Exercise and workouts

Exercise makes life healthier. We eat lots of junk food and the culture is never going to change until emergency arises. When such an emergency arise, it would be too late for us to revert to normal and healthy diet. In order to keep ourselves healthy from this polluting environment and junk foods, we need to concentrate on ways of keeping us healthier. Definitely maintaining a healthy diet is difficult. Eating food at proper time is even more difficult to maintain in this routine office-house schedule. So, what is the left out option we have? Exercises. Working out to keep our muscles stronger and exercising to keep ourselves fit is the only left out option. The advantages of practicing exercises everyday as a part of our daily routine is a handy way to stay fit. Staying fit means to keep ourselves in shape and muscular. Our jobs may require us to sit in front of a computer monitor for hours and work. We lack the basic hand and leg movements. By working out, we compensate for the loss of such basic needs. Working out vigorously can enable us develop stronger muscles. Stronger muscles makes us healthier and tougher. Stronger muscles in the neck and back regions enables the proper movement of spinal cord and prevents from back pain. People going on long rides on motorcycles should concentrate on working out to keep stronger muscles in the hip and back regions. As we age, the problems arising would be more and becomes difficult to find a cure. Prevention is always better than cure.

Squats

The most common weight lifting exercises done for muscle called glutes and quadriceps is the squats.

Steps to follow :

• · To do this you require a barbell and weights ( weights for persons of different levels ) and rack
• · Place the barbell in parallel with the upper part of the chest
• · Move towards the rack facing your shoulders and hold the barbell on both hands
• · Now slowly remove the barbell from the rack and step forwards or away from the rack
• · Raise up position from medium speed of your legs
• · Hold the barbell until your legs are wide spread and balanced
• · Place the barbell back on the rack slowly
• · Repeat this for 5 or 6 times
• · Advisable to add weights only for experts

Things to mind :

• · Avoid using higher weights while doing squats
• · It is not advisable to do this more times
• · Doctors claim it is sometimes harmful, since lot of knee effort and force is required

Purpose and areas of effect :

• · They help in developing the glutes muscle and the quadriceps
• · They also help body subject to more weight lifting
• · The barbell rests on the shoulders and so some toning is done