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Home Exercises

Looking for the best way to exercise at home and still stay in shape? Not everyone has the time or money to join a gym, so being able to do effective exercises at home has never been more important. Good home exercises should target all the main muscle groups and put the full body through its paces.

Home Exercises

WorkoutBox contains great home exercises that will keep you in shape and save the hassle of leaving the house. Incorporate these exercises into your weekly routine and you’ll start to reap the benefits – so get moving!

Ab Exercise Muscles

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Leg Raises, Lying

Beginner
The lying leg raise works all the major abdominal muscles, obliques, hip flexors and also the front of the thighs. It helps to develop a strong midsec 
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Targets : Lower Abs View Exercise

Crunch

Beginner
The standard abdominal crunch exercise targets the stomach muscles. It's a safe effective exercise that is great for beginners to help develop strong  
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Targets : Abdominals View Exercise

Plank, Elbow

Intermediate
The elbow plank is an effective exercise for developing the abs, and is performed by holding a plank pose for a prolonged period. If your goal is to  
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Targets : Core View Exercise

Plank, Straight Arm

Advanced
The straight arm plank is a variation of the plank. Performing the exercise with straight arms further challenges the core, arms, chest and shoulders  
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Targets : Core View Exercise

Push Ups

Intermediate
The push up (also known as press up) is an excellent exercise for working the chest muscles and arms. Also because of the position you have to maintai 
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Targets : Chest View Exercise

Pull Ups, Underhand Grip

Advanced
Pull ups (also known as chin ups) are the classic bodyweight exercise and are often used by exercisers as a measure of personal fitness. It's a diffi 
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Targets : Lats View Exercise

Push Ups, Declined

Intermediate
This exercise is excellent for adding a progressive element to a normal push up. It also focuses on the upper part of the chest (pectoral muscle) in t 
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Targets : Upper Chest View Exercise

Squats Jump

Advanced
Squat jumps require a good level of aerobic fitness as well as strength and technique. They will add an extra dimension to your training when looking  
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Targets : Buttocks View Exercise

Split Squat, Prisoner

Beginner
The prisoner split squat is an effective exercise for developing the quads and glutes, and is performed by performing a squat with the feet staggered. 
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Targets : Buttocks View Exercise

Push Ups, Tricep, Diamond

Advanced
The diamond push up is also known as the tricep push up because the position of the hands, it focuses more on the triceps and shoulders, rather than t 
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Targets : Triceps View Exercise

V Sit Ups

Intermediate
The v sit up is an effective exercise for developing the abs, and is performed by extending the arms and legs, then crunching up to bring them all tog 
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Targets : Lower Abs View Exercise

Crunches, Reverse

Intermediate
The reverse crunch is a good alternative to the standard crunch, instead of crunching your upper body towards your legs, you crunch the legs up toward 
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Targets : Upper Abs View Exercise

Superman

Beginner
The superman is an effective exercise for strengthening the lower back. It is relatively straight forward to master and can be performed by beginners. 
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Targets : Lower Back View Exercise

Push Ups, Inclined

Beginner
The inclined push up is another variation to the standard push up, but it targets the lower part of the chest muscle. Beginners might find it slightly 
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Targets : Lower Chest View Exercise

Lunges, Forward

Intermediate
Lunges are a great bodyweight exercise for working the legs and lower body. They can also be performed with weights to increase the challenge and buil 
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Targets : Buttocks View Exercise

Push Up, Twisting

Advanced
The push up with rotation adds another element to the standard push up which makes it much more challenging. It's not necessarily that difficult but i 
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Targets : Chest View Exercise

Walking Lunges

Beginner
Lunges are a great exercise for strengthening and toning the thighs and buttocks. The walking lunge increases the intensity by adding a CV element int 
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Targets : Buttocks View Exercise

Split Squat, Jump

Advanced
The jumping split squat is an effective exercise for developing the quads and glutes, and is performed by performing a squat with the feet staggered,  
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Targets : Buttocks View Exercise

Side Lunges

Intermediate
The standard lunge focuses on the buttocks and upper leg muscles so taking the movement out to the side works the outer thighs (abductors). This also  
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Targets : Buttocks View Exercise

Bicycle Crunch

Intermediate
The bicycle crunch develops strong abdominal muscles along with balance and coordination. A very challenging exercise which requires a reasonable leve 
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Targets : Lower Abs View Exercise

Plyometric Pushups, Lateral

Advanced
This version of the plyometric pushup will improve power and reflex by utilising explosive movements to the sides. The Lateral Plyometric Pushup is qu 
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Targets : Chest View Exercise

Burpee

Intermediate
The Burpee is an exercise that combines multiple movements together in one exercise. There are at least 3 variations of the burpee, each one increases 
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Targets : Buttocks View Exercise
   

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