{"id":36517,"date":"2019-12-13T21:13:42","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T21:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=36517"},"modified":"2019-12-13T21:13:42","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T21:13:42","slug":"top-5-exercises-to-do-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/top-5-exercises-to-do-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 exercises to do at home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not a gym person? Tired of getting up and knowing that you have to go to the gym rather than lie in a bed. From today, you can stop and start with the top 5 exercises you easily do at home.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36520\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/12\/bruce-mars-wBuPCQiweuA-unsplash-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4741\" \/><br \/>\nSquats:<br \/>\nSquats are simple exercises, however many of us do them incorrectly here is a guide on how to perform them correctly.<br \/>\nStart with your feet hip-distance apart.<br \/>\nKeeping your knees over your ankles, bend your knees, moving your butt back as if to sit in a chair.<br \/>\nYour knees and lower leg should form a 90-degree angle (if you can&#8217;t get to 90 degrees without compromising your form that&#8217;s OK).<br \/>\nMake sure your knees do not go over your toes.<br \/>\nRaise up and start again.<\/p>\n<p>Lunges:<br \/>\nThe working leg should be forward, the back leg hip-distance apart, and in a split stance.\u00a0 The heel of the back leg should be up.<br \/>\nBend your knees, keeping the front knee over the ankles.\u00a0 The endpoint is when both the front leg and the back leg make 90-degree angles.<br \/>\nRise up and start again.<\/p>\n<p>Pushups<strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Start in a basic plank, hands slightly wider than your shoulders and your palms on the floor.<br \/>\nKeep your back straight; don&#8217;t let your lower back sag. Keep your head and neck in alignment with your back.<br \/>\nSlowly bend your elbows, bringing your chest towards the floor.<br \/>\nPush against the floor and straighten your arms, returning to the starting position.<\/p>\n<p>Good Morning jumps:<strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Pose the hands in front of you while standing straight.<br \/>\nPut the hands down and start jumping while raising the hands above your head and clapping.<br \/>\nAt the same time, bring your legs together and cross them simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p>Chest press:<strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Lie down (better on a fitness mat).<br \/>\nBring the legs to the stomach.<br \/>\nCross the arms and place them on the shoulders.<br \/>\nRise the head together with your body to the legs.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested to see how to perform the exercises right before starting them and find out the benefits then watch the video below.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G481uhGtJAg&#038;t=24s<\/p>\n<p>Words: Xenia Puiu<br \/>\nImages: Bruce Mars on Unsplash<br \/>\nVideo: Xenia Puiu<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not a gym person? Tired of getting up and knowing that you have to go to the gym rather than lie in a bed. From today, you can stop and start with the top 5&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,67,82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-health-fitness","category-lifestyle"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}