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How to Get Stronger Muscles Without Money

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Get Stronger Muscles Without Money

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You don`t need a gym membership or some special DVD or machine to stay healthy be physically fit. Read these tips to get stronger without money. You can still have a Million dollar body and only have a dollar in your pocket.

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    Jugs are your best friend. Whether its an 8-liter bottle or a gallon find a spare milk jug or bottle of some sort and fill it full with sand. They will make perfect dumbbell substitutes. If you plateau (your muscles get used to the weight you could pour water in with sand still in it to make it even heavier. And if you want to go even further add some gravel or even lead if you can find some.
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    Body weight exercises can be done virtually everywhere.
    • push ups-push ups are a great exercise to build strength,tone,endurance for your triceps,pectorals,deltoids so when ever you feel like it get down and crank a few.and when those get hard try to do diamond pushups
    • pull ups and chin-ups-Are excellent and best exercise you could do for your back and biceps.If you don`t have enough money(around 15$-35$) to purchase or build a pull up bar.You can always find a tree branch,maybe the monkey bars at a park,or even the staircase of an apartment building.Just be creative.the advanced
    • Sit-ups-Your core is one the most important muscles in your body. Sit-ups will help your endurance and strengthen your abs.
    • body weight squats-You want strong legs and lower back too.To support your body even more and absorb shock.if this gets to easy try pistol squats(1 legged version of the squat).
    • Dips-workout about the same muscles a push ups do except the focus of it is more strength and muscle building oriented.If you don`t have a dip bar then a good alternative is the corner of a kitchen counter.or if not look for a Solid wall and practice dips on that.
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    Sets and Reps.A rep basically how many times you do an exercise for example: Joe did 20 push ups.So that means he did 20 reps.And sets are a group of reps separated from a another group of reps for example: Joe did 20 push-ups and rested for 30 seconds then did 20 push-ups again so that means he 2 sets of 20 push-ups the same applies to weights.
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    Dumbbell exercises -If you don`t have Dumbbells then simply use the milk jug method as listed above.Look into these exercises.
    • Biceps-bicep curls and variations
    • Shoulders-shoulder press,Lateral raises,Front raise
    • Triceps-1 arm triceps extensions
    • Back-Wide row, Dead lift
    • Legs-Calf raises,Squats,Lunges
    • Forearms-Wrist curls and variations
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    Resting.Always give your muscles 1-3 days of rest.Muscles grow the most when resting.And not giving them rest will hurt you in the short and long run
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    Remember to stretch before a workout for at least 10 minutes.
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    Running,Jogging,Sprinting, Jump roping .Your cardiovascular and heart health are the engine of the car.or just dance

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August 19, 2012 by Mrsflorida

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