Tuesday, February 1, 2011

No time for exercise? Got 3 minutes??!!

So I was really struggling finding time to workout at home when I didn't have time to pack up Carter and go to the gym. It seemed like every time I put on a DVD or tuned into Exercise TV for a sweat session, my little guy would start crying or wake up from his nap or need to be fed or changed. It was so frustrating, UNTIL I realized that I don't have to do 30 minutes or an hour consecutively! I can do little bits throughout the day and get back in shape just as fast!

For instance, I do traveling lunges for the 3 minutes that Carter's bottles are sanitizing in the microwave, then alternate 30 seconds push ups with 30 seconds dips for a total of 3 minutes while my oatmeal is cooking. Sound like a wimpy workout...try it and tell me what you think :) I also include a few jump squats when I let the dog out and am waiting for him to get back in. Any minute or two that I have where I'm are just standing around waiting for something, I'm making into a mini-workout. And it's working!