descreet ways to exercise

mimilynn79
mimilynn79 Posts: 26 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I have a hectic schedule with family, full time job and a long commute. Finding time to hit a gym is not a possiblity for me. I have to find creative ways to get in some exercise during the day. I walk on lunch and stretch a few times a day but to help my arms everytime I use the restroom I do 10 wall push ups. It doesn't sound like much but by the end of the day I've logged allot. I know its just wall pushups but every little bit helps.
Does anyone else have any other tricks to get some workout time in during the day?
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  • elaine_des
    elaine_des Posts: 189 Member
    I like the idea of the wall push up, with the amount of water i'm drinking I am in the bathroom all the time lol. I stand on my toes when I do copy
  • craftybirdy
    craftybirdy Posts: 53
    I sometimes do squats while I'm brushing my teeth :happy:
  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    Do the Tabata protocol with something like body weight squats or burpees. Takes literally 4 mins a day. 20 seconds max effort, 10 seconds rest, repeat 8 times.

    Basically 4 mins, max effort, no equipment. Done!
  • amandattown
    amandattown Posts: 17 Member
    If you have an office chair, you can do dips right at your seat!
  • nancybuss
    nancybuss Posts: 1,461 Member
    squats in the restroom also. I've even done a few "high legs" getting them up and going. Do you have stairs at work? A couple flights of stairs every couple hours is a great break. Dang I should go do that right now! I haven't done that this week.

    Love the bathroom push-ups I do those too.

    drink Lots of water. Its good for you, and hopefully gives you more bathroom breaks.... meaning more walks and more pushups. :)

    Can you tell I have the same issues.
  • speedgraphic19
    speedgraphic19 Posts: 36
    You could do calf raises while standing in line at the grocery store or whatever, too.
  • wibutterflymagic
    wibutterflymagic Posts: 788 Member
    Do the Tabata protocol with something like body weight squats or burpees. Takes literally 4 mins a day. 20 seconds max effort, 10 seconds rest, repeat 8 times.

    Basically 4 mins, max effort, no equipment. Done!

    I just read the Tabata protocol on tabataprotocol.com and it states not to do it with weights.
  • Catlady87
    Catlady87 Posts: 302 Member
    Run up and down the stairs, that's pretty exhausting if you keep doing it.
  • IronGirlShae
    IronGirlShae Posts: 58 Member
    Lunges while vacuuming around the house works. Try calf raises on the stairs too. Just the front of your foot on the bottom step with your heel hanging off and raise up onto the ball of your foot. Make sure to have a hand rail/wall for balance just in case.
  • jaxxie
    jaxxie Posts: 576 Member
    Look at it this way...........if you can find time to *kitten* and make yourself happy..........I'm thinking you can find a way to make yourself happy in other ways.
  • MidwestAngel
    MidwestAngel Posts: 1,897 Member
    I get up at 4:15 to work out because I don't have any other time. I had to make time for it. I also work full-time, go to school full-time and am a full-time single parent. You just have to make it happen.
  • 1ConcreteGirl
    1ConcreteGirl Posts: 3,677 Member
    Tabata.

    All of these suggestions are good, but you'll get the best bang for your buck doing tabata.

    Sprint for 10 seconds, rest for 20 seconds, for 8 repetitions equalling four minutes, until you feel comfortable increasing the time to 15 seconds sprint, 15 seconds rest, and eventually work into a true tabata workout of 20 seconds sprint, 10 seconds rest.

    Four minutes of that leaves me ready to hurl. It's incredibly good for you.
  • LadyBeryl
    LadyBeryl Posts: 344 Member
    If you have a desk job, get a Magnetrainer (Magnetrainer.com).
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    . Finding time to hit a gym is not a possiblity for me.

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  • jerber160
    jerber160 Posts: 2,607 Member
    I have a friend who thinks chairs should be eliminated from schools and replaced with exercise balls. you'd HAVE to sit up or you'd roll off. I wonder if your boss would allow this?
  • peckish_pomegranate
    peckish_pomegranate Posts: 242 Member
    Doing YouTube workouts are great!
  • a_certain_shade_of_green
    a_certain_shade_of_green Posts: 134 Member
    i remember when i used to work in an office and every time i'd go to the loo i'd do 20 press ups and 50 sit ups!

    actually no, i didnt. thats disgusting... bathroom floor??? no thanks

    wish i'd thought of wall stuff :]
  • dancerom
    dancerom Posts: 174 Member
    Squeeze your glutes while standing somewhere. Stand on one leg (on toes/ on a towel while brushing your teeth or in the bus) needs a lot of stabilization.
  • michiganmanda
    michiganmanda Posts: 43 Member
    This is kind of dumb but whenever I have to go to the restroom at work I use the one on the first floor (I work on the third floor). I can do the two flights without issue but they add up throughout the day.
  • Bobby__Clerici
    Bobby__Clerici Posts: 741 Member
    I am VERY sneaky when it comes to physical training.
    Jumping jacks in the conference room, calisthenics anywhere....
    Seriously, you have the right idea.
    There are ALWAYS possibilities.
  • sugarlips1980
    sugarlips1980 Posts: 361 Member
    Look at it this way...........if you can find time to *kitten* and make yourself happy..........I'm thinking you can find a way to make yourself happy in other ways.

    Random answer!!!! But true! In one Jillian Michaels DVD she says people are kidding themselves by thinking taking the stairs etc is enough. Her DVDs are 20 mins long...can you get up early and do one, say 2 x during the week and once at the weekend?
  • sandylion
    sandylion Posts: 451 Member
    Look at it this way...........if you can find time to *kitten* and make yourself happy..........I'm thinking you can find a way to make yourself happy in other ways.

    WTH?
  • sullykat
    sullykat Posts: 461 Member
    Do lunges instead of walking around your house!
  • hamilton040
    hamilton040 Posts: 60 Member
    Look at it this way...........if you can find time to *kitten* and make yourself happy..........I'm thinking you can find a way to make yourself happy in other ways.

    *kitten* or Meditate?
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    there is always time...... what you choose to fill it with is your choice.... what you decide to do will determine your priorities. it's exercising one of them? Frankly it doesn't sound like it. you either make changes or you make excuses..... the choice is yours
  • princessd84
    princessd84 Posts: 121 Member
    Could you do a workout DVD for half an hour at home, three times per week? An hour and a half is not much to give up during the week and you don't need to leave the house to do it.
  • OMG_Twinkies
    OMG_Twinkies Posts: 215 Member
    I do squats in the copy room while I'm waiting on copies to print out :)
  • jaxxie
    jaxxie Posts: 576 Member
    If you have to ask, you're doing it wrong!


    Sorry, that was at the person who said WTH?
  • BamsieEkhaya
    BamsieEkhaya Posts: 657 Member
    squat instead of sitting on a "public" toilet (I just do it because of hygiene..I don't trust toilet seats)

    ankle weights if you walk a lot, great if you seat a lot you can do leg extensions with them
    erm walk up the stairs squatting or squat at the top of stairs..
  • Danni1585
    Danni1585 Posts: 250 Member
    If you have time at home, pick up a coupe of tins or bags of sugar from the cupboard and do some lifts, it soons adds up. Good luck

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