Working Out At Home

These are STRANGE times indeed.

I've loved my health club FOREVER.

Since clubs have been closed since mid March, I've been navigating the waters of working out at home.

@cynthiajwheeler

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So far, so good!

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You Better Work!

First off, no...I did not find myself in front of a store at 4am in a mad shopping frenzy. To those of you who did, I say good luck and shop well! Second, I am trying to workout regularly through the holidays. This is not easy. Husband and I did an hour and a half power walk today. It went pretty well. This evening, on the other hand, was a bit different story. We were sitting in front of the TV once the kiddos had gone to bed...I suggested on a commercial that we do some sit ups. We hopped down on the floor and did twenty..."OK, now flip over and lets do ten push ups." I said. So we did. "Now flip back over, and lets do twenty more sit ups." Husband was not happy with that, but he did it. "OK, back to push ups..." I said. Husband was not having this at all. "We have to do three sets of each." I explained to him. "That sucks!" said Husband. I don't know why, but that just made me chuckle;) Long story short, I dragged him kicking and screaming through a pretty good workout during commercials. I think I'll give him tomorrow off, and see what I can get him to do on Sunday...Send some good vibes his way, I can be a real drill sergeant when I want to be!

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Workout as you go!

I had Plain Jane Mom's post on my mind, and since it is Works for Me Wed., I thought I would let you in on my workout tips...I used to be a gym cat. When baby # 2 came along, it became clear to me that the gym was (for now) a distant memory, so we dropped our membership. Now I have come to the realization that even if you don't have large blocks of time to devote to working out (I don't), you can still work out in little spurts.

• The best thing I ever did was buy an exercise ball. Anything I do that requires sitting, I replace the chair with the ball (ie. when I am feeding baby in highchair, I sit on the ball, or now when I am on the computer). Sitting on the ball forces you to work core muscles and stabilizer muscles...that is good. If you feel like getting more out of it, do some hip rocking. If you find you have more time, you can do a million stretches and exercises on it.
• This one I am sure makes me look like a crazy person...who cares. When I have the babes in the stroller, I throw in 20 lunges every once in a while. Lunges are great, they work your thighs and glutes (butt). Anything to get back into pre-pregnancy jeans, right!
• I read somewhere that the average craving lasts about 2 minutes. Whenever I find myself craving something, I drop and do some push-ups (this is only when I am at home) until the craving goes away. I wouldn't try this at the mall.
• When I am on the floor playing with tots, I throw in about 20 bench presses. I use The Little Guy for weight. He loves it, although you do run the risk of getting drooled on!

These are just some ways I work exercise into my routine. I am sure if you look at your busy day, you can find some ways to work it into yours. Then, you don't have to go out and buy a machine and run the risk of everyone hanging clothes on it!

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