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Pakistan's fittest trainers are posting home workouts all over Instagram

Pakistan's fittest trainers are posting home workouts all over Instagram

We give you a weekly workout plan you can easily do at home during lockdown and it's all available online.
Updated 28 Mar, 2020

We're just here regretting all the times we missed the gym because we didn't want to leave the house.

If you like us are incredibly sad about gyms shuttering amid the coronavirus outbreak, we've got some good news.

Some of the top fitness instructors globally and in Pakistan are adapting and giving their communities some hope to latch onto: home workouts.

While movement restrictions are keeping us indoors, we all know fitness has a role to play in keeping people healthy and happy, helps manage anxiety and boosts your immunity. Here's a super simple weekly exercise plan for those wanting to start or continue fitness journey:

Mondays with Mustafa Jamshed

A lot of his workouts require minimal equipment like kettlebells/dumbbells but there are options of just bodyweight movements too. Bonus: the music's always great!

Lets start with upper body. You will need dumbbells for this but you can substitute with objects around the house (like water bottles). Get creative.

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Tuesdays with Hydro

If you're not a beginner, you can give this intense leg workout a try; it is not for the faint-hearted but you'll love the burn.

Midweek yoga with Amafah Mubashir

It doesn't all have to be high-intensity (which this can be too, depending on how many times you do it); the idea is to just keep yourself active and moving. This was fun and relaxing. Plus, her voice is so soothing!

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Thursdays with Dosti Zahra

The Strength Project posts some killer home workouts anyway but we wanted to share her active recovery flow because it really helped us. Rest days are important y'all! You have to give your body a chance to recuperate and let your muscles heal and repair.

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Full-body Fridays with Mehak Taherani

Oof, this kicked our you know what! No equipment required and you can go through it fast but still feel like it was very effective. Win.

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Saturdays with Vigilia Dabreo

This core workout had our abs on fire!

Sundays: Rest.

Comments

Fastrack Mar 28, 2020 06:38pm
Happy no matter what. Helpful no matter what. United no matter what. Wishing everyone the best.
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Bushra Zulfiqar Mar 28, 2020 07:54pm
This is an excellent example of living hopefully through these lonely times; brining together a range of easy at home work outs. Thank you so much for sharing
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Meow Mar 29, 2020 10:44am
Very nice
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Fowez Mar 29, 2020 10:59am
I stopped going to the gym 2 months ago. Sure I look like a gulab jamun now, but that's not the point. Stay alive, stay home.
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Hamid Shafiq Mar 29, 2020 01:47pm
I do ironing of my clothes which is best fitness
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paxtani Mar 30, 2020 04:11pm
You could also remind 95% of people of Pakistan that performing five prayers a day would be better exercise than this...
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Anon Mar 31, 2020 02:04am
Nice way to keep people caged for the authorities.
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Laila Apr 03, 2020 07:57pm
With relatively few items you can exercise at home and build your own little gym, especially ladies . A few hand weights, an aerobics step, a resistence band, a gym ball etc you can do effective workouts right inside your home. Exercise in Pakistan is highly underrated and perceived as a luxury for the rich. At the end of the day there are great health benefits to exercise which many of us are still ignorant of. Like why compare prayer to exercise? Why not do both? Spiritual and physical workout? Maybe then our bodies would be healthier, toned, and we would be able to counter many illnesses. Do it for yourself. I saved this article because it's really helpful.
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