With no gyms open, we are all scrambling about what to do for at-home workouts.  Bodyweight exercises are good but sometimes you want a little more weight to throw around. You could invest in an at-home gym but chances are the items are sold out or you don’t want to (or can’t) spend any money right now. Here’s 8 home fitness hacks with items that you probably have at home already to help you with your fitness during the Coronavirus Global Pandemic.

Duffle Bag

Your travel plans may be grounded but you can still dream about a tropical vacation. Pack up a duffle bag with all your warm weather clothes, shoes and accessories – boom! Instant weight.  Pack it as heavy as you want and use it for bicep curls, shoulder presses, squats, reverse lunges, and plank pull thru’s.

Milk Jugs 

Save your empty gallon milk jugs, fill it with and have at it. You can do bicep curls, shoulder presses, bent over row, squats and so many other exercises with a single gallon jug. Save two milk jugs and you can do even more.  A gallon of water weighs approximately 10 pounds so fill accordingly to what your body can handle lifting.

Alternatively, you can use gigantic laundry detergent
bottles. It’s a workout lifting those babies on laundry day so why not use it
for a real workout?

Dining Room Chair

Chairs are super versatile for exercise. Choose a
dining room chair without arms for incline push-ups, tricep dips, sit to stand
squats, step ups, and many more options.

Stairs

If you have access to stairs, you’ve got a plethora of workout options. Of course, you can run or walk up and down the stairs to get a great heart rate boost of cardio. In addition, you can do stair jumps, single leg step ups, incline push-ups, tricep dips and many more options.

A Wall

No matter the size of your home, you’ve probably got at least one wall.  That’s all you need for endless fitness options like wall squats, wall sits, wall handstands, wall push-ups, and for the ultimate in relaxation, legs up the wall.

Paper Plates

Placing paper plates under your hands or feet act as
sliders to up your regular push-up or plank exercise. Try placing a plate under
each hand while at the top of a push-up. Do one push-up and at the top of the
exercise, slide your right hand forward or off to the side before returning to
center. Repeat the sequence.

Alternatively, place the plates under your feet. While in plank position, pull in your feet, one at a time for mountain climbers.

Basketball or Soccer Ball

A med ball is a great way to work your core and trunk
mobility. Don’t want to shell out the money for one?  Make your own at home with an old basketball
or soccer ball.  Simply cut a crescent
shaped slit in it and fill with sand. 
Glue it closed with rubber cement. 
Be sure to know how much sand you are putting into the ball.   Otherwise you’ll have a super heavy ball
that you won’t be able to lift!

Chalk

Want to work on speed and gain quickness on your feet?  You should be doing drills on an Agility Ladder.  But you don’t need to buy one!  Simply draw the Agility Ladder outline with chalk on a sidewalk or driveway and run your drills. You’ll be faster than ever when race season kicks up again.

What fitness hacks have you used at home?

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