Living rooms not just for living
Sometimes I run. Sometimes I walk. Sometimes I bike. Sometimes I work out in a gym. Sometimes I try to get fit in my own back yard. Yesterday, I exercised in my living room. It all comes down to my kids and how to best fit in my physical activity around their needs, their wishes, their desires, their demands. The living room workout, all 22 minutes of it, well, it satisfied us all. I only hope we can keep up with it, making it a regular ritual at our house.All it took to keep the three of us busy were one BOSU, two resistance bands, two six-pounds weights (for me, not them), and our own bodies. We did push-ups, sit-ups, leg lifts, jumping jacks, and planks. I did squats, on and off the BOSU, and lunges, and a few arm exercises too. Danny (he's five) did a lot of creative work with the bands, and Joey (he's seven) became a master at BOSU push-ups.
I don't know about my guys, but I worked up a sweat during our group workout and judging by the enthusiasm of my kids -- "I really like to exercise," said Joey as he moved to the tunes he chose to blare throughout the house -- it seems I may get to keep sweating in this manner. Perfect for me. And for them too.
What's NEAT? Well, beside being a word used by teenage TV stars of yesteryear to describe rocket ships and hula-hoops, it's also an acronym that may have you parking your car in the farthest spot from your office as possible.
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I don't like school buses. It's mainly because of the lack of seat belts. But I also wonder why, in an age of childhood obesity becoming too common and people of all ages not getting enough exercise, parents don't walk their kids to school more often when it's a reasonable distance from home. Certainly, time is a factor for many who are struggling to get on the road in order to make it on time to work. But for the rest who don't have to work for money or work from home, this is a big opportunity to develop good habits.
How hard can walking be? One foot in front of the other, power forward, and keep on going. Simple. But if you want to be a more efficient walker when it comes to exercise -- by efficient, I mean you'll burn more calories in less time -- then practice these seven sure-fire steps.
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My treadmill has been sitting quietly for some time now, all alone in the corner of my kids' playroom, completely neglected and collecting quite a blanket of dust. I noticed the dust yesterday, just more than four weeks after our last run together, and I felt sorry for it. No, I felt sorry for me. It's been 30 days since my tummy tuck surgery, and the spotting the dust on my trusty treadmill symbolized just how inactive I've been. Doctors orders, I know. But I simply had to clean that thing off and take it for a spin.
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We'd all like to know that we're going to make it to our retirement and still have a few good years in us to finally enjoy some time off. But the sad reality is that many of us won't make it to those golden years, or won't have the health to enjoy it, and in many cases, this is mostly preventable.
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If your workout routine involves a treadmill, consider this: is your routine a bit stale? Are you finding that what once was a challenging workout is now a bit, well, easy? That'll happen as you adjust to your new fitness level. There's only one solution: Make it harder. 











