Summertime is around the corner. The worst feeling is hitting up a beach or pool party and seeing everybody in great shape and realizing that you are a few steps behind. Get a head start this year and do these basic workouts that you can do pretty much anywhere to make yourself more chiseled and solid, while also increasing your strength altogether.
For this article, we chose three very basic workouts that you can do anywhere and outlines them in simplest form. There are several variations to intensify these workouts, so please do note that these are basic variations.
Our goal is for your to harden your upper-body, while also getting some man-curves to both attract the ladies and tell the guys not to mess with you. The most important requirement of these workouts is will. You need to have the will to exercise and push yourself to do these at least every other day.
THE PUSH-UP
Among the most basic workouts and also one of the most beneficial. Doing push-ups strengthens and tones your triceps, chest, back, deltoids, and even your core. Push yourself to do at least ten push-ups every single day. If you can handle more, then push yourself to do a few sets. If not, you should still be trying and filling out your upper-body. Doing push-ups will give you that full look when wearing a t-shirt or tank-top where the sleeve constricts your arms and wrap around your shoulders, rather than just hanging there.
Lie face down on the floor, than with your palms facing down and keeping them shoulder width apart, push your body upward. Make sure that your feet are lined up next to each-other and your lower body is resting on your toes. It is critical to make sure that you push-up until your arms are about to straighten and before they do straighten or your elbow locks, lower yourself again. Be sure to control your breathing and exhale whenever you are doing the actual pushing and inhale when lowering your body.
If push-ups start to get too easy for you, there are a ton of variations that you can google. We suggest putting your feet on a higher plateau like your bed or a nightstand, which would slant your body entirely. This motion will require more strength from your upper body and also yield better results. Another variation is to do the push-ups with your hands closer together or even wider apart. Depending on your hand placement, different muscles will be isolated.
LEG LIFTS
Ask any girl what her favorite physical features are when it comes to guys and every single one will mention “the V.” The V cut is where your abdominal region meets your legs. Brad Pitt displayed this in Fight Club and Cam Gigandet also did a great job flauning it in Never Back Down. A simple modification that will take dedication is to do generic leg lifts.
To do a basic leg-lift, you just lie flat on your back, put your hands right under your butt, and then lift both legs simultaneously, as though you are trying to make your body look like a capital L. From there, lower your legs back to where they were without touching the floor. That is one rep. Try to do as many as you can and force yourself to do these at least every other day. In no time, you will see your oblique muscles starting to sculpt themselves and your entire abdomen region will look more defined.
The easier these get, the more you need to push yourself to do them. You can start off my trying to do ten reps and evolve into doing three or four sets of 25 reps. One variation to make this more challenging and boost results is to rotate your legs as you lift them. Lifting your legs over the right of your body, then the left, then the center will enable you to work more muscles in different angles.
DIPS
Like push-ups, dips work a variation of muscles. Your shoulders, triceps, and back will be amongst the biggest beneficiaries of this workout and you should actually see results after doing these for a few days. If you are having a hard time lowering your body and lifting it up, just lower yourself a few inches and spring yourself back up. Soon enough, you will garner the strength to lower your body lower and lower and be able to execute a full dip.
To do a basic dip, sit on the edge of your bed or desk. You can also just sit in a chair, but make sure to have one extra empty chair right next to the one that you are sitting in. With your fingers all pointing to the floor, grasp the edge of your bed, desk, or chair. From there, you want to stick your feet straight out and rest your lower body on your heels. Then slowly shift your body so that you are no longer sitting on anything, but you are now in the air and resting all of your weight on your arms. If you are on a chair, it would be best for you to have one arm on each chair and your body in between the two of them. Lower your body to the floor while keeping your back as straight as possible and then using the strength in your arms, shoulders, and back, lift your body up. That is one rep.
