our physical and mental well being it is very important that we maintain an exercise routine so it is important to find exciting activities that not only keep you entertained but will also help to keep you physically in shape.
Here we are going to take a look at the most exciting exercise activities you can do from home.
Yoga
Yoga has been the go-to exercise activity during the quarantine period and it is easy to see why.
Your initial instinct may be to say that it is boring and how can a solitary activity be exciting, but you’d be wrong!
Yoga has become so wildly popular for many reasons, but not least because it requires almost no equipment and is practically free.
You can practice yoga with nothing more than an internet connection! Sure, a mat helps, but if you have a thick carpet in the living room then take advantage and turn the room into your studio.
Where does the excitement come in? Well, you get to challenge yourself daily and watch how your body develops over time into a lean machine.
It sounds like the perfect activity for me!
Basketball
Most of us have open spaces around our homes, so why not consider installing a basketball hoop against your back wall? Hooption has the best basket hoops available for at home use.
Basketball is a great form of aerobic exercise that all the family can enjoy no matter what their gender or ages.
It is also a great competitive sport because you can play in small teams so all the family can be involved.
I found helpful information on this site regarding which type of hoop is suitable for your home, whether you decide to mount it on your garage wall or if you prefer to have a stronger design anchored into the ground.
Whatever you go for you can look forward to endless fun and excitement for all the family, and constant arguments over who is the best player in the household!
Dance
I need to go to a disco to dance, right? Wrong! Of course, we all miss going to the local discotheque on a Friday or Saturday night with our friends, but of course, during these difficult times, that is impossible.
However, dancing is an extremely good type of exercise as you are moving all parts of your body in rhythm to the music, and it also allows the mind to relax allowing you to destress and relax at the same time.
Furthermore, with the advent of video streaming apps, a group of friends can get together and have dance off’s and show each other their latest moves.
It can also be a great activity if you have children, as they can keep fit remotely with their friends and show off to each other, without needing supervision.
What was one nighttime activity, can now help you get fit during the day from the comfort of your home, and keep the kids entertained.
Home gym training
Maybe you are a gym bunny who is thoroughly bored because all the gyms are shut, or you are just fed up with the endless images of toned bodies on social media.
In either case, maybe training from home is the answer. You can invent many exciting activities using only your body weight as resistance.
There are obvious exercises such as push-ups and sit-ups that can help to keep those muscles toned, but why not try something different like squat variations of planking?
You can also add an element of competitiveness by creating workouts with friends and then challenging each other to beat each other, just as if you were in the gym.
Children can also invent their little workouts, or you could even buy them a skipping rope which all kids have always found great fun.
Best of all training from home is extremely cheap and can be as sociable as if you were in the gym using social media apps. You have no excuse!
As we have discovered exercising from home can be extremely varied and a lot of fun.
It will surprise you how sociable many of the activities are, and you can also replicate your favorite activities like basketball and dancing from the comfort of your home.
Most activities cost virtually nothing, and all will guarantee that you will be in better shape at the end of lockdown than you were when you entered it.