Just because you're spending more time indoors doesn't mean you have to stop moving. As daunting as it may seem, staying in shape and healthy during these difficult times is totally possible. In fact, there are plenty of interesting, at-home workouts to try that don't require much equipment, if any at all. From body weight exercises to simple cardio moves, these at-home workout audiobooks have you covered.
Time is very valuable to people. So when it comes to working out, the thought often sounds daunting, if not impossible. But what people may not realize is that in just 15 minutes at home, they can improve flexibility, reduce pain, and increase strength. In Quick Home Workouts, Rachel Stevens walks listeners through 26 ab-burning exercises to help you strengthen your core and get your heart beat racing.
Sure, breathing is a necessity for human life. But did you know it was possible to breathe better? And that there’s even such a thing as breathing too much? Patrick McKeown, author and breathing practitioner, has trained more than 5,000 people including Olympic and professional athletes. In The Oxygen Advantage, Irish actor Alan Smyth lends his soothing brogue to McKeown’s method, which aims to help you decrease the number of breaths you take and increase your health.
Get ready to forget what you think you know about stretching before a workout, core strength, sports drinks, and more. In The First 20 Minutes, Gretchen Reynolds, author of the weekly Phys Ed column for The New York Times, debunks popular myths about exercise. Drawing on scientific research and her own athletic experiences, she also explains how to best avoid injuries, covers how long your workouts should be, and more. Narrator Karen Saltus offers an engaging, thoughtful delivery of Reynolds’s expertise, outlining how you can obtain maximum health benefits in just 20 short minutes.
Join author Tim Ferriss in The 4-Hour Body as he shares the incredible experiments he's done over 10 years to beat genetics and achieve the impossible…for himself and more than 200 men and women aged 18 to 70.
Welcome to the Sarah’s Fit Strong Pregnancy Workout program. These workouts are designed for the mom-to-be who loves to sweat and is looking for challenging, yet safe, prenatal strength workouts. If you’re doing these routines at home, don’t worry. You can use a step stool, coffee table, or stair as an alternative. You also can place a pillow under your shoulder blades or rest your shoulder blades on the edge of your couch.
It was 2200 years ago when the sage Patanjali recorded 195 bits of insight, known as the Yoga Sutras. Now, Dr. Pandit Rajmani Tigunait brings these wisdoms to the modern age, unearthing the core of the yoga tradition. Though this commentary is practitioner-oriented, it makes an excellent audiobook for anyone who seeks to better understand the health and soul benefits of practicing yoga. Narrator D.C. Rao brings a calm and soothing energy to The Secret of the Yoga Sutra, making it perfect for centering yourself and opening your heart and mind.
Yoga is one of the most popular forms of exercise today and with good reason—the benefits of yoga are far too many to count. This is the perfect listen for anyone who is just beginning a yoga practice. It's a great way to discover how you can get into a low-stress routine that will aid the health of your mind, body, and spirit, all while learning poses and flows for beginners. Elise Black’s slow, deliberate performance of Kriya’s work imbues this audiobook with a gentleness that will get you in the mindset to start your yoga journey.
Sometimes, it isn't choosing the right exercise that is difficult, but finding the time and motivation to stick to your routine. Martin Meadows’s audiobook helps you improve self-discipline, teaching you how to carve out the time for working out, despite a hectic schedule, and keeping your commitment. You’ll find practical tricks and tips for supporting decades of healthy habits, expressed with the help of narrator John Gagnepain, a performer who specializes in self-development titles and, therefore, is no stranger to encouraging and driving listeners.
Looking to build muscle and reap the benefits of training, but aren't sure where to start? With this 30-day workout plan, you'll discover what calisthenics is all about—from how you can quickly build lean muscle to the best home and street exercises to get the most impactful results to how to avoid common injury-inducing mistakes. The confident, authoritative voice of English voice actress Andrea Giordani will help listeners absorb each lesson about the benefits of bodyweight exercise, demonstrating how you don’t necessarily need to hit the weight racks to get stronger.
You can burn more than 400 calories with just 30 minutes of boxing—that’s twice the amount in the same time spent running, swimming, rowing, or lifting weights. With this handy guide, you can learn how to start boxing, even if you've never thrown a punch in your life. In this insightful author-narrated selection, Michael McFaden shares the benefits of boxing and shows how you can start training from the comfort of your own home.
Liberty Hardy is a Book Riot senior contributing editor, co-host of All the Books, and a Book of the Month judge. She resides in Maine with her cats, Millay, Farrokh, and Zevon.
