One of the goals I listed at New Year’s was to be active for at least 30 minutes a day.
Jan 1 and 2nd were pretty much a washout in that department but on the 3rd, I spent about 45 minutes cleaning out and washing the van. Yesterday involved a LOT of walking. I did some swimming this morning (about 15 minutes of active swimming) plus more walking. Tonight, I spent a lot of time moving stuff around . Why? So that we could deploy the exercise equipment we’ve had sitting around for ages.
The bike was picked up cheap through UsedVictoria and the Total Gym 1000 was picked up for free. We made room for the bike a few months ago but had to move a table full of other stuff to make room for the gym. The cats are freaking out but they will adjust. Kiddo has already figured out how to use the Total Gym as a makeshift rower.
In addition to these two items, we have a heavy bag (hung a little too low… but still very punchable), a few hand weights, exercise mats and an exercise ball. I’m sure there’s other stuff around too. I may have to reach back in my brain to some stretching exercises I can do alongside the usual sit ups and much-hated push-ups. Unfortunately, we can’t do yoga in the basement because the ceiling is only about 6 foot in most places (no sun salutations here!) but I can do that upstairs, along with Wii Fit.
Mostly though, I hope to walk more and take the stairs as much as possible (I got lazy at work in the summer and never really re-adjusted) but this will help on the days when it is too crappy outside or whatever other excuses I try to make. We have a TV downstairs, too (but no cable) so we can watch DVDs while we exercise.