Lose Weight on a Limited Budget

There are times when we have to make an effort to lose unwanted pounds even though we may be on a tight budget. So when the cost of expensive equipment and Personal Trainers are out of our reach, there are still routines available that will help us to reach our desired goals. For different muscles of the body, there are suitable exercises.

To Train Your Legs: You can use a staircase to perform standing calf raises. You can also lie on your side and target both your inner and outer thighs with leg abduction and adduction movements. You can even target your glutes (buttocks) with "kickback" exercises and you can target your upper thighs with squats, lunges and step ups.

To Train Your Chest: You can do pushups of course. These are a great way to target the chest, the triceps, the front of the shoulders and even your core (in order to stabilize and hold your position). You can even add external resistance by placing something across your upper back while you perform them.

To Train Your Back: You can do chin ups. You might have to be creative and look around for this one but you certainly don't need a gym for these. Perhaps you have a play structure set up in your backyard for the kids and if you do, there's your solution right there - just perform chin ups using one of the high bars. As a last resort, you can even just purchase a chin up bar to position between a door frame.

To Train Your Shoulders: You can perform lateral raises using anything - you just need to be creative. You can use anything from soup cans to a full backpack - it just depends on how strong you are of course. You can also perform an overhead press using anything you can get a good grip on and that provides enough resistance. Paint cans actually work well for both of these exercises.

To Train Your Arms: You can actually target your arms by altering your technique while performing both pushups and chin ups. While you're performing pushups, you can target your triceps by utilizing a closer hand placement. And for those who are quite advanced, you can perform "diamond" pushups. You can also target the triceps by performing the dip exercise using a chair and a dresser or bed.

To Train Your Biceps: You can use a close, underhand grip while performing chin ups. You can also perform bicep curls using anything from cans, paint cans or a loaded backpack - just be creative with it.

To Train Your Stomach: You can perform crunches, leg raises, leg twists - all sorts of abdominal exercises can be performed without any equipment at all. And if you make a small investment in an exercise ball - you can literally perform hundreds of different core-based exercises.