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Five morning exercises to do anywhere - GN Guides
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2/11/2025
Five morning exercises to do anywhere. Gulf News Guides visits Dubai Sports World to find five morning exercises that you can do anywhere. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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Hi, we're at Dubai Sports World.
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I'm here to show you five morning exercises that you can do anywhere that require almost
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no equipment and they're good for everybody.
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First exercise is lunges.
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Lunges are very popular because they're great for your core and your lower body and anyone
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can do them.
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And this is how you start with a lunge.
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You stand with your legs shoulder width apart.
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You take one leg out, just remember which leg you did, right?
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Keep your core active, tummy in, back straight.
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You go down until your knee touches the ground and you go up.
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Bring that leg forward a little bit in line with the other one, right?
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Okay, and then you take the other one forward, just try to remember which leg you took forward.
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You go down, straight, up.
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Always remember to keep your core activated, your tummy in, bring that first leg back in
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line with the other one.
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Take it forward, come down, and it's like a string is pulling you up to the ceiling.
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Bring it close, in line with the other one, right?
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You keep doing this, give each lunge a time.
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Don't do it too fast, make sure you do it right.
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Keep your core activated, keep your chest up, your shoulders back, take a step wide
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enough.
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When you travel, always make sure that your knees do not travel beyond your toes.
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So imagine a line, a straight line from your knees to your toes, so you don't want to be
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here and you don't want to be here.
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Also, what you don't want is your knees to travel this way or that way too far.
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It happens if you have weaker quads, our knees tend to go a different direction.
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What you want to pay attention to is that your knees take forward and you come down.
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See where they are?
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They're going that way or that way, yeah?
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And your knees are not traveling beyond your toes.
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Bring it in, and that's it.
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Second exercise is push-ups.
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Push-ups are very popular because they're a great way to strengthen your core, your
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back, your chest, your arms, and pretty much your entire body, if done correctly.
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Now, a few things you need to look at when you perform a push-up, make sure your arms
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are underneath your shoulders, shoulder width apart.
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Again, core is always active, you don't want your core to drop down here and you also don't
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want to be up here.
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Always try to be parallel to the ground.
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Feet shoulder width apart, core activated, shoulders in, that's a great start.
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Now, if this is too much, you can always drop on your knees, keeping everything else the
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same.
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Okay?
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If you want to have somewhere in between, you can just take your feet up a little bit.
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From here or from here, whichever way, go down until your chest touches the ground and
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slowly come back up again.
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You breathe in on the way down, you breathe out on the way up, and you repeat.
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Now, it doesn't matter if you're on your knees, it'll be the same way.
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As long as your core is active, head is up, you want to pay attention to where your neck
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is.
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You want to drop down there, you don't want it to be out here or up here.
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Just parallel to the ground.
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Gaze your eye, focus on something stable on the ground as you perform a pushup.
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That's how you do a pushup.
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Another great exercise for your midsection and pretty much your entire body, being famous,
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planks.
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Now, for planks, take a position with your knees shoulder width apart, your feet again
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shoulder width apart, core activated, tummy in.
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Now it could be here, elbows are under you.
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Now, this is a slightly advanced version of the planks, what's called the plank taps.
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Take a plank position, you hold it, tap your right arm over your left shoulders, left arm
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over your right shoulders, and you repeat.
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Right hand touches the shoulder, opposite hand, opposite shoulder.
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If this is too much, you can always start on your elbow.
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What you don't want to happen, and it tends to happen a lot, is that you don't want to
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fall down here.
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Also, you don't want to be cheating by doing this.
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Try to always be parallel to the ground with your core activated.
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Be here.
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Now, this might get a little bit too boring, so what you want to look at is walk, walk,
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in, in.
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Walk, walk, in, in.
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And that's how you perform variations of planks.
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Now, squats.
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Squats are fantastic for your core, for your glutes, for your quadriceps, which is the
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front part of your legs, and also for your hamstrings, which is the back of your legs.
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Now, if squats are performed correctly, there's no harm on the knees whatsoever.
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And that's how you perform squats.
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You stand up straight with your legs shoulder width apart.
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Your toes are slightly outwards, pointed.
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Your knees will move towards the same direction as your big toe.
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Keep your core active.
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Your tummy's tucked in, closer to your spine.
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You can put your hands in the waist, or you can put your hands up front for balance, whichever
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way you want.
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Now, the most important part is the going down part.
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However, think of a string pulling your chest up, yeah?
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Core activated, shoulder back and down.
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That's how you perform a squat.
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Slowly go down as you breathe in until your legs are parallel to the floor, and you slowly
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bring it up.
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As you breathe out, and on the way up, squeeze your glutes.
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Now, think about this.
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As you go down, imagine that you're trying to close a car door with your buttocks.
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Want to stop?
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When your legs are parallel to the ground, use your heels to push yourself up.
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Things to look out for when you perform a squat is that you don't want your knees to
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travel beyond your toes.
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Now, you also don't want your knees to go in two separate directions.
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You don't want any of that movement.
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What you're looking for is, again, knees not beyond the big toe.
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Going down 90 degrees, pushing the car door, breathe in on the way down, use your heels
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to drive yourself up, squeeze your glutes on the way up until you stand straight, and
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you repeat.
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Inhale on the way down, you exhale on the way up.
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Another great exercise to be performed with no equipment, pretty much on the floor, called
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the glute bridges.
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Of course, any exercise that aims towards the glutes also is really good for your core,
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for your abs, and for your lower back if done correctly.
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Now, pretty much lie down on the ground, heels planted on the ground, hands down.
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Even if you're lying down, you also want to get your core activated by bringing your
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tummy closer to your spine.
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Now, with your heels on the ground, you slowly start traveling up, all the way up, as far
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up as you can.
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Hold it for a few seconds, five would be good, and then slowly again, bring your glutes down.
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Make sure that the spine is moving one vertebra at a time.
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Until you've reached your starting position again, and you repeat the movement.
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Make sure you're breathing naturally.
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Make sure you're not holding your breath.
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Sometimes we forget to breathe because we're trying to focus on doing the exercise correctly.
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Now, that's all right, but with time and practice, you'll be able to breathe normally as you
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perform the exercise.
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You want to breathe in on the way down, and you breathe out on the way up.
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Hold it.
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Now, don't hold your breath, hold the pose, bring it down.
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That's how you perform glutes bridges.
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And that was the five morning exercises that you can do almost anywhere.
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