Community member Cookinmom sent a suggestion into ProduceTheDoctors.com asking for budget-friendly exercise ideas. Crunch Gym personal fitness trainer Alycia Perrin shows ways to get fit without emptying your wallet.

1. Sit on the ball with your feet resting on the floor and keep your back straight
2. Tighten your abdominal muscles and lean back
3. Return to start position and repeat

• Curls for your arms with a resistance band:
     • The resistance band works both the bicep and tricep muscles

1. Stand on the band and hold the handles
2. Keep your palms facing out
3. Bend your arms and bring your palms toward your shoulders 

• Dumbbells work many muscle groups, such as your arms, back, chest and shoulders. Try these exercises with dumbbells:
     • Fly: This works your shoulders and upper back

1. With a weight in each hand, lean over and let your arms hang down 
2. Keep your back straight
3. Keeping your arms straight, raise them out to the sides to shoulder level

     • Side lunges: This works your whole body

1. Stand with your feet hip-width apart, with one weight in each hand
2. Bend forward slightly at the waist, with your arms out at shoulder level
3. While keeping your arms straight, do a side lunge to the left as you bring your right arm and hand towards your left foot
4. Return to the center, then side lunge to the right

     • Torso twist: This works your abs, obliques, shoulders and back

1. Stand with one weight in each hand
2. Keep your hips facing forward
3. Curl the weights up so your hands are near your shoulders
4. Rotate your torso to the right, back to center, and then to the left
   

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