You can do so much in the shower, including a good workout!
Start by rolling your head around on your shoulders . . . slowly . . . like a bowling ball rolling around on your shoulder attached to a rope . . . a big rope.
Then, stick out your chest . . . really stick out your chest. Suck in your butt; stick out your butt . . . really suck and stick!
Tense up both sides of your lower leg . . . slowly tense just short of pain . . . fully relax for a few seconds . . . then repeat three times. Tense up both sides of your upper leg . . . as before.
Then tense up your hip area, then torso, then shoulders, then arms. You may find that you can tense larger areas of your body at once, such as all legs, or including hips, or ultimately entire body . . . which of course shortens the time necessary to perform this exercise.
Toweling off represents a great opportunity to exercise . . . so get into it! Pull that towel around your body . . . harder . . . again . . . and again. Toweling also represents a great opportunity to stretch. Intentionally stretch to the point short of pain while drying those feet, those legs, that head.
And next time you buy a home, get the biggest shower you can!
The Elevator
Have you ever been stuck in an elevator? Can you imagine being in an elevator during an earthquake?
There is another good reason not to take an elevator . . . physical exercise.
Do not take an elevator for one floor under any circumstances. Do not take an elevator for two floors, if you have the time. Do not take an elevator for three floors for an excellent short workout.
Walk all the way up or down the stairs after work, unless, of course, it is greater than a dozen floors. Do not worry about creating body odor by walking the stairs. Stress causes much worse body odor than physical exertion.
If you do take the elevator, and the elevator is empty . . . besides you, of course . . . you have a great opportunity to exercise. Do the shower tensing exercises, described above Stretch in between. Before you exit the door, throw that chest out, and butt in, get positive . . . and walk out the door.
The Television
During television commercials do jumping jacks for the whole time of commercials. During the next commercials, do sit-ups. And the next commercials, do pushups for the whole time.
Turn on MTV or other music programs and dance, dance, dance.
If you really want to get serious about exercising while watching television, have someone make up an exercise bicycle that turns an electrical generator. Plug the television into the generator . . . and voila . . . no exercise, no television!
The Car Wash
Wash your car yourself. It doesn't really take any longer when you add in the trip to the carwash, the trip back, and the wait in long lines for your car to be dried. When you wash your car, you save money and get a good workout in addition. The reaching involved in car washing represents great stretching and strengthening opportunities.
Others
Get creative. There are many ways to keep the blood coursing through your veins during your daily activities. If you think of more, please let me know by email.
~BLB
