Make Fitness Unavoidable

Written by Michael Ferrantino

Wednesday, 18 June 2008 09:25

You've probably already heard some of the more common fitness tips about taking the stairs, walking instead of driving when possible and parking in a spot furthest from the entrance to your grocery store. At Fit Motive, we take it one more step, by strategically placing exercise equipment around the house.

Many of the products we have reviewed here, are products that each of us has placed around our houses to "Make Fitness Unavoidable." For example, I keep my push up bars and a set of dumbbells outside my bathroom door, so that when I exit the room, I stop for a moment -and do a few sets of push ups or curls. As a direct result, I estimate that I have increased my strength by at least 20%.

Here are some tips for the Making Fitness Unavoidable by strategically placing various equipment around your house:

(1) Place a set of Dumbbells and/or push up bars outside your bathroom and every time you exit, do a few reps with either.

(2) If you have a backyard and weather permits, have a mini-trampoline ready at all times for 10 minutes of jumping fun!

(3) Keep a set of hand grips next to your computer - and when you have a moment or get a phone call, squeeze away.

(4) If you have children, keep a few jump ropes around the house and backyard - and join in on the jumping fun. If your boys think jumping rope is a girls activity - educate them about how jumping rope is considered essential agility and stamina training amongst all professional boxers.

(5) Subscribe to health and fitness magazines and keep them around your house, in your car, in your backpack, at the office, in your handbag, etc. Make it so that every time you turn around - there's a reminder of health & fitness.

We also encourage you to come up with a few ways to make fitness unavoidable on your own, for example:

(1) Devise a brief laundry-room fitness activity.

(2) Pick up the pace while performing household chores (i.e. take more trips around the bed when making it).

Take the time to look at some of the products we have listed here, buy the ones your like and place them strategically around your house as suggested.

You'll never make a better investment!