3 Ideas for Moderate-Intensity Exercises You Can Do Each Day

What is Considered Moderate-Intensity Exercise?

The key to losing weight and building muscle is repetition. You aren’t going to build a lot of muscle or lose a lot of weight if you only exercise once or twice a week.

However, the reality is that for most people, once or twice a week is all that they can really manage. Most people simply have too many other important commitments to do a very intense exercise session each day. Thankfully, there are some simple, moderate-intensity exercises that you can do every day because they take relatively little set up and because they are very easy to do.

3 Effective Moderate-Intensity Exercises

Lunges

Lunges are a very simple exercise that you can do with relatively little effort. All you need is a decent amount of space and some weights. Lunges are extremely simple to do, just make sure that your back is straight, take a step forward, bend both your knees until they are roughly 90-degrees, and then keep repeating this for a few sets.

Lunges on their own aren’t too intensive, but at the same time, they also help you build up your leg, thigh, and calf muscles.

Planks

Planks are another exercise that is extremely easy to do because they don’t require any sort of special equipment or a lot of space. For those who don’t know how to do planks properly, don’t worry they’re simple to do.

Just lie flat on the ground, prop yourself up using your elbows and forearms, link your hands together and place them directly in front of your face. Now push yourself up using your forearms and hold the position for as long as you can. The idea is that your body should form a straight line from head to toe.

Planks are good exercise options because they are more intense than your standard push-up, without being too intense.

Jumping Jacks

Jumping jacks aren’t an exercise that gets mentioned a lot, but they’re actually extremely effective moderate-intensity exercises, simple to do, and not too draining. Everyone knows how to do jumping jacks, so that doesn’t need to be explained. You should aim to do a few sets of fifty jumping jacks per day. This shouldn’t take all that long and it can exercise a wide variety of muscles, including ones in your calves, shoulders, and hips.

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