Friend of Julie: Around the House Ideas

Around the House Ideas

Posted by Unknown on July 02, 2012 6 comments

OK, OK, I went and asked Julie about exercise and now I have to 'pay the piper' as the saying goes.

Exercise is calling my name.

OK, so now what do I do?

I have actually been having fun in our pool with it. We have an in ground pool (trust me, nothing fancy) and have an incline from the deep to shallow end. I stand on that incline so my shoulders are underwater and jog. I lift my legs high and use my arms underwater to keep my balance. I get a work out. and its fun AND I don't sweat!

I do jumping jacks in that same spot. I don't lift my arms out of the water, I keep them under and use them to keep my balance. I keep my hands cupped to add more resistance.

I then get in a tube and YES I FIT IN A TUBE!!!! and I bicycle around the pool many times.

When done with that I go to the middle of the deep end and do stomach crunches. Try it. Hold feet together and keep legs straight and bring them up but not out of water and then down.

Then while in tube, start turning circles using hips and legs to propel you around in circles. Then go the other way.

It is fun and this kind of stuff can be done numerous times during the day and it truly does not feel like I am exercising.

What kinds of things do you do? I don't mean gyms, I don't want to join one. I know walking is good, but I am looking for ideas or ways to get in some exercise in, out of the ordinary, fun ways, just around the house. I have an aunt who used to wash dishes and do knee bends while doing them. Stuff like that.

6 comments:

Aime7/02/2012
Whooohooo-hoooooo Linda!!!! I've been doing Laps in the pool @ work. LOVE it during the heat of the day!! I NEVER thought I would ever say those words! So many things I'm thinkIng and saying that I never thought I would!!
Unknown7/03/2012
Way to go Linda!!!! I try to chase my kids around the house until we are all dizzy or when folding laundry, I put the laundry basket on the other side of the room and that forces me to walk to put the clothes in the piles. Our pantry is also in the basement along with our freezer so I find that I am up and down the stairs at least a dozen times while trying to make dinner. Who needs a stair climber. lol.
Jennifer7/03/2012
I signed up with my office to run the Warrior Dash in September-Look it up online-Running through fire, climbing walls, crawling through mud/water-----All things I would NEVER have dreamed of doing a year ago! So, between now and then I am working on conditioning myself....I'm actually looking forward to it! I have a treadmill at home, and I have an IPod; I downloaded songs that I love to listen to, and I use the beat of the song to walk to-It is a great way to pass the time, and the real peppy songs get me moving my tuckus!!!!! My cat Louie sits and watches me, which is also a hoot in and of itself!!!! Enjoy that pool Linda! Sounds like you've got a great routine going!!!!!
Anonymous7/04/2012
I am and have been an AVID exerciser my ENTIRE life..BEFORE this PROGRAM...DURING this PROGRAM....I would say I am an ATHLETE..It has NOTHING..ZIP , ZERO to do with weight loss..I ran a half marathon while on this program.I Still could NOT drop from an 8 to a 6..so , do what you do for the love of it and for heart,whole body health!! That's all!!!! It's NEVER going to do more than that!
Theresa7/18/2012
I love exercising outdoors when the weather is great and in the gym when it's. I'm not going to be much help to you with indoor exercise ideas, however, painting my kitchen is an incredible upper arm workout!

I have a treadmill at home, which I used a lot in the past. These days, I prefer to use the one at the gym at lunchtime or walk/run outside when I can. I have co-workers who support me by exercising with me or walking with me to the gym (then we do our own thing at the gym).

I like your questions Linda, so I'm going to write another post about exercise to keep this line of thought going.