In today's busy world, many people claim that they don't have time to live a more healthy lifestyle.
We can thank today's modern-day devices and inventions for helping make our working lives less stressful, but the work itself is enough stress for us to miss out on a lot of other things that we need or want.
But there is a way for many of us to lose the weight we always wanted to lose, even in a routine activity such as housework, it is possible to get slimmer.
If you consider doing housework as pretty much similar to your everyday exercise, you can potentially improve the health of your heart and lungs.
You can start by toning your muscles through the simple actions of having good posture, using muscle control, and moving at a slow enough pace. Mastering these three things are a good start to making chore time essentially the same as exercise time.
Here are more ways that can help you:
You can try using squats to do something like unloading the washing machine or dishwasher, or as an alternative to bending over to pick up something. This action will soon become habit-forming as you continue doing these everyday tasks.
Avoid simply flicking the duster while cleaning surfaces in the house. Dusting dirty areas of the house can be used as an effective trunk exercise. If you are cleaning windows, use upper arm rotations. Your biceps and triceps would then get the exercise that they need. No more saggy arms if you exercise in this manner.
You can exercise those flabby calves and thighs by doing inner leg raises and lunges while vacuuming the floor.
Once in a while you may want to not vacuum the house. You can improve your overall fitness and maybe peel off some pounds by cleaning your carpet manually and running up and down the stairs.
Once you have completed all of your household duties, you can lie down on the living room floor (if clean enough) and do some stomach exercises or ab crunches, before rewarding yourself with a nice cold drink afterwards.
We can thank today's modern-day devices and inventions for helping make our working lives less stressful, but the work itself is enough stress for us to miss out on a lot of other things that we need or want.
But there is a way for many of us to lose the weight we always wanted to lose, even in a routine activity such as housework, it is possible to get slimmer.
If you consider doing housework as pretty much similar to your everyday exercise, you can potentially improve the health of your heart and lungs.
You can start by toning your muscles through the simple actions of having good posture, using muscle control, and moving at a slow enough pace. Mastering these three things are a good start to making chore time essentially the same as exercise time.
Here are more ways that can help you:
You can try using squats to do something like unloading the washing machine or dishwasher, or as an alternative to bending over to pick up something. This action will soon become habit-forming as you continue doing these everyday tasks.
Avoid simply flicking the duster while cleaning surfaces in the house. Dusting dirty areas of the house can be used as an effective trunk exercise. If you are cleaning windows, use upper arm rotations. Your biceps and triceps would then get the exercise that they need. No more saggy arms if you exercise in this manner.
You can exercise those flabby calves and thighs by doing inner leg raises and lunges while vacuuming the floor.
Once in a while you may want to not vacuum the house. You can improve your overall fitness and maybe peel off some pounds by cleaning your carpet manually and running up and down the stairs.
Once you have completed all of your household duties, you can lie down on the living room floor (if clean enough) and do some stomach exercises or ab crunches, before rewarding yourself with a nice cold drink afterwards.
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