Mama Rocks

Some days you wake up, walk into your bathroom and you see this:

I like how the clothes are stacked like a triple decker ice cream cone.  And how I still insist on putting the wicker top on it, like the cherry on top.  Like that somehow makes it neater.  And as tempting as it is to spend nap time (aka workout time) catching up on laundry and what not, I know I need to get my workout in.  

Here's how to get a good workout with out a gym membership or a tread mill:

Get a good heart rate  monitor

Some dumb bells.  

Even if I'm working my legs- I used dumb bells in the squats or lunges. 

A plan or calorie goal

Here's my squatting.  My pants are blending with the black blob in the back ground- thereby making my ass into a black blob.  My apologies.  My goal is to get my azzz to the coffee table and SQUEEZE at the top.  It's not a squat without the squeeze at the top.  ;)

Sweaty, 400 calorie afterglow:

Cardio ideas or indoors:

Burpees

Run up and down stairs

Double foot hop up stairs

Inchworm around living room

Jumping Jacks

Jump rope

(I don't jump rope because I piss my pants.  True Story)

You can sequences or combos of any of these and mix them up.  Putting some strength in between cardio sets.

Thankfully I do have a tread mill and that helps tremendously when I'm trying to get some good cardio in.  I'm not a hamster, so I don't like just running and running.  I like intervals.  Something like this:

Run 2 mins at X speed

30 forward lunges

Run 2 mins at X speed

20 push ups

Run 2 mins at X increased speed

20 hammer curls

Run 1 min at X speed, then increase to a sprint for 1 min

20 tricep dips

Walk on 10 incline for  2 mins

20 push ups

Cool down jog for 2 mins

20 squats

 1 min plank

I'll usually have a calorie goal and shoot for that.  Sometimes if I have 50 calories to go I'll just go up and down my stairs until I reach my goal.  Just play with it.  You'll be amazed at what a good, tough workout you can get in your living room.  Make sure your form is good.  Look up exercises on youtube and watch the form.  Bad form can result in injury or a waste of time (not working).  

Now stop reading about it and go do it!   ;)