4 Exercises to Do in Front of the TV to Lose Weight

If you don’t have time to go to the gym, or you hate going to the gym, don’t worry. Your weight loss plan doesn’t have to suffer just because you choose the couch over the health club. There are exercises to do while watching television. You can burn 300 calories or more during your favorite programs. And you don’t even need expensive equipment.

1 – OPEN ARMS, CLOSED ARMS

To optimize the effect of the previous exercise and see results more quickly, do this exercise like this:

• Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart.
• Raise your arms out to the sides and bend your elbows to a 90-degree angle.
• Bring your forearms in front of you, bringing them together, and return to the initial position.
• Resume the closing movement of the arms then return to the original position. Your arms should be contracted.
• Repeat for 45 seconds to a minute.

2 – PALM DOWN EXERCISE

This exercise helps burn fat around the arms and is very simple to perform. It starts by standing up straight with your shoulders open.

At this point, the arms should be extended to the sides. Keep forearms perpendicular to upper arms. The arms should be straight and still, the shoulder blades should be pushed down and pressed.

Simply raise and lower your hands while breathing calmly. Repeat for 45 seconds to 1 minute.

3 – PUMP-UPS ON THE ARMREST

How to: Stand, facing the armrest of the sofa, hands placed on the armrest shoulder-width apart or a little wider. Slowly move your feet back into an inclined plank position, with your body in a straight, solid line. Bend your elbows and lower your chest towards the armrest, then extend your arms by pushing the armrest back. When you can’t go up when your chest touches the armrest, you can go down a little lower. It is the effort made to go back up that brings the greatest benefit from this exercise.

What we work on: The pectorals, arms and core

To increase the difficulty: Reduce the angle of the body by leaning instead against the edge of the sofa seat. Or, do the exercise on the ground with your knees on the ground or your body stretched in a plank. In all variations, to work the triceps well, we keep the elbows glued to the sides of the body.

4 – SQUAT WITH THE CHAIRSQUAT WITH THE CHAIR

The chair squat exercise is very effective for the glutes, hip flexors and quadriceps. Simply place a chair behind you and stand up straight. Feet should be apart, toes pointed forward.

Keeping your back straight slowly, you should bend your knees and bring your hips back. The buttocks must be kept in tension with the chest and the head held high.

You need to touch the chair with your buttocks and then return to the starting position. At first, you can try a set of 8 to 10 repetitions. When you are more trained, you can do 3 sets of 10 to 12 repetitions and thus burn more calories.