What's your out of the box exercise?

I just started a new thing. I bought an army duffle bag at the local army/navy store. I fill it with all old clothes (it's about 40 lbs) and I do all my HIIT training while holding it in front of me or across my shoulders.

I.E.
agility ladder --> agility ladder with duffle
sprints --> sprints with duffle
pushups --> pushups with duffle on my back

plus now there are a few things I couldn't do before that now I do. I.E. attach a harness to a rope and drag the duffle during sprints, do pickup/overhead press/put downs with the bag...etc.

it's super hard, but awesome, and kinda fun. and when you get pissed, you can just punch the thing as hard as you want.

I agree, Zumba on the Wii is great fun. When I first had it me and my friend didn't know any of the moves, we both were total newcomers, and OMG it was hillarious, jumping around trying to copy the figure on screen, we were laughing so much. Great fun XD

I've actually got the Zumba box set now that my bf got me for xmas it comes with the toning sticks and loads of different workouts, it is a change to my standard DVD's of Rosemary Conley or Davina workouts =]

What do you do to burn calories that you find to be different from anyone you know, or that you find to be fun rather than "work." This could be a great way to pick up a new routine for those who are burning themselves out with running/same exercise video.
Dont forget to let us know what you log it in MFP under!

I play Dance Dance Revolution, I log it under cardio of course, and the game estimates cals burnt for me based on my weight. I hate running, so this is my go to cardio when I feel like busting out a -800 cal day once in a while. Great if you're looking to build up the calves!

I have one out the box exercise day which is normally today Thursday, which I do quite a bit of everything.. at least 4 mile run, combined with Abs for 20 min, one hour each Zumba and Spin all in one day.. it is awesome and addicting. Outside of that jogging is my out the box exercise and along with a friend did my first half marathon, awesome... I think I found my Zen...

I just started a new thing. I bought an army duffle bag at the local army/navy store. I fill it with all old clothes (it's about 40 lbs) and I do all my HIIT training while holding it in front of me or across my shoulders.

I.E.
agility ladder --> agility ladder with duffle
sprints --> sprints with duffle
pushups --> pushups with duffle on my back

plus now there are a few things I couldn't do before that now I do. I.E. attach a harness to a rope and drag the duffle during sprints, do pickup/overhead press/put downs with the bag...etc.

it's super hard, but awesome, and kinda fun. and when you get pissed, you can just punch the thing as hard as you want.

Hey I could do this using my nine y.o. - he's cheaper than a duffel bag!

Bollywood dancing video (there's a lot of effing jumping)

Your Shape Evolution for Xbox Kinnect, I enjoy the bootcamp, the yoga and the Tribal Dancing

We get some pretty intense ping pong games going during breaks at work. No air conditioning on the 3rd floor, either. I get a good sweat going.

Bellydance has for me been a great source of both exercise and motivation. I'm the type of person who has trouble exercising just for the sake of exercising. I do better when I'm "practicing", working towards some goal...then the time tends to just fly by.

I personally do American Tribal Style bellydance (think fokloric rather than sequins and such) and I absolutely love it. Aside from the above, it's a terrific confidence builder, and the tribal bellydance community especially tends to be very inclusive and welcoming of dancers of all ages/sizes/etc.

That is awesome, Not something I would have ever thought of before. I always thought of belly dancers as skinny minis, never bigger ladies working their way to skinny

Depends on the type of bellydance, definitely. Tribal is very inclusive, and it isn't just big girls trying to get skinny, some of them are just big girls and that's it

Anyway I highly recommend trying it out. People are always saying "oh that's so cool, I could never do that!" but you really can

I grab the push mower and throw on a 50lb pack. I total 3 miles doing my yard. Burn about 1500 calories doing it

One I have not done in awhile becasue of ankle ijuries:

In a urban setting (where streets have realatively similar sized blocks) I go for a run. After getting a good sweat going the portion from crossroad to crossroad becomes a sprint. At the end of the block do a specific number of any given exercise you choose (push ups, crunches, squats, etc)
Sometimes I would alternate exercises or do one exercise on the way out and one on the way back..

Not sure if this is really out of the box, but I liked it and other than me and a few friends, have not known of others doing it.