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Running on vino power

The wine bottle workout will keep you toned as you sweat it out in your living room.

Our workout plans suffer due to a time crunch or if we are feeling lazy and demotivated. This workout will surely help make things easier as you sweat it out while watching your favourite TV show in the comfort of your home. Called the Wine Bottle workout (in which you’ll be using fully loaded wine bottles as weights), it can get your lower and upper body toned and sculpted as it builds muscular strength.

Do a warm up of 5-10 minutes by walking around or breaking into a light jog in place, remember to rehydrate before, during and after. Do not exercise the same group of muscles every day as muscles need a complete day to recover between workouts. Alternate muscle groups.

— The writer is a body transformation expert.

Ab/ Oblique Toner
Sit down on the ground with your knees bent on the floor, legs lifted.
Hold the wine bottle in front of you with both hands.
Twist your body alternately to both sides in quick successions along with the wine bottle for a minute.

Lunges for core strength
Hold wine bottles, one in each hand.
Place your right leg ahead of your left leg.
Squeeze your butt and sink your left knee towards the ground and return to start
Tuck your stomach in and keep your upper body straight while you do this.
Switch legs and repeat.
Aim for one to two minutes. Lunges for core strengthLunges for core strength

3 in 1 Toner
This move works the chest; shoulder and triceps at one go.
Lie down on your back on the floor, knees bent, feet on the floor.
Hold a wine bottle in each hand.
Keep your shoulders and upper arms flat on the floor, stretched on either side of your body.
Bend your elbows at right angles to the floor.
Extend your arms straight up, hold for a few counts and return to start.
Repeat 20 times.

3 in 1 Toner3 in 1 Toner

Arm Toner
Hold a loaded wine bottle in each hand.
Stand with feet shoulder width apart.
Knees soft, tuck your stomach in.

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Lift both arms up together, straight ahead of you, till they are parallel to the floor. Hold this position for a few seconds and gently bring the hands down to their original position.
Repeat this 20 times. As a variation, you can switch the hand movement to the sides by lifting them to either side parallel to the floor, hold for a few counts, drop hands and repeat for 20 counts.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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