8 gifts to exercise inside (and outside) the house

Going up and down the stairs, jogging down the block, jumping rope, doing a video yoga class, doing a video dance class, doing a crossfit by video, pretend you exercise by watching a video. If you have a mom who likes to play sports – or who always says she will – surely the running of the bulls is anxious, looking for a way to keep the rhythm and shape in a few square meters, following tutorials on Instagram and catching her breath through a mask.

Here are 8 gifts to move around the house —and also for those who can still leave it—, with the advice of our collaborator, personal trainer Rocío Cabello (@chio_trainer).

“This set of ten is a very good idea, and not just because of its weight,” says Rocío. “Different muscle groups have different strength capacities, and with this variety of weights you can work almost all of them.” For biceps, triceps, squats, crunches, backs and many more.

If your mom is not in total quarantine and can go jogging around her neighborhood —or she wants to exercise comfortably in her home—, Rocío Cabello recommends this long leg —or leggings for siutics— from Joyfitters, a Chilean brand that, apart from designing her garments with the size of the Chilean women in mind, she works with women from the San Joaquín prison and recycles all her waste.

“I demand two things from my students: a mat and a TRX tape,” says Rocío. “It is a super tool, for the whole family, very safe, and with which you can work the whole body. There are a lot of exercise tutorials on YouTube. ” The anchor to install it inside your house can be found here.

“For the brave ones who run early in the morning or at night before the curfew, a windbreaker is better than a polerón: it keeps the heat but it is light, it protects from the cold but if you want to take it off it doesn’t weigh anything and you keep it in a pocket ”, says Rocío.

Rocío says “mini bands” but everywhere they seem to be called different, perhaps because of the variety of exercises she can do, all for the area under the hips. “Perfect to strengthen hips, legs and poto”, explains Cabello.

The product says “set for pilates” but according to Rocío it is much more than that. “The elastic is used for arm strength: attaching it to a post or pillar you can do a rowing exercise. The mat is basic for any routine and with the ball you can exercise even while sitting on it: it forces you to work the batting and keep your back straight ”.

On YouTube and Instagram it is full of tutorials and exercise accounts, but if your mom has insinuated many times that she wants to start exercising and still hasn’t, subscribe to this popular program around the world — an app with daily exercises, diets and personalized monitoring — may be the best motivation. “It is cheaper than hiring a trainer,” says Rocío.

Surely it is the least necessary item of all, but for the most obsessive athletes it is a useful tool. More comfortable than the cell phone, more slave than your boss, a smart watch can measure all the exercise you do and without even realizing it.