Getting in shape is no easy task, but it doesn’t have to be as hard as most people make it. Far to many people fall back on the excuse that getting in shape is expensive and requires a ton of money and a membership at a fancy gym.

Wrong! Stop making excuses lazy asses.

Today I’m going to kill all of your excuses and leave you left with no other choice but to get off your butt and get in shape.

Here are 5 of the best ways to get in shape at home. No expensive gym membership required:

1. Cardio – Cardio is necessary if you want to shed the pounds of flab that are covering up your hidden abs. Luckily for you cardio is much more fun when you’re doing it outside and not on a boring piece of cardio equipment. Some of the best forms of cardio that you can do at home include sprinting, jogging, power walking, swimming if you’ve got a pool, and my personal favorite jump roping. I found a really nice jump rope for $3.00 and it has lasted me over a year and a half.
2. Bodyweight Exercise - Building muscle doesn’t have to require tons of equipment and weights (but it helps) plenty of world class olympic gymnasts have built rock solid muscular bodies using nothing but bodyweight exercises. You can start off with the basic pull-ups and push-ups. Then you can move onto some more advanced exercises. A simple Google search for: bodyweight exercises will provide you with everything you need.
3. Abs and Calves - I don’t like to waste time in the gym, so if I’m in a hurry I know that I can always sacrifice my ab/calve portion of my workout and makeup for it with a kick-ass ab/calve session at home. There are so many different types of crunches and calve exercises that you have no excuse not to give them a good workout.
4. Gently Used Equipment – Like I said, equipment isn’t absolutely necessary… but it sure does help. You can find dirt-cheap fitness equipment in your local classified ads, on craigslist, garage sales, eBay and word of mouth. Just think about how many people out there have a set of dumbbells in their basement just wasting space and collecting dust. Most guy’s wives are yelling at them to get rid of the junk anyway. If you simply tell a handful of people that you’re looking for any gym equipment you can get your hands on I am willing to bet you could get some pretty useful stuff for free.
5. The Kitchen - Everyone home has one, right? The kitchen is your most important fitness weapon. Your kitchen can literally make or break your fitness goals. Like they say, “Abs are made in the kitchen, not the gym”. Rid your entire pantry of junk food and start stocking up on healthy foods. This could quite possibly be the best thing you do for your body.

There you have it. 5 reasons to get off your butt and stop making excuses and get in shape at home.