At-home exercises for when it’s just

By DAISY NELSON

LYING SIDE LEG LIFTS

(30 REPS EACH SIDE)

Lie on your side with your legs extended outwards and your head propped up by your hand. Raise your top leg straight into the air as high as you feel comfortable while keeping your muscles tightened. Then bring it down to lightly touch your other leg. Repeat.

(50 REPS)

Lie on your back in a crunching position, with both hands behind your head for support. Making sure your heels do not touch the ground, extend one leg straight out and bring the other knee to your chest. Switch and repeat.

There’s a time of year to embrace the outdoors and incorporate all Lake Havasu City’s environment has to offer in the way of physical fitness — and there’s summer time. With blazing temperatures that start before the sun rises, it’s difficult — and dangerous — to try exercising in the heat unless, perhaps, you are treading Havasu’s cool waters. Here are a few easy workouts you can do at home in your living room, personal gym or wherever you have open space and air conditioning. Try using a yoga mat for more comfortable exercising. As always, make sure you have plenty of water, stretch before and after, listen to your body and consider having an additional fan or damp towel nearby to keep cool in the unrelenting Havasu heat.

(30 REPS)

Lie on your back with your knees up, as if you were about to perform situps. Make sure your feet are spread apart, approximately in line with your shoulders. Rest your arms on your stomach or in the air, with your elbows and biceps touching the floor. Raise your hips upward into the air until they align with your knees, then bring them back down. Repeat.

With your arms to the side and parallel to your head and your legs outstretched. Flexing your core, raise your arms and legs off the ground simultaneously, then bring them back down. Repeat.

(30 REPS)

Lie on your stomach with your arms to the side and parallel to your head and your legs outstretched. Flexing your core, raise your arms and legs off the ground simultaneously, then bring them back down. Repeat.