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Fitness Tip # 25

Use your own bodyweight for resistance. In today's world of brand-new exercise equipment, memberships to high-tech fitness centers, and scientifically mastered exercise programs, it is very easy to get caught up in all the "hype" and to forget that all you really need to get in shape is your own body!

There are a host of bodyweight exercises that you can do in your very own home or outside in the yard that are not only wildly effective, but they are GREAT for your body! Until you are able to move your own body through all different angles and all different levels of resistance to gravity, why are you even going to a gym? Why are you using the chest press machine when you can't even do 10 good push-ups? Why are you doing lying leg presses at the gym when you can't even do a single bodyweight squat correctly?

You need to realize that the "exercise effect" is caused by forcing the body to handle resistance that it is not used to handling. Doing so invokes an increase in muscle mass, an increase in metabolism, and when done properly - an increase in cardiovascular fitness and flexibility as well. You don't need a gym to get in shape and lose weight - you need YOU!

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