Accidental exercise? kk, thnx!
When you get out of bed:
Do a total body stretch. Stand with feet should-width apart. Interlock fingers and raise your hands above your head, palms facing up. Lift yourself up onto your toes and feel the stretch through your body. Hold for 10 counts. Repeat twice more.
While making coffee:
Do heel raises. Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, arms at sides on on the counter. Raise heels about 5 cm off the floor, slowly lower yourself. Repeat 20 times, then do a second set.
After making the bed:
Do standing squats. Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, hands on a dresser for balance. Bend knees about 90 degrees, as if sitting in a chair, hold for 2 counts. Repeat 10 times, then do two more sets.
While showering:
Do bicep curls. In the shower, stand, YOU GUESSED IT, with feet shoulder-width apart. Hole a bottle of shapoo in each hand at chest level, arms by your side and palms facing up. Bring bottles towards shoulders, keeping elbows close to your body, return to start. Repeat ten times and do two more sets.
After reading email:
Pushups at the desk. Stand about 30 cm from a desk. Rest palms shoulder-width apart on desk. Bend elbows and lean chest in towards desk, keeping legs and back straight, return to start. Repeat ten times. (You can actually do this against a wall, too.)
Before going to a meeting:
Do toe taps. Stand up straight with one foot slightly out in front. Keeping your heel on the ground, tap this foot 25 times. Repeat with the other foot. Do 2 sets on each foot.
On your way to the bathroom:
Do calf raises. Head to a set of stairs. After every three steps you take, stop and do calf raises. At the edge of a step, stand on the balls of your feet then lower your heels just below step height. Hold for two counts. Repeat 10 times, and do two sets.
At the copy or fax machine:
Do tummy tucks. Stand with feet shoulder-width apart. Breathe out as you try to pull your bellybutton in toward your spine. Keep breathing as you hold this posture for a full 5 breaths. Relax, then repeat.
At the supermarket:
Burn extra kj. Alternate your pace. Increase your speed down one aisle, then decrease it down the next. Use a handbasket instead of a trolley. You burn an extra 85kj per 20 mins.
While folding laundry:
Do standing squats. Repeat the move from the bed making.
While making dinner:
Do heel raises. Repeat from coffe!
While flossing:
Do standing squats. Repeat from bedmaking.
While brushing your teeth:
Do lunges. ASSUME THE POSITION, arms at side. Step forward with right leg, bending both knees to about 90 degrees. Return to start. Repeat 10 times, then switch legs. Do another set.
Before bed:
Do side leg raises. Lie on your side in bed and raise your top leg to about 45 degrees, keeping leg leg reesting. Pulse right leg up and down, return to start. Repeat ten times, turn over and switch legs. Do one more set on each side.
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