How to Professionally Squeeze in Workouts amidst a Busy Schedule

How to Professionally Squeeze in Workouts amidst a Busy Schedule

Do you desperately want to be fit? Allotting time to do that one hour of workout you have been wanting to do forever might not turn out to be the way you want it to be when you have the most congested routine. It feels impossible. You would think you could use the time to reach the gym to do more productive stuff. Also, you tend to feel lazier just like that or the fact that you skipped a session leaves the motivation - loose and you might forget to utilize the valuable time. All the progress you have accomplished so far would just go to waste. The fat keeps on getting added to your body and it looks like there is no stopping them. So, incorporating workouts while you are doing the normal chores seem to be the only possible way to involve some releasing of the sweat through some activities. Therefore, you burn calories while you are multi-tasking away. A few gym instructors across the state give their inputs to internalize the workouts as an extension of your life to get rid of the stubborn weight that does not appear to leave you alone anytime soon. Thank us later for these beautiful suggestions. 

1.       Bed-wake up routine or go-to-sleep routine

Your bed is a piece of equipment. “That is how you are supposed to view it. It is like an uplifted yoga mat and you can perform moves that target the abs and the legs like crunches, the side crunches, bicycle crunches, Russian twist, plank, the different variations of the leg lifts, bridge, superwoman and many more, either when you hit the sack or when you wake up and the choice is yours. A light-hearted workout before you doze off ensures that you will have a deep and peaceful sleep as the endorphins get released. If you decide to do these in the morning, it can equally make your day better. You are energized for the whole day. It is easier for you to get out of that sleepy mood”, said Mr. Joseph Nellara, a gym instructor at Bellaire gym, based in Thiruvananthapuram. This seems like a very efficient way to work out because you do not have to put any extra effort. You do not have to select the location to do the activity. It is in your comfort zone. “Then you can get out of the bed and use the bed rest to do variations of push-ups and the donkey kicks. You can even use that are to do chair dips over there to target the biceps and the triceps”, he stated.

2.       Staircase-after coffee routine

The staircase holds multi-purpose uses. “Running up and down the stairs is the best type of cardio one can indulge in. Doing it around 5 times will just give you an out-of-breath anaerobic experience. If it is after coffee, the rounds you do will be more because of that caffeine kick. After that adding a half burpees x 200 times is all the workout you need for a day. The effect will sustain for a few hours because of the intensity”, said Akhil Vijayan, the manager of Moksh Gym in Thiruvananthapuram. Moksh Gym is situated on the 4th floor. Quite often, the trainers make their customers run on the stairs for that ‘more efficient than a treadmill’ warm-up, occasionally teamed up with weights and then they have to proceed to do the half burpees - You are at the bottom of the stairs and you hold the 2nd or the 3rd step for support depending upon your height and then you jump, up and down. There are variations to it and one simple variation is when you jump on the consecutive steps. You can also do side burpees (half).

3.       Chair-watching TV routine

You probably watch a lot of television. Most people do. Sam, the owner of the Aesthetic gym in Selaiyur said, “Instead of staying glued to the screen, with the support of the sofa or a chair, what one should do to make the time productive for the body and not just the mind is by moving around, doing a couple of lunges that target the legs and then throw in a bunch of chair dips - stand against the chair and hold the handle and do the sitting position against the chair (kind of like the squat but with more focus on the arms)”. These moves will clearly give you a certain level of satisfaction in life. Your arms and feet will definitely start burning up and the results will be visible to you depending upon your body type. Also, squats fit in anywhere.

4.       Equipment-less-enjoying the terrace view routine

A terrace is a beautiful place to work out. The fresh air hitting your face while you are sweating it out is enough reason to why one should work out at the terrace. In case you have a mini garden over there, you go there to water the plants. You go there to maintain that part of your house. You can just enjoy the view and drop a sweat while you are at it. “You can do 5 sets of the complete burpees, a few sets of squats, a couple of random kicks put into sets, some lunges that can be added to the lunges you did while you were watching TV. You can also practice some punches where your arms are activated. Add on some jumping jacks for that extra burn and do not forget some killer mountain climbers”, advises Athira Mukundan, a fitness instructor at Moksh.

5.       Bucket and Cup-Taking a bath, washing clothes, etc. routine

This advice gives a new perspective to ‘convenient workout goals’. “You can integrate workouts (more like body movements!) into your routine when you are taking a bath even. We are not talking about some high-intensity matter. It is always so good to stretch and keep stretching. To replace the shower preference, one must go for the bucket and cup method. Try to squat to the maximum extent. When it comes to washing clothes too, you can add squats and then there are the soaking clothes in the detergent and squeezing them. That squeeze can be rough as in you can put in your strength and make it a work out”, said Anirudh Balaji from Slam. I’m guessing that technique was inspired by The Karate Kid. I cannot blame anyone for loving that movie a little too much. “You can even use that technique to correct your posture. If you squeeze the cloth and lift it up and stretch away, it does wonders to your faulty posture”, he added.