Quick Exercises

Health on the Go
No Time for Exercise - Start Slowly But Surely - Right in Your Living Room
By Ellen Miller

Are you a busy woman? Forgive the redundancy; of course you are. The ever-increasing demands of business, family, house-keeping, kids, and even grand-kids are exhausting, and may leave you feeling you have no time for yourself. How, then, are you to fit exercise into your non-stop day, so that you can lose those pounds and inches that frustrate you so?

It is actually quite easy. All you need is a living room, a chair, a DVD player, and 10 to 15 minutes a day. An isometric weight loss exercise DVD can teach you everything necessary to drop 10, 35, 50 or 100 pounds, and the concomitant inches, with demonstrable results in the first week.

Isometric exercise, combined with some mild and healthy nutritional choices, is the key to your success. If you are middle-aged or older, and can sit, you can stay fit. The added bonus is that weight loss exercise doesn’t have to hurt in order to work.

Isometrics consist of muscle contractions which increase muscle tension without altering muscle length. You need no trips to the health club, (meaning no costly fees), no muscle straining weight-lifting, (thus avoiding pain and stiffness), and no space-cluttering equipment. An isometric exercise DVD will teach you all you need to know to use you’re your own muscle resistance, and specialized slow, controlled, diaphragmatic breathing methods, to bring about significant result within 4 to 7 days.

Naturally, you will want to check with your doctor before implementing any new exercise plan or lifestyle change, but, no matter what your present condition, restrictions or ailments, you are virtually assured of getting the go-ahead to change your life for the better.

Most of the weight loss exercises you will learn from the exercise DVD can be performed sitting in a chair. Depending on any special needs you may have, even those exercises that would normally require standing or lying on the floor, can be modified for seated performance. As with any exercise program, proper position is critical to success. If available, you will want to use a mirror to monitor you positioning to optimize results. Remember, the isometric weight loss exercises take only 10 to 15 minutes each day. The breathing technique, which you will want to practice a minimum of 5 times a day, can be done virtually anywhere, anytime, whether you are working, shopping, watching the news or taking that rare opportunity to read.

Best of all, you set your own pace. An exercise DVD will teach you to gauge and control the amount of resistance to fit your comfort level. You don’t have to worry about the soreness and stiffening that comes from "overdoing" it.

No matter how busy your schedule, isometric exercise, practiced slowly but surely in the privacy of your own home, will lead to a leaner, stronger body, improve the way you feel about yourself, and provide you with the added energy to happily cruise through your hectic day.