I Cleaned ALL the Things!!!!

KrystalLight03

I like to clean. When I'm cleaning my apartment I'm not only clearing out mess and clutter, but I also clear my mind. I do a quick 10 second pick up every night and a deep clean every Saturday, but lack of time has prevented it from happening lately. I decided to just drop everything and clean today. I cleaned like a fiend. It felt awesome.

What does this have to do with fitness? I decided to turn my cleaning into a workout. I just cranked up the music and danced around while dusting, I did squats will cleaning the sliding glass doors, I would take one item at a time to its destination to promote more moving, I did ab exercises (think Ab Roller type things) while hand scrubbing the floors...I basically just added a little oomph to my normal cleaning routine. It felt great. I worked up quite the sweat and was almost sad to get in my sparkly clean shower.

Call me a strange one, but this may be my favorite work out yet.

kmtetour

That's awesome! I wish I could get that passionate about cleaning my house. Talk about "Cleaning, vigorous."

annabelmartinez

You can clean my house.... lol

KrystalLight03

Being a poor college student, I pondered today if people would pay me to clean all their things... I know my old roommate would be the first one knocking on my door (I still have nightmares about her mess) :laugh:

CuteAndCurvy83

I LOVE DOING THAT!!!

bstamps12

People would definitely pay you! I see posts on my college's online classified thing all the time asking for someone to come clean their apt or dorm room, especially around the time of dorm checks. I even saw one dorm suite offering $15 for someone to come do their dishes that night. Easy money!

ajbeans

Just popping in to give two thumbs up to the reference.

Also, come clean all my things! I tried to clean all the things yesterday, but I got burned out at about the halfway point. I was rocking out to music half the time though, so while it was a good workout, it probably wasn't the most efficient use of my time.

Jena_72

Being a poor college student, I pondered today if people would pay me to clean all their things... I know my old roommate would be the first one knocking on my door (I still have nightmares about her mess) :laugh:

in all seriousness it is a great way to make money!!

Hourglass25

I also love cleanning, I am a stay at home mom and all i do is clean, friends come over and cant believe i have children. I cant stand messy, but I work out before or after cleanning, a lot of the times before.

xarrium

Being a poor college student, I pondered today if people would pay me to clean all their things... I know my old roommate would be the first one knocking on my door (I still have nightmares about her mess) :laugh:

Sometimes I wonder if I could live off of folding laundry. (It satisfies the "OMG EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE FOLDED THE SAME WAY" OCD-ish part of my brain.

That 10-second pickup sounds like a great idea, I'm going to have the try that!

KrystalLight03

Thanks for all the encouragement guys! I might put a few signs out at the bus stops or something about my new cleaning services.

xarrium - I too am OCD about folding. My mom did all my laundry last weekend while I was out running errands and I had to refold all of it today as I was putting it away...she kept switching up the sleeves folded inside or outside (drives me crazy!)

Allibaba

I really need to clean up my place, I think that I will give this a go tonight, crank up the tunes and me and my son will POWER CLEAN! Thanks for the motivation :drinker:

handkeswife

I also count housecleaning as exercise. I noticed there's no category for it under exercise here, but on a site I used to belong to, housecleaning counted for some nominal amount, like 100 cal/hr, but you could include it.

PS...I used to pay a housecleaner $30/hr when I was a working mommy. You can make some serious money at it if you're thorough.

ajbeans

I also count housecleaning as exercise. I noticed there's no category for it under exercise here, but on a site I used to belong to, housecleaning counted for some nominal amount, like 100 cal/hr, but you could include it.

PS...I used to pay a housecleaner $30/hr when I was a working mommy. You can make some serious money at it if you're thorough.

It's in the exercise thing. I count it a lot.

jlcghs27408

Just gotta say the hyperbole & a half reference made my day!

handkeswife

I also count housecleaning as exercise. I noticed there's no category for it under exercise here, but on a site I used to belong to, housecleaning counted for some nominal amount, like 100 cal/hr, but you could include it.

PS...I used to pay a housecleaner $30/hr when I was a working mommy. You can make some serious money at it if you're thorough.

It's in the exercise thing. I count it a lot.

Oh wow. Guess I missed it last night when I was looking. Thanks!

ajbeans

I also count housecleaning as exercise. I noticed there's no category for it under exercise here, but on a site I used to belong to, housecleaning counted for some nominal amount, like 100 cal/hr, but you could include it.

PS...I used to pay a housecleaner $30/hr when I was a working mommy. You can make some serious money at it if you're thorough.

It's in the exercise thing. I count it a lot.

Oh wow. Guess I missed it last night when I was looking. Thanks!

I just looked and it's under "cleaning" and then you choose how vigorously you worked. I couldn't find it at first either because I used to search for "housework."

kaits108

I like to clean. When I'm cleaning my apartment I'm not only clearing out mess and clutter, but I also clear my mind. I do a quick 10 second pick up every night and a deep clean every Saturday, but lack of time has prevented it from happening lately. I decided to just drop everything and clean today. I cleaned like a fiend. It felt awesome.

What does this have to do with fitness? I decided to turn my cleaning into a workout. I just cranked up the music and danced around while dusting, I did squats will cleaning the sliding glass doors, I would take one item at a time to its destination to promote more moving, I did ab exercises (think Ab Roller type things) while hand scrubbing the floors...I basically just added a little oomph to my normal cleaning routine. It felt great. I worked up quite the sweat and was almost sad to get in my sparkly clean shower.

Call me a strange one, but this may be my favorite work out yet.

heheh that's awesome! i'm gonna dance clean on Sunday!

KrystalLight03

jlcghs27408 - I'm glad that some people got the reference! Hyperbole and a Half always brightens my day