Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Exercise During Commercials

One of my favorite directors was Alfred Hitchcock. I am a huge fan of his movies and television series. I watch episodes of the series on Hulu. I noticed that Mr. Hitchcock was not a fan of commercials and would make comments when it was time to cut to them. I know just how he feels because I hate to sit through commercials and have noticed that they seem to be longer. I always turn to other channels until the show I'm watching comes back on.

For some time now, I have been exercising during the commercials. I place a set of free weights beside the couch and do several sets of arm exercises with them. I also do crunches, obliques, squats, and leg work until the show resumes. It's a fun and easy way to exercise during the day especially if you didn't make it to the gym.

I am always looking for sneaky ways to add exercise throughout my day and this will surely do it. Give it a try and I know you will see results. Why sit through boring commercials when you can exercise instead. Get started today!

4 comments:

  1. Great tip Cynthia. I don't watch much TV but when a sports game is on, I can easily get down and do a set of crunches or pushups while the action is paused. Good post

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  2. Thanks Justin for commenting. This clearly works during sports watching too. You may get lots of exercise during the NBA Finals!

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  3. Cin this is a great way to pass the time while doing something that benefits YOU. Now I can get down with this... Thanks.

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  4. Cool Jay, I really enjoy it and hope you will too. I especially like lifting my free weights.

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