How To Exercise In Bed

Exercising in bed, believe me it is not what you are thinking; though I'm positive that you could come up with some excellent physical routines for in bed use. No, these exercises can be done completely by yourself; without the help of a girlfriend or spouse.

Personally I dread the morning, but that is only because I have some really exceptional dreams. More than anything I hate the waking up the joints part of my morning.

For those of you who are still young, there will come a day when you wake up and you find that you're sore. Then you will think, dang... I just got sore from sleeping.

This is a turning point in your life; at least it was for me. This is when I realized that I would someday die; and believe me, once you realize that it is pretty hard to forget.

So I have developed some exercises that you can do in bed, so you can start getting in shape without ever getting out of bed. These will not prevent you from dying, but they may prevent you from dying any sooner than you really have to.

The first exercise for you to do is a pectoral workout. This is a great way to get your heart pumping, while still shaking the sleep from your eyes.

It is called the isometric chest press. Most the time exercising on your bed is going to be bad for your joints and spine on account of the bounce.

So you can't just do any exercise you please on a bed. For example, don't do pushups, crunches or squats on your bed.

However, the isometric chest press is one that you can do. Start with your hands at your side, as if you just woke up from eight hours of sleep.

Now move the palms of your hands above the center of your chest. Once you have your two palms touching each other, try your hardest to push your hands through each other.

This is an ancient technique that was developed by the Japanese. This routine is going to exercise your triceps, your pectorals, and give slight tension to your deltoids.

The next exercise is the reverse crunch. Hold the head board above the top of your bed.

Now, you probably know how to do a crunch, so just reverse the exercise.... Not like that. Ok, with your hands holding to the head board so that you don't move, lift your bottom and knees toward the air.

This is going to activate the muscles near the pubic bone, put tension on the oblique's, and really excite the lower abdomen. Now even though I just used the words pubic, excite, and bone all in the same sentence, I assure you there is nothing sexual about this exercise.

Destry Masterson is a health, fitness and nutrition expert. She has written articles about exercise and recommends http://www.proform.com for information about exercise equipment. Contact Info: Destry Masterson - MyOnlineArticleWriting@gmail.com - Twitter: @DestryMasterson