No Time for Exercising?

 

Exercise is good for us!  It keeps us limber, feel good hormones are released, and we feel good to be in a body that we manage well.

At times, we all say, "I don't have time to exercise!"  (Me included).  

Well, when I'm in a time crunch, I will use my kitchen for multiple uses, including exercising.  

What???  While I cook/bake my supper, I at times have used my kitchen to exercise.  Sounds gross?  Na.

While we cook/bake our meals, there is at times a lag time between steps in preparing our foods.  

And so, for example, while I was waiting for my microwave to thaw out my meat, I had time to just stand around. And so, needing to exercise, I decided to weight train and do some isometric exercises.

 I went into my pantry and searched out what I could use that would act like a weight for some weight training.  I will not use my Stainless-steel pans or any Aluminum.  Too light in weight.  I also will look at the handle for an easy, sturdy grip.  I do not want to accidentally drop my heavy item onto my Ceramic flooring!   Broken tiles- not in my story.

Searching through my canned goods, I will not use my 15 oz can of Fruit Cocktail.  Too light in weight. 

I ended up using my Cast iron griddle for my leg lifts and Triceps. 

I used a 46 oz plastic container of Apple sauce for my Bicep work.  I had a Musselman’s Apple sauce which has  an easy handle to grip on to.

I realize these aren't as heavy of weights as maybe an authentic weight that we buy, but when we don't have the money or if we're in a pinch, they work!  Just do more repetitions.

I've been laid-up with a leg and foot injury and so I wanted exercises that didn't re-injure my leg.

I did 3 repetitions of each exercise with 15-30 count.

With my Cast iron griddle, I held it on top of my outer, side of my thigh while I 

 

lifted my leg, keeping my leg straight.  This was working the outer thigh muscles. (Notice photo).

With my Cast iron griddle, I held it on the top, front of my thigh.     

                                                                                    

 

I kept my leg bent at the knee at a 90-degree angle while lifting the thigh up and down.  I was balancing on one leg to do this.

To exercise the back of my thighs, I simply bent over at the waist.  I placed the griddle on the back part of my thigh.   I kept my leg bent at a 90-degree angle.  I gently and slowly lifted my thigh up as much as I could go without arching my back.  I did these gentle movements for the 3 repetitions.

Now for the Triceps.  I held the Cast iron pan with two hands behind my back, letting the pan dangle down from my head-neck region to my upper back.  (I was performing a Dumbbell French press).  I gently lifted the griddle up and down behind me, being careful not to clunk myself in the head.

To do my Biceps, I simply changed out my weight.  I grabbed my Musselman's Apple sauce.  

             

 

 

                                                   

 

 

I lifted the apple sauce, bending at my elbow, but keeping my arm close to my side.

I used this same weight for my above Head lifts.  

I also used it for lifting my arm from its side to being 90 degrees from my body.

All these exercises weren't done all at once.  Whenever I had some down time, I took advantage of it by doing another set of my exercises.

After you're done, don't forget to stretch a bit.

WE DID IT!  We managed to find time to fit in some exercise.  Weightlifting and isometric exercises are great to build muscle.  When our muscles are in tone & strong, we burn off calories and we are less likely to get injured.

Staying healthy at times needs a little imagination.  Staying healthy is keeping our minds, bodies, and spirit balanced and strong.

My next article will be about my injured leg/foot and how Reiki healing was used with it.  Stay tuned!

by Cynthia Bergsbaken 9/11/2020 of Reiki in the Prairie LLC

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Disclaimer by Reiki in the Prairie LLC and Cynthia Bergsbaken copyright 2015

I am not a psychologist, psychiatrist, or medical doctor.  These articles I have written, are from reading and experiencing them.  Many of these articles are my own experiences with my own inventions to heal as well.

If you have a medical condition-physically/mentally/emotionally, please see a qualified medical doctor.  Do not substitute my articles for proper medical care.  You are too important to the world.

I have used all procedures I have written about and have found them to be helpful as tools to help myself become a better person.   I am sharing them with you because used as a tool, they are helpful in Shadow working on ourselves.  (Shadow working is healing our inner shadows that are unconscious or subconscious.  Inner shadows are our belief systems, our thoughts, our behaviors, our life experiences.)

I created this blog for my Reiki clients originally.  Combining these tools with Reiki creates a happy, healthy person.  These tools, when used alone are also beneficial!

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