What’s the Best Way to Start Working Out Without a Gym?
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Jun 4, 2025
You don’t need a gym membership to get fit—no fancy equipment, no crowds, and no monthly fees. You just need your body, a bit of space, and the decision to get moving. This video shares practical tips to help you begin exercising at home or outdoors, with a simple and flexible plan that fits your lifestyle. Read more here: https://reluctantlowcarblife.com/how-can-i-start-exercising-without-going-to-the-gym/ #ReluctantLowCarbLife #HomeWorkout #FitnessTips #NoGymNeeded #ExerciseAtHome #BeginnerFitness #HealthyLifestyle #GetMoving
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hi this is Anita from Reluctant Low Carb
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Life you know one of the things that we
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talk about in Reluctant Low Carb Life is
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what we call the trifecta of health
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which is basically about eating food
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that is fresh eating foods that help you
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feel full longer so you're not hungry
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and then also fitness and so the
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question we want to answer today is you
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know how can you um exercise without
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going to the gym and this is the
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question that a lot of people ask like
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what let's say I don't want to go to the
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gym i don't have time to go to the
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gym some people just don't like the gym
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they consider it a bother other people
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really love going to the gym so what are
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some things you can do without going to
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the gym well you can start you know at
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home you can start with walking you can
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you know start to build a habit walk
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around the block do um stair sessions at
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home this is really a big one you can go
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up and down stairs you know at home even
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if you have a two-story house you know
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maybe a basement and a tops floor you
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know that could be um three flights you
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can go up and down those you know five
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six seven eight times and to be able to
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get lots of stairs in you can dance it
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out you can do a dance workout i just
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saw a dance company that came here and
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and really they you know it was great
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watching them dance you could you could
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have see a dance you know you could
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dance it out if you like to dance you
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can do your uh body weight routine you
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can have some weights at home where you
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can do some weight lifting at home like
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10 squats 10 wall um um 10 wall push-ups
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you know 20 marches in place stance you
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know 10 standing on each leg and raising
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your leg uh then you can walk again you
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can look at um YouTube there's some
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great uh things that you can find now on
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YouTube where you can basically just
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follow along with a teacher or class if
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you're interested in
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that because you don't have to go to a
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gym you can just follow along with them
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on YouTube you can continue with this
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you know for each each week you can just
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add on a little bit more to each of it
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you can um do yoga at home i do a lot of
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yoga at home get yourself a mat and do
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some yoga at home you could um you know
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you could get up march in place each
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time there's a TV commercial you could
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do 10 squats every time you use the
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restroom every time you brush your teeth
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you could decide to stand on one leg
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throughout your toothbrushing you can
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clean the house at high speed like do
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like vacuum cardio uh you can do wall
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sits even while brushing your teeth you
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can stretch before going to bed you can
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walk your dog to a neighbor's house you
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can park further away from the store
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entrance so you have to walk more you
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can do walking errands instead of
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driving or you can ride your bicycle
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instead of driving if the weather's good
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enough you can take the stairs and skip
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the elevator wherever you can and you
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could try yard work and gardening some
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of your tips for staying motivated
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without a gym for a lot of time you know
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gyms help people to stay motivated if
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you're with a group maybe you feel a
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little bit more motivated if you if you
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go to the same place and you see the
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same people maybe it helps you feel a
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little bit more motivated each time you
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go you you could start small sometimes
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10 minutes is enough to form a habit
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track it use a notebook or an app or
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some kind of wall calendar track it down
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so you know what you're doing um use
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music have a personal playlist or listen
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to a podcast or or do something that you
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enjoy doing and say instead of just you
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know lying down and doing this I'm going
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to actually do this while I'm moving
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invite someone else make it be
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accountable to somebody else to make it
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easier uh be flexible if you miss a day
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don't be guilty just get back to it you
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know different things can count as
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exercise things like walking dancing
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cleaning gardening stretching playing
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with the kids or pets and doing home
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workouts they can all count as different
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forms of exercise but the main thing is
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to be able to get moving if you can make
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it part of your day then it really helps
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there's a lot of health benefits for it
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is you know exercise has been shown to
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improve your mood it can support weight
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loss it uh boasts your um heart health
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it strengthens your muscles and your
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bones it improves your sleep it can
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lower stress it builds energy and
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confidence so you don't need to really
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break records you don't need to decide
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you're going to run a marathon today you
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just need to get up and just start
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moving this is Anita from Reluctant Low
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Carb Life we've hope you've enjoyed this
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little tidbit that you will find a way
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to use it in your life that whatever it
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is whether it's just you get up and when
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that you know if you're watching TV the
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TV commercial comes on you get up and
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you do those squats throughout the
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entire TV commercial that is a start
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right there
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whatever it is just get started thank
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you so much for listening we truly do
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appreciate you our listeners and if
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much for listening
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