Sometimes if we’re going to work out at home, we need to be creative. We don’t always have to run out to the nearest department store and spend hundreds of dollars on expensive and bulky exercise equipment and we probably don’t have any logical place to store it.

If you’re going to get it done, you need stop making excuses for yourself and just do it. Use what you have or try a few different things to find out what works best for you. I personally put a very effective fitness routine together at home using the some store bought items as well as some things I just had lying around.

Below I’ll describe what I do on a regular basis to stay fit. Use it how you like or add your own ideas.
In other words, you can use it as a suggestion or means of a workout for yourself or perhaps it will give you some ideas for creating your own routine.

My entire routine is made up of three parts.

Each part takes approximately 10 to 15 minutes. I work from home, take care of an active toddler (full time) and I don’t like to exercise when the other adults who live with me are at home, so I have to fit it in when I can. This means I have to break up my routine into two or three short exercise sessions throughout the day in order to fit it in.

• The First Part of My Daily Workout:

  The first part of my session is concentrated on my lower body. It’s a 10 minute routine using an exercise machine that involves working the muscles of my tummy, my butt, thighs and calves. It’s easy; it’s fast and very effective. It’s a machine called Leg Magic. There is a part of the routine which involves getting off of the machine and working out on the floor. If I’m low on time, I skip the last two or three minutes of the Leg Magic workout that is off of the machine.

• The Second Part of My Daily Workout:

  The second part of my routine involves two 10-pound weights. I do 15 reps for each arm (I hold up one weight in one hand, while I raise and lower the opposite). Then, I switch off. I do this twice.

• The Third Part of My Daily Workout:

  The next part of my weight lifting routine is to kneel on a chair and lift a weight behind my back. Again, I do this 15 times for each arm. The final part of the weight lifting routine is to lie down on my back on the couch, hold one weight in both hands above my head over the side of the couch, and then lift up slowly and controlled until it’s over my chest. I do just 15 reps and then I sit up and lift the same weight from my lap to my chin, 15 reps. I do this twice for a total of 30 reps each.

  The final part of my workout routine involves tummy crunches. I use an “ab-doer”, but you can do good old fashioned tummy crunches (knees up, knees to the right and knees to the left; 10 reps for each leg position for 30 reps total to make a set; do 3 sets).

It’s easy, it’s quick and I have everything I need with very little investment. You can be creative and come up with your own routine that works for you!

Today in order to have great shape you needn’t to go a fitness or yoga center or have a personal trainer must like many celebrities. You can maintain health and get fit like Jennifer Lopez or Madonna just from the comfort of your home. The main key is neither gym, nor personal trainer. The trick is strength of will to work out your body on a regular basis. The truth is that most of Hollywood stars and other celebrities go to a special fitness center and work out under their personal trainer’s control, due to the fact that they don’t have enough strength of will to achieve great shape they wish about.