Shiba Mehra, ACE-certified instructor and rehab specialist, who runs Spectrum Fitness that trains trainers, helps us optimise what’s at home.
The bed: Suitable for restorative exercises like leg raises (pictured here), legs up the wall, seated forward bend, reclining bound angle pose.
The wall: Suitable for wall sits, wall plank (pictured here), standing push-ups
The wall: Suitable for wall sits, wall plank, standing push-ups (pictured here)
The staircase: Suitable for the step up, calf raises (pictured here), running up and walking down (make sure you walk down, or else you may get injured; alternate with walking up and walking down).
The staircase: Suitable for the step up (pictured here), calf raises, running up and walking down (make sure you walk down, or else you may get injured; alternate with walking up and walking down).
The couch: Suitable for ab crunches (pictured here), tricep dips, reverse lunges, incline and decline push-ups, toe grabbing (without bending legs, sitting at the edge of the couch)
The couch: Suitable for ab crunches, tricep dips (pictured here), reverse lunges, incline and decline push-ups, toe grabbing (without bending legs, sitting at the edge of the couch)
The couch: Suitable for ab crunches, tricep dips, reverse lunges (pictured here), incline and decline push-ups, toe grabbing (without bending legs, sitting at the edge of the couch)
The couch: Suitable for ab crunches, tricep dips, reverse lunges, incline and decline push-ups (pictured here), toe grabbing (without bending legs, sitting at the edge of the couch)
The couch: Suitable for ab crunches, tricep dips, reverse lunges, incline and decline push-ups, toe grabbing without bending legs, sitting at the edge of the couch (as pictured here)
The wall: Suitable for wall sits (pictured here), wall plank, standing push-ups