Exercising Your BedRoom

Preparing the Bedroom

1. Designate a place in your room to exercise. To determine if a space is big enough, try laying down and doing 'snow angels'. If your arms or legs don't hit anything, you're good to go!
2. Purchase any exercise equipment you would like to use. While this step isn't mandatory, different types of exercise equipment can allow you to do more types of workouts in the comfort of your own space. Some good starter items include:
   • Yoga mat
   • Stability ball
   • Small weights
   • Jump rope
   • Stretching bands

Warm up. Even though you're not leaving your room, it's important to do a warm up before doing any type of exercise.

1. Stretch. If you stretch your muscles initially, you are less likely to harm them when doing more vigorous exercise.
    

   WORK BEGINS

1. Build upper body strength. You can do this by performing push ups, planks, and lifting weights. Be careful though, that if you decide to lift weights, you don't hurt yourself; take all appropriate precautions when handling and shifting weights.
2. Jump rope. Jumping rope is no longer exclusive to first graders, and here is why: jump roping for ten minutes burns off as many calories as running an eight minute mile for most people.^[1] If you have space in your room, go for it!
   • Check that there are no light fittings, fans, mobiles, etc. likely to get hit in the spot you've chosen. Also, check wall hangings, shelves, etc., anything that could be in the range of the rope's fall.
3. Tone your legs. Not only does running in place exercise your heart rate, it can also tone your legs if you do it often enough. Additional stretching and lunging can also do the trick. 
4. Try doing stretches. Stretching is a great way to increase flexibility and performance. It's also a good, gentle form of exercise that will keep you well toned and can prevent injury. 
    
5. Try yoga. Yoga is a great way to wind down and refresh your mind. It's also a good, gentle form of exercise that will keep you well toned.