10 Easy Exercises To Get You Fit For Summer

3. Push Ups

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The Exercise: Start with your hands level with your shoulders and slightly wider than shoulder-width apart. Bend the elbows to lower your body towards the floor, stopping when your head is about an inch off the ground. Straighten the elbows to bring the body back up. The whole thing should be one continuous movement, without stopping or jarring at either the top or the bottom. You also need to make sure that your spine is in a straight line throughout; focusing on pulling your belly button in towards your spine can help here.

Make It Harder: The great thing with push ups is that there are so many variations. If you're a beginner, you can start off on your hands and knees until you gain the strength to do the "full" exercise. You can then make things harder by performing the exercise on an incline, with your feet higher than your head, or by doing it on an unstable surface like a mattress.

Easy Workout: A great all-body workout can be created by alternating push ups and squats. Try to move as quickly as possible between the two movements without hurting yourself. Ten squats, ten push ups. Rest. Repeat. Aim for three sets to start with, then add an additional set every week until you get to ten sets (a hundred squats and a hundred push ups).

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With a (nearly) useless degree in English literature and a personal trainer qualification he's never used, Freddie spends his times writing things that he hopes will somehow pay the rent. He's also a former professional singer, and plays the saxophone and ukulele. He's not really used to talking about himself in the third person, and would like to stop now, thanks.