Gym-Free Calorie Burning
If you're more of a gym person than an outdoor workout type, your only real exposure to the elements fortunately only lasts for the forty-three seconds it takes to walk from your car to the gym entrance. But, there will soon be days when the roads are not plowed, the gym is closed, and taking your routine outside is just plain crazy. It's good to know that even on such crummy days, there are ways to burn some calories without ever leaving the house.
Here are some simple ways to burn at least 100 calories:
- Dance like nobody is watching for 15 minutes. Pop in that CD (you know which one -- the one that you keep hidden from the rest of your CD collection because you don't want people to know that you actually own it) and dance around your living room like it's your last day on earth. The good news is that you probably have many, many more days ahead of you, and that you just burned 112 calories.
- Jump rope for 10 minutes. If you own a home, this shouldn't be much of a problem. But, if you rent an apartment and it happens to be on an upper level, the people living below you may hate you. Oh well, you can't please everyone. Such are the sacrifices we make for burning 115 calories.
- Mop the floors for 30 minutes. Decidedly less fun than the past two options, mopping the floor is nonetheless a more physical activity than it may seem. Proof of this is the fact that you will burn 121 calories.
- Walk up and down your stairs for 30 minutes. Halfway through this exercise, you'll probably wish you had chosen to mop the floor. After a solid half an hour on the stairs, you will have burned 190 calories.
- Play with your dog for 30 minutes. Aaah, now this one sounds fun. If you're snowed in, that dog of yours is likely feeling just as much cabin fever as you. The opportunity to run around, chew on its favorite toy, and play fetch (albeit, a rather confined version of the game) will not only bring your canine friend a great deal of joy, but it will also help you burn 100 calories.
While these suggestions may not be a true substitute for an actual workout, they will at least keep you active when the doldrums of winter interfere with your normal fitness schedule. Of course, if you really want to make the most of your at-home experience, but do not have any real fitness equipment to speak of, you may want to try this body weight, resistance training workout on for size, created by Greenwich, CT-based personal trainer Adrian Garce.
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thats hot ideas and I like the healthy regimen great work everyone
ReplyAnd don't forget while you're dancing as if no-one is watching to haul two large cans of beans out your cupboard, place one in each hand, and use as mini weights!
And don't just mop those floors -that sounds a tedious, how about dancing with your mop and doing a few pirouettes while you're at it too. You body loves playing. Have some light-hearted fun with exercise because it's a great way to live more lightly! It's what I write about achieving in my book, The Joy-Filled Body: Eat! Play! Live and Love!
ReplyThese are good tips. I agree that these shouldn't be looked at as true substitutes, but if you can't do the real thing, it is better to do something than nothing.
ReplyOr you could combine a couple of those...sometimes, I put microfiber cloths on my feet and spray my laminate floor with floor cleaner and then "skate" around to clean it. Kinda like dancing and mopping the floor at the same time!
Replyhey every1 Ive been trying to lose some weight but I never go to the gym. Im defenitly go to try these types and the bean weights while dancing 2 thanks for the ideas ill keep you guys posted and let you know if it works!!!!!!!
Replybye, see ttyl
Housework can be great cardio, especially for housewives.
ReplyIf you have a baby for example you can the game into fun cardio training and burn some calories.
When I had little babies and didn't get out much - I used to put on a cd and dance with them in the living room.
Thanks for the dancing suggestion, I am NOT a gym person (although I'm building an exercise area as we renovate, it's the going to the gym I object to) and I got out of the habit of walking somehow and now the sidewalks are pretty icy. So I took up the suggestion and had a great time with my yoga weight balls, good thing we have curtains or the neighbors might have reported a strange lady having a lengthy seizure. And the dog didn't know what to do about it all, finally she went and got her ball and put it at my feet.
Spectra, specifics on what kind of microfibre cloths you are using and how you get them attached to your shoes! I hate cleaning the hardwood but that sounds like fun, I could have a great time with my squirt bottle of vinegar, spraying and skating. I have one of those microfibre pads that velcros onto the mop, I don't think that would work - and I only have one.
ReplyI got them at the dollar store! They're just regular dishcloth-sized microfiber cloths...I kind of wrap them around my socks and use rubber bands to secure them around my ankles. So they kind of look like microfiber booties.
ReplyI do all that! Sweet, this is my p-r-o-g-r-a-m!
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