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Turn your daily home activities into joyful body fitness exercises

Let think of body fitness exercises in a different way, doing

fitness during your daily activities like watching tv, while

clean the windows or even when taking teeth brush …

Fitting in daily workouts is not just realistic, it is also relaxing

right! Fortunately, research shows that mini-bouts of

activity—a few squats here, some quick crunches there—

can have as big an impact on your fitness level and health as

longer routines can.

A study at the University of Pittsburgh found that doing three 10-minute bursts of exercise daily was as

beneficial for weight loss and heart health as a single 30-minute workout. The thing here is to figure out

what to exercise in those 10 minutes, mixing things up keeps you motivated and your body challenged.

And here by, please check out these simple at-home body fitness tips:

1/ While watching tv:

- Leave a BOSU —a half-dome squishy balance gadget — in your family room. You or your family

members can enjoy sitting or standing on it while watching TV and being constantly balancing -

working your core without realizing it!

- Tuck a resistance band at the sofa. You can get an entire-body workout while watching Star Movie.

Stand on the middle and pull the ends to the front, back, and sides for an upper-body sculpting

session; tie it in a loop around your legs and do leg lifts in every direction to tone your thighs and

butt.

- Store a yoga mat under your sofa and pull it out when watching the news so you can stretch, 10

minutes a day is quite great.

2/ While dress up, make up, teeth brushing …

- Don't sit down when you're getting dressed. Stand on one foot and lift the other up to put on your

shoes or pants. This helps with balance and also firms your core.

- Insert a workout DVD in your player at all times. Just push play and go.

- Stand on the Dyna Disc (Please see the pic) while washing your face, balance on

one leg while putting on makeup; teeth brushing or do squats while drying your

hair.

- Get a nonskid plastic step stool for the bathroom. Stand on top and lunge back

and tap a toe on the floor while brushing your teeth. Do a minute on each side.

3/ During the house work

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- Clean the floor by foot. Instead of using a mop, step on a damp cloth and scrub with your right foot;

your left foot dries with a second towel. For the final shine, use two clean towels and glide to polish.

Your heart rate will go up and your hips get a workout—and it will make you giggle! It burns as

many calories as a brisk walk.

- Put a mini-trampoline in your kitchen, bounce on it for minutes while you're waiting for your coffee

to brew.

- Slip a set of wrist weights around the handle of your vacuum cleaner, then clean your way to

stronger muscles and bones (or strap them on your wrists before you start to vacuum). The extra

weight ups resistance, so you're sneaking in light strength-training.

- Back to the workout DVD idea above.

4/ Around bed time

- Do 10 triceps dips and 10 incline push-ups on the edge of the bed the minute you get up.

- Once the yoga mat works here; put a yoga mat under your bed and pull it out when watching tv.

5/ At moving around the house

- Leave a pair of dumbbells by the bedroom door. Catch them when you get out and do walking

lunges for great butt and thigh toning. Put them down in another “high-traffic” spot so they're

ready for the next trip.

- With your stairway, head upstairs two steps at a time, or one at a time as fast as you can, or go up

backward to increase balance and coordination (remember to hold rail for safety). Or try going up

sideways, crisscrossing as you step.

- Put a basket by the front door with everything you need for a walk: shoes, sweatshirt, and hat;

fanny pack for ID, keys, money, cell phone, and iPod.

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