You must have seen around you that there is an increased motivation level among people nowadays to remain fit and maintain good health.  Even as compared to the last decade, it’s been seen that people have become more self-aware of the fact that how they look, how they feel about their body. More and more people nowadays exercise for weight loss at home or by hitting a gym.

Now, we have seen that not everyone gets time to go to the gym and exercise.  Most of us do plan however work-life schedule is so tight that in maximum cases our exercise plan is not implemented as we thought initially.

So, it is a great deal if we can exercise at our home for weight loss and plan out properly. I would say it’s not a very difficult task, rather needs self-control, needs effective time management.

Let’s see what are the different activities one can plan in case one doesn’t plan to hit the gym anytime soon .

Crunches

It’s very effective for overall muscle strength and especially for controlling the belly fat.  In an ideal case, one should do 1000 crunches a day. However, if that seems too much, a 200-300 number in the starting is good enough.

Planks

As similar to the crunches, planks are having its own advantages. It’s a great way to strengthen the lower body and one of the best exercise that can be done at home for weight control.

Planks are done with knees down the floor for 10-15 reps for 10 sets is what you should aim for in the starting. This is an ideal form of strength training where the experts suggest to hold a plank for at least 100 seconds. If you can’t, maybe there is a problem with body weight.

Yes, it is seen if planks are done properly, they do help to reduce your belly fat.

Pushups

Although this kind of exercise is more beneficial for your chest, I would still think this is something that can help especially men to maintain their belly fat in control. 

Aerobic exercise can be done at home for weight loss. Now, this is a very good form of exercise if performed at home. It is actually different from all others. One can have several options here to choose from :

One thing to be noted is all the time should not be spent on this exercise because it’s a tiring exercise and you may feel quite exhausted to accomplish your goals for performing other exercises.

Yoga Asanas

The beauty of yoga is it provides a good number of health benefits without the need for a heavy workout. Studies have revealed that certain set of asanas like mentioned below can work wonders for a person’s health.

• Virabhadrasana : This asana is basically aimed at performing for a bit longer period of time to hold at a particular position. It helps you to strengthen your thighs and shoulders.
• Trikonasana : This is one of the yoga asanas which may be easy and fun to perform. This will definitely help cut down the belly fat, however, fitness will come with time not immediately.
• Sarvangasana : This is a shoulder intensive asana. This strengthens your upper body, tones up your muscles, even abs strength.
• Setu Bandha Sarvangasana: This yoga asana is having benefits in terms of opening up the chest, improves blood circulation, strengthen the lungs, removes backache problem.
• Surya Namashkar: Though it looks like an easy exercise of them all, it can help you stretch and tone your body.

It is believed that morning time is the best while performing these asanas, as your mind is fresh and you can connect with your body fairly easily.

Aerobics

Skipping

Most of the people would be aware of this since starting. This exercise can be done easily at home and helps with weight loss and is enjoyable.

Jumping Jacks

In a way, it helps to focus on improving your quads area, and even is a good exercise for calories burnout.

Bear Crawls

This is an important one. If you follow this regularly, definitely some improvement in the overall muscle power will be noticed. You need to crawl with your chest facing the ground and knees slightly bent.

Squats

Although squats may not be an ideal choice for someone who wants to reduce weight, it still has its benefits. It’s more or less inclined to develop strength and power. It basically strengthens your glutes and hamstrings part of your body.

A Piece of Advice

You must have got this overview that there are a lot of exercises for weight loss at home and if planned properly can work wonders. I would suggest going slowly and steadily starting with a certain set of exercises and repeat that to get habitual and have the maximum gain from it.

Once you are into the mode of strength training, you will notice weight reduction happening automatically without the help of gym workout.