The TV commercial break workout

I never watch anything that I can't tape onto my tivo and forward through the commercials . . . I guess I had better just start letting the commercials run and get a few little workouts in! That's a great idea!

Awesome idea! Thanks for the breakdown of stuff to do, it's really helpful!

buuuuuump!!! thanks! never waste a second! :happy:

that sounds great, I'm going to do it tonight, on top of my regular workout stuff.

Do you have any suggestions as to how to log it in the exercise section?

Thanks

Buffy: some sort of cardio during action scenes, like running in place or jumping jacks, and 10 crunches or push-ups or something every time Angel looks dark and dreamy.........

Thats a lot of crunches or pushups! ALmost the whole show worth!

MMM... wonder how that mixes with wine :huh: :glasses: :drinker:
HUGE GymRat Fan!!!

Thanks for the suggestion of sitting on a stability ball. I always wanted to use one at work but I think our desks are too high plus if I fall admin had to do a nice big heath and safety incident report, lol.

I should definitely pick one up. They are fun to sit on anyway, just rolling and bouncing a bit and I’ll watch 1 hour of TV for sure, yay 200 cals!

EDIT: after posting here, I did a quick google search and sitting on the ball only burns 4 calories more an hour than a normal chair. You'll burn 200 calories just sitting in general but its not something you should log.

Ah well, I still like the idea!

http://sweatscience.com/?p=728

But the stability ball is strengthening your core as you sit on it, so it's a terrific way for core strength if you think of it that way it's absolutely worth it! Sitting in a chair too long is horrid for our spine as it's getting compressed the entire time. :ohwell:

Tightening the abs will definitely be an awesome workout sitting on the ball going about your normal day. Hard work but in time you will have a stronger core and you will be able to do it longer and be able to tell a HUGE different in your workouts, how your body feels etc.:bigsmile:

Hm, I might go buy one today, I use one at the gym so I never think of buying one for home, but sitting here on my computer chair, my back starts to bug me pretty quickly so I think using the ball would be great to be working my core muscles while I sit here. lol

Thanks for all the ideas you come up with imagymrat:flowerforyou:
Becca

Whoa, is it really that hard to sit on a stability ball? 200 calories an hour??

Sorry for the stupid question, but I've never used a stability ball.

nah, no such thing as a stupid question Hon!:flowerforyou: I shared what I know about them, plus of course they are great for so many other uses as well:flowerforyou:

Becca