Tiger Fitness Los Angeles Blog

Exercise isn’t just for the gym, integrate physical activity
into all parts of your life—especially at home.

Listen, we all spend most of our time at home and we see it as a sanctuary from the outside world. We get cozy on the couch and much of our time is spent preparing meals and eating and generally relaxing. The problem is that this sedentary lifestyle that we have at home neutralizes any exercise program that we may be doing at the gym and is a missed opportunity to generally increase our overall metabolism.

With a few easy changes to your lifestyle, adding physical activity at home can turn a couch potato into an athlete. As a side benefit to your healthier consciousness, your children will see that physical activity is not something you “do” at the gym or just on the soccer field, but is a normal, healthy part of life, which sets a good example for them.

You’ll soon find that you can combine exercise with many daily activities and that your time spent at home will supercharge your fitness program and help you burn fat and gain lean toned muscle.

Tiger Fitness Top 10 Home Exercise Tips:

1. Ditch the housekeeper and clean the house yourself— home cleaning is just one huge aerobic exercise class!

2. Retire the riding mower and landscaping team and work in the garden or mow the grass yourself. —Raking leaves leaves, weeding, pruning and digging in the garden burns huge amounts of calories-get to it!

3. If you are a stay at home parent and/or work out of your house go outside for short walks. —Start with 5-10 minutes and work up to 45 minutes of brisk walking.

4. For short trips, walk (choose a hilly route) or bike to the corner store instead of driving. —Great for the love handles, the environment and the soul.

5. Always combine watching TV with another activity like pedaling on your stationary bicycle, folding laundry, performing crunches, etc. (be creative). —Parking it on the couch leads to boredom and bored-eating. Move it!

6. Stand up and take walk while talking on the telephone. —You never know where you will end up!

7. Walk the dog or better yet take the dog for a leisurely jog. —you both will love it!

8. See shopping as a way to increase your steps for the day. Park farther away at the mall and vigorously walk the extra distance. Try to mostly wear your running shoes and sneak in an extra lap or two around the mall or department store.—Easy and effective!

9. Make things less-convenient at home, by placing things you need daily in the garage or place cleaning items in high places. —Extra squatting, bending, walking, carrying and stretching ALL add up to a fitter you!  

10. Keep the exercise equipment in your home gym repaired and convenient to use! —Dedicate a room or garage space for your home gym!

You are on the way to a leaner and more tone you…sweet!