Do these 3 Functional exercises to be fit.

Exercises that simultaneously use multiple muscles and joints to improve muscular endurance, overall strength, coordination, balance, posture and agility are the latest favourites. To get a challenging, effective and fun full-body workout as well as prepare the body for every day activities follow these tips!

Medicine ball squat with overhead lift:

This exercise strengthens your legs, lower back, arms and shoulders.

·         Stand with your feet wide, holding a light medicine ball in front of you in both hands.

·         Squat down, moving your rear back and keeping your knees over your ankles, and lower the medicine ball to the floor, keeping your head up and back straight (don't hunch).

·         Return to a start position and lift the medicine ball over your head. Repeat the squat and lower ball to the ground. Perform three sets of 10 repetitions.

·         Increase the weight of the ball as you get stronger.

Stair climbing with bicep curls:

Using stairs as part of your fitness program will keep your legs conditioned and toned. Partnering stair climbs with bicep curls will strengthen your arms and improve your ability to carry things up the stairs. This exercise will also boost your cardiovascular fitness.

·         Stand at the bottom of a flight of stairs holding a dumbbell in each hand.

·          Climb the stairs while performing bicep curls.

·         Walk or run down the stairs holding the weights but don't do curls.

·         Repeat five to 10 times.

·         Increase the dumbbell weight as your arms get stronger and mix up your climbs by taking two steps at a time for a flight or two.

Diagonal reach with medicine ball

This exercise works all the muscles arms, shoulders, legs that are involved in lifting something diagonally overhead as well as lowering it.

·         Stand tall, holding a medicine ball at your chest with both hands.

·          Lift the medicine ball diagonally overhead to the right, straightening your arms, while extending your left leg to the side, making a diagonal line from the medicine ball to your toes. Lower to start position.

·          Repeat 10 to 15 times for each leg.

·         Increase the weight of the medicine ball and strap 2- to 5-pound weights on your ankles as you get stronger.