Beach Exercise

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Amidst fresh air, sound of waves and breezy atmosphere, its great to get indulge into few exercises to stay healthy while being on a beach.

To get into shape or tone your muscles, to get slimmer or to built a body, all you need is dedication, confidence and proper workout to achieve some level of fitness.

Do some basic beach exercises to stay fit and healthy. Some of these are listed below:-

Warm up a bit before starting any workout schedule. Running and jumping is a simple way to warm up a bit and get your body into action. Proper breathing is very essential.

Beach water running can be used as warm up session before beginning fitness exercises. Find a beachside free of stones and pebbles to avoid foot injury while workout. Run at water edges and try to run with your knees up for better results.

Running on sand can also be a good warm-up workout. Run bare feet from harder sand to softer sand to increase the intensity of workout.

Beginners should begin by lying your face down with your hands apart. Push up till your arms are straight along with you back and legs. Come down and bring your chest down at the bottom floor. Repeat previous step and make a flow. Always exhale your breath when you go down and inhale when you come up.

Fitness freaks can try push-ups on an elevated platform. Try push-ups on piece of rock, bench or a chair. If its sunny beach, cover your head with hat or a cap while exercising and do carry loads of drinking water to stay hydrated.

Begin by standing straight and legs joint together. Keep your back straight. Squads down as if you are ready to sit on a bench, bend down until your hips get parallel to the floor. Now push yourself up along with your hip and abdomen and stand straight. Repeat this exercise at least 10 to 20 times.

Full Squads can also be done along with dumbbells or water bottles to increase the intensity of this workout.

This exercise can be done with the help of elevated rock or bench at beachside.Keep your face forward and place your hands on the elevated rock or bench, beside your backward and front forward and legs extended forward. Start by lowering the whole body down towards rock or bench until shoulders and elbows come in a line. Push back up until your arms become straight. Try it with one leg up for better results.

To perform this exercise all you need is a step, pile of stones or steady flat rock. Keep you back straight and begin by step up with your right leg and bring your left let along on the bench. Stand straight. After a while bring your left leg down and return to starting position. Repeat this exercise with both legs by alternating each leg after every ten times. Intensity can be increased by increasing the bench or rock height and by holding dumbbells in hands.

If you are short on time, try to do a single set of all these exercises once. Most of the above mentioned exercises don't need any equipment. To increase the intensity of any particular workout you can carry dumbbells and jugs filled with sand.