How to get fit on a Budget | Poor man’s guide to fitness.

The questions of how to get fit on a budget revolve around every college student and entry-level worker. For them, I wrote this article as a guide to become fit on a budget. 

Being poor does not make you less qualified to live a fit life. Fitness is for everyone. The notion that to be fit you need money is not true. Yes, if you have money, you will have the access to easier and more effective solutions. However, it is not necessary. To acquire a fit lifestyle, you need faith and confidence in your ability. You can never acquire these qualities with money. Here is the guide to Poor Mans Fitness: 

Calisthenics Workout: 

Calisthenics is one of the oldest and most effective fitness exercises. This is scientifically proven to be most appropriate for our physics. 

BodyWeight Exercise: 

Bodyweight exercise simply means exercises that only use bodyweight to create muscle tension. This has a huge benefit. Bodyweight exercise helps a man to understand the mechanism of his body and muscle. You can get an idea of which portion and muscle of your body need more focus. Many have an idea that bodyweight exercise does not help you to build muscle mass, which is not true. With increased reps, decrease rest one can easily build muscle mass through bodyweight exercise. The muscle mass generated by bodyweight exercise lasts longer and leaner. The muscle mass also will assist you with your day-to-day activity. I personally am very fond of bodyweight exercise due to the fact it is more natural and this only helps you to grow effective muscle mass. 

Basic Diet: 

Rice, Egg, Milk, Banana, and White meat. This is a very cheap combination anywhere in the world. Also, there are effective to build lean muscles on your body. Eating healthy is not expensive. You can try different combinations of recipes with these four-ingredient. If you live in a tropical country like me, you can get vegetables at a very cheaper price. Hence, you can include a different green vegetable in your diet to bring variety. 

If you can save money after this, you can try Whey Protein Powder, a budget-friendly protein powder. 

Active Lifestyle: 

If we look at indigenous and tribal people, we can see amazing fitness. They are not known to be rich. They achieved their fitness through a rough and active lifestyle. Furthermore, a lot of prisoners are very fit despite having no income sources. They utilize their time and resources they have to build their physic. 

Poor man’s home gym: 

To build a Poor Mans Home Gym my suggestion is to buy only necessary equipment one at a time. If you are low on money, my suggestion is for you to make a list. And, start saving money from your income. Buy one piece of equipment every month. This will not affect you significantly. For me, I followed this list of very important equipment that is required for anyone who wants to pursue the path of fitness: 

• Bench-press/squat rack

• Barbell

• Misc Plates

• Ab Wheel

• Door frame Pull-up bar

• Stationary Bike

Burpee: 

Though Burpee is a body-weight exercise, I wanted to include it separately due to the importance it brings with it. This is a very effective exercise to shape your body. If you are poor; Burpee is your path to achieve success. This works as an Aerobic and Strenght building website. You will see fast results with it. Start with 20 Burpee a set for 3 sets. Even though if you do not include any other exercises with it. You can see minor results just by doing Burpees. 

Running/cardio: 

Nothing beats the good old running. To have fit physic, running is a must. It does not cost you a bit. You can buy a simple running shoe and start your daily running from now on. If you are very new to exercise, my suggestion would be to start with slow running. This creates an environment of physical stress. Your body slowly gets accustomed to the physical stress. It slowly will start to accept other stress of other physical exercises. Regular running can help you a lot to burn extra calories. 

If you are not fond of running or you have any health conditions that stop you from running; you can try the alternative of running which is swimming and cycling. These exercises also have help to build lean muscle and lose extra fats from your body. 

Summary:

I want to conclude the guide of how to get fit on budget by saying that fitness is for everyone. Your financial ability and background have no right to stop you from the path of fitness. The success of life is closely related to living a fit and healthy life. Hence, we should stop waiting for getting rich and start working out to achieve our desired fitness goals.

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