What is minimalist fitness - and how can you stay fit without an expensive fitness subscription? If you're looking for answers to these questions, you've come to the right place! Minimalism and fitness come together when you make your training efficient, improve your well-being and need little or no equipment.
This not only makes physical fitness more fun, but also saves you high gym costs. And you'll be doing something for the environment at the same time 🙂
Whether you want to reach a certain fitness level, lose weight, build muscle or simply enjoy a sporty leisure activity with friends: In this article, I'll show you how to make your training work in a minimalist way. Let's go!
1. Focus on workouts with your own body weight
You don't need a gym with thousands of machines. Often it is precisely this Abundance of possibilitieswhich is demotivating and inhibits training success due to a lack of structure.
But you don't need a home gym with hundreds of machines and weights either. The most important basis for a good sustainable training you always have with you: Your own body weight.
As a fitness minimalist, you focus on the workouts that make you feel good. Bring you closest to your goal with the least possible effort.
Fittingly I can offer you the Book "Fit without equipment" (is available here*) by former military instructor Mark Lauren.
2. Get a durable training mat
Even when training without a gym, you can do not completely do without aids. A such a durable fitness mat* for example, is essential.
You can roll them up and take them with you wherever you go - and even Dozens of effective exercises with your own body weight on it. From warming up, to sweat-inducing workouts, to stretching after training.
If you look after your mat, it will give you over many years provide good service. This is a very good example of how sustainability, minimalism and fitness harmonize.
3. Use online courses for inspiration and motivation
There are countless recommended online fitness courses on the net. YouTube in particular is teeming with free, great training videos.
Either way, you can also find inspiration for your next Yoga session or your next Power Workout get. Just match the body area you want to train.
The trainers will also push you to perform at your best - especially Fitness within your own four walls - performance and ensure that you achieve your self-defined goals. Training goals reach.
4. Get a dumbbell, air conditioning bar and kettlebell
You shouldn't buy any new fitness equipment for your training sessions, just because they are trendy. That would definitely contradict the minimalist mindset.
And even though you can basically stay fit without equipment, there are a few items that will bring you closer to your training goals and open up the cornucopia of Combine options from the gym.
These items are also needed in a minimalist home gym:
- Pull-up bar (is available here*)
- Kettlebell (is available here*)
- Barbell (is available here*)
- Resistance bands (is available here*)
This list is supplemented by the usual things such as Running shoes (is available here*), Bike (is available here*) and co. of course. Take a look for Environmentally friendly fitness equipment made from sustainable wood especially times here at Edel-Kraft* around. There are also, for example This versatile wall bars* with all accessories.
A small number of devices and objects is therefore sufficientto save you from having to make countless decisions in the gym. At the same time, you don't live in abundance and can save your wallet and money. Conserve natural resources.
5. Combine fitness sessions and active leisure activities
Do regular sweat-inducing home workouts on your mat, but don't forget to keep your body and mind healthy. really challenge all the muscles all the time. Go to squash, jogging, climbing, Bicycle ride, swimming or take a walk - whatever you feel like. It is important that you don't train too one-sidedly.
At the same time, these leisure activities should also Regeneration of the muscle groups that you have worked particularly hard during your bodyweight workout.
6. Train at home, in parks and on playgrounds
Since minimalist fitness means you don't need a gym or countless pieces of equipment, you also stay quite flexible when answering the question of where you do your training.
You can play it alone at home in the living room, but also in a nearby park or at a public fitness bars and versatile playgrounds (Here are calisthenics parks in Berlin, for example).
Personally, I like to jog to the fitness pole at our nearby lake - and in this way combine a Running and a strength unit.
7. Block out 30-60 minutes every day for your workout
Minimalist fitness is basically free of chargeas soon as you have the basic equipment together - and it is even suitable for Frugalists suitable! However, the fact that you no longer regularly pay your hard-earned money to the gym may reduce your motivation to get on the fitness mat 😉.
That's why you should block a timeslot (e.g. half an hour to an hour, depending on your personal goals) for your sports session every day. place flexibly in your daily routine lets. The important thing is that you actually follow through with your training as planned.
Notice: The excuse of 'bad weather' doesn't exist with minimalist fitness, as you can also train comfortably under your own roof. 😛
8. See the goal and enjoy training
Sport should not be murder, but really fun. Enjoyment of physical progress, of visibly and noticeably growing fitness levels and on Training with friends.
If you notice that you are slowly losing interest, you should react immediately and optimize. Tip from personal experience: do different and also New workouts regularlytrain both alone and with like-minded people, so that you can have lasting pleasure on the way to your fitness goal.
So you can train in a minimalist way and at the same time get very fit - and remain so in the long term. And if you ever run out of Sport motivation goes out, then listen these driving songsto defeat your inner bastard.
9. Eat a balanced vegetable diet
Even the most efficient workout is relatively ineffectivewhen you throw yourself on your couch afterwards with chips and coke to start the next series marathon.
A Balanced, healthy plant-based and protein-rich diet brings you ever closer to your training goals. Make sure you put the Prejudice of pale, thin and weak vegans off. Because plant-based cuisine offers you all the nutrients your body needs. Only without antibiotics from the Factory Farming and increased risk of cancer from meat consumption.
Beans, chickpeas, oatmeal, whole wheat pasta or peas, sunflower and pumpkin seeds. and countless other foods are real protein bombs. So you can also get muscles without meat, milk and eggs.
Good to know: There are not only health reasons for veganism, but also ethical and ecological motives. Under "Why vegan?" I will explain them to you briefly and concisely.
10. Give your body time to recover
As I said, minimalist fitness is about training as efficiently as possible towards certain goals. However, when the body and muscles are under constant stress Injury-related interruptions pre-programmed.
So treat yourself too Regular rest breaks and rest days - without losing sight of your fitness goal, of course. Also make sure that you sleep better and enjoy a truly restful night's sleep. And simply take time for yourself away from sport.
Minimalist fitness: Stay fit without a gym!
The Advice from experienced fitness trainers doesn't hurt, of course - But basically, the floor and walls in your own home, a training mat and a few pieces of equipment are all you need to train flexibly and get extremely fit.
And the minimalist fitness can really be conveniently integrate into your own everyday life. At the same time, training without a gym is also environmentally friendly and saves resources - and Saves a lot of money sustainably!
At this point, I can only warmly recommend the Book "Fit without equipment" by Mark Lauren* to your heart!
"Health is not everything, but without health, everything is nothing."
Arthur Schopenhauer (more at Health Quotes)
I hope that I have been able to inspire and motivate you with this article. Do you have any questions, tips or your own experiences with this form of fitness that you would like to share? Then I'm already looking forward to your comment!
Stay fit and minimalist,
PS: Do you already know the Advantages of tap water? In the linked post, I show you why you should prefer it over the packaged mineral water. Have fun!
