Exercises for a constant commuter? Making an experimental routine.

Spadesheart

So I drive a lot. Like 1-2 hours every day. I want to experiment with incorporating some sort of exercise that I could do while in transit. I have so much time to do it with so much consistency, that honestly I think I'd probably see pretty decent results fairly quickly. Finding exercises that are challenging, but also benign enough to do while driving is a challenge, however.

I'm guessing most of the exercises that would be worth doing would be core exercises, which is fine as I am trying to further strengthen my core. Today I tried to do something like stomach vaccuums, and you can certainly feel some burn from that. However, if I could get a collection of a few things to do on my drive, that would be amazing.

Does anyone have any suggestions of exercises that I could do that would fit the criteria of being benign enough to do while driving, while also actually useful?

Let me know what you think!

rheddmobile

This just seems like such a bad idea. Drive while driving. Don’t do other things.

Spadesheart

rheddmobile wrote: »

This just seems like such a bad idea. Drive while driving. Don’t do other things.

Valid criticism, but surely there are some things that are benign enough. I used to do wim hof breathing on my commutes too, justnl didn't see any benefit after a while.

ercarta

Spadesheart wrote: »

So I drive a lot. Like 1-2 hours every day. I want to experiment with incorporating some sort of exercise that I could do while in transit. I have so much time to do it with so much consistency, that honestly I think I'd probably see pretty decent results fairly quickly. Finding exercises that are challenging, but also benign enough to do while driving is a challenge, however.

I'm guessing most of the exercises that would be worth doing would be core exercises, which is fine as I am trying to further strengthen my core. Today I tried to do something like stomach vaccuums, and you can certainly feel some burn from that. However, if I could get a collection of a few things to do on my drive, that would be amazing.

Does anyone have any suggestions of exercises that I could do that would fit the criteria of being benign enough to do while driving, while also actually useful?

Let me know what you think!

How about exercising your MIND via podcasts and audiobooks while driving? Maybe safer and if any of the podcasts and/or books are about dieting/exercise you’ll have a wealth of inputs and ideas to implement when your not driving. 😊👍🏼

Eric

Orphia

I was just reading studies yesterday that even listening/talking while driving increases driver error.

Might depend on your car, but I think you'd be safe if, only when watching the lights and traffic at a stop sign, you could lift one or both your knees up so your feet are off the floor, and that way you'd exercise your stomach/back core/thighs. You might need to grip the wheel or armrests during that too.

Also, when you arrive, park further away from entrances.

Take the stairs instead of lifts.

sijomial

As a former advanced motorcycling instructor and also the victim in two collisions caused by inattentive drivers I would ask you to please concentrate on your driving for your safety and the safety of everyone else.

Both collisions could well have been fatal for me (but for me mitigating the impact and a lot of luck) and one left me with a permanent injury.