Today I challenge you to add isometrics into your daily life!
If you accepted the brisk walking challenge-which is for mental health and aerobic activity, this challenge is for muscle tone.
Isometrics are easy to fit into a busy toddler chasing schedule and even easy to do at your desk at work!
They can thin our thighs, flatten our tummies, tone our arms and even get your pelvic muscles back in shape after child birth. Thats right, Kegel exercises are a form of isometrics! Isometric exercises take minutes throughout the day-are you on board yet? Here's how to do them-
The idea is to isolate one specific muscle at a time. For example your abdomen muscle. Contract (or tense up) the muscle and take a breath in and hold for 10 seconds, then relax your muscle and exhale. Repeat 5 times building up to 10 times throughout the day. Focus on 1 specific muscle each day and by the end of the week you've gotten in a full body work out.
How to fit this habit into your daily life- It really helps if you pick specific times to do some isometrics because they are very easy to forget. At red lights in the car, during story time with your baby, while your coffee is brewing, while you get gas for your car, while your brushing your teeth and waiting on hold on the phone are all great times to incorporate a minute or two of isometric exercises. Know which day and where you are doing which muscles, for example Monday is arms at the desk or during story time, Tuesday is Kegels in the car at red lights, butt muscles on wednesdays while brushing your teeth, etc...
The key to this step, just as all the simple steps, as easy as it sounds it is all about consistency!
If you found a good way to incorporate isometrics into your day, share it with the group on FB!
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