Exercise for Passenger In a Car?

huckleberryhuck
huckleberryhuck Posts: 21 Member
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
With all of the holiday traveling coming up, does anyone have ideas/suggestions for how to get exercise while riding in a car? Thank you.

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  • Tiana405
    Tiana405 Posts: 270 Member
    With all of the holiday traveling coming up, does anyone have ideas/suggestions for how to get exercise while riding in a car? Thank you.

    If you have enough leg room, straighten them out and lift your butt up, so you're like a straight line. That should get your glutes. Also, ab holds and kegels. LOL. :laugh: That's all I can think of.
  • whouwannab
    whouwannab Posts: 350 Member
    punches
  • Crimson_
    Crimson_ Posts: 60
    lots of things you can do with a exercise band, i hook it on my feet and do curls and upward presses can wrap around u and do flies too
  • albinogorilla
    albinogorilla Posts: 1,056 Member
    just relax and enjoy the holiday for pete's sake................
  • karenx30
    karenx30 Posts: 90
    ThighMaster!
  • vbennett7
    vbennett7 Posts: 99 Member
    resistance exercises. Put hands together, with elbows like-like you're going to chant or something, push against each other until arms are tired. Then hook fingers and pull in opposite directions until tired. Push against the dash with both hands-kind of like doing situps. Flex feet up and down. Suck tummy in and out. I am not a CPT so I don't know how to explain it well, but hopefully, you can understand what I mean.
  • Crimson_
    Crimson_ Posts: 60
    just relax and enjoy the holiday for pete's sake................

    i very much agree with this though
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    :huh:
    just relax and enjoy the holiday for pete's sake................
    Exactly.
  • kenzietea
    kenzietea Posts: 614 Member
    just relax and enjoy the holiday for pete's sake................

    says the sexy arm man! we all know you do curls while sitting in the car. Don't you lie to us! =P
  • albinogorilla
    albinogorilla Posts: 1,056 Member
    just relax and enjoy the holiday for pete's sake................

    says the sexy arm man! we all know you do curls while sitting in the car. Don't you lie to us! =P

    I nap.................... ;-)
  • Sublimely_Self_Righteousreused
    Sublimely_Self_Righteousreused Posts: 935 Member
    Kegels!
  • Tiana405
    Tiana405 Posts: 270 Member
    Kegels!

    That's what I said! I'm doing them right now! ha!
  • adrian_indy
    adrian_indy Posts: 1,444 Member
    Kegels!

    YES!... Or pull over at a rest stop and do some jumping jacks and push ups.
  • huckleberryhuck
    huckleberryhuck Posts: 21 Member
    Haha. Oh, don't worry I am very relaxed and excited for the holidays. I just figure I am going to be sitting there anyway, why not doing something. That is why I posted this under the "exercise" section not the "support" section.
  • bjohs
    bjohs Posts: 1,225 Member
    With all of the holiday traveling coming up, does anyone have ideas/suggestions for how to get exercise while riding in a car? Thank you.

    I do the following even if I'm DRIVING the car. :)

    * Tightening my stomach muscles for the length it takes to get from one mile marker to the next. Then rest for a mile. Every other mile marker, I'm flexing my abs and continue for as long as I can. The longest I've been able to make it so far is 30 miles.

    * Same as above, but squeezing my tush. :)

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    My Journey: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/bjohs/view/down-30-pounds-response-to-questions-114202
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  • newbeetler
    newbeetler Posts: 197 Member
    Punch a couple of holes in the floor then you can run in the car to power it Fred Flintstone Style.

    Cheap to run, good for the environment and a good work out to. Lol.
  • huckleberryhuck
    huckleberryhuck Posts: 21 Member
    Punch a couple of holes in the floor then you can run in the car to power it Fred Flintstone Style.

    Cheap to run, good for the environment and a good work out to. Lol.


    ...it is only a rental car :)
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    With all of the holiday traveling coming up, does anyone have ideas/suggestions for how to get exercise while riding in a car? Thank you.

    Seriously? Wow. I suppose you could take resistance bands or hand weights for your arms. Maybe wear some ankle weights and do leg raises. When you stop for gas or other reasons you could do some jumping jacks, squats or run around a bit. If there are other passengers besides you, maybe you could wrestle.
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    Ab vacuum!
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,061 Member
    Isometrics. Here's one as an example: clasp both your hands together. Now with elbows bent "push" them as hard as you can against each other for 30 seconds. It's harder than it sounds. Release and repeat for 3 times totals. You can also do this with legs by pushing your knees against each other and work your abductors.


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  • therealangd
    therealangd Posts: 1,861 Member
    Yoga.

    Begin in a seated mountain pose
    Neck stretches
    Prayer Pose
    Arm stretches (Maybe limited mobility)
    Bend your left elbow behind your head and down your back. Right arm behind and up your back. Clasp your hands
    Shoulder stretches and rolls
    Right hand on your hip. Stretch your left arm in the air (again, you might be limited for space)
    A seated child's pose
    Put your hands behind your thigh and lift and stretch
    Cross your ankle over your lap and stretch your hip joints
    Spinal Twists - using the seat, twist around
    Finish in a seated childs pose
  • CMmrsfloyd
    CMmrsfloyd Posts: 2,380 Member
    If I'm not driving and the kids aren't screaming, I'm exercising my eyelids by keeping them closed as long as possible. We have a 5+ hour drive and the trip always messes up my kids' sleep patterns. I can't afford to be awake in the car when I don't absolutely have to be awake. LOL
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Kegels!

    Are you referring to this - http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/kegel-exercises/WO00119

    Or is there another Kegel exercise?
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