4 Easy Car Exercises
No time to exercise? Stuck in a traffic jam with a long journey ahead of you?
There’s always a way to squeeze in a little exercise no matter where you are. Just make sure if you are driving that you only do these exercises when you have stopped or when it is absolutely safe to do them…
1. Tone Your Butt
You can tone the gluteal muscles almost anywhere by squeezing together your buttock muscles for 10 seconds and then releasing. Repeat 10 times.
2. Pull in Your Stomach
Faltten your stomach by breathing out and pulling your stomach in towards your back as far as possible. Hold for six seconds and release. Repeat 10 times.
3. Squeeze Your Thighs
Squeeze your thighs together as hard as you can. Hold for 10 seconds and release. Repeat 10 times. If this is too easy you can increase the toning effect by squeezing something like a ball of sweater between your legs.
4. Exercise Your Shoulders
Keeping your arms and shoulders relaxed and holding lightly onto the steering wheel, lower your shoulders and pull back as far as you can moving your shoulder blades together. Hold for 10 seconds. Repeat 5 times.
Do you know any other great exercises to do in the car?
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Facial and breathing exercises (lift chin, deep breaths) - and various streching light exercises for upper body if stopped in traffic such as triceps: lift arm over head, bend as if to touch your back, guide upper arm slightly for deeper strech gently - careful, not warmed up to not overdo it.
And, there’s always kegels.
Thanks for those additional exercises Deb - I always forget the kegels - but they are very important!
I agree with Deb, that breathing exercises can be very good in the car. I just did a quick search and the first result had a few good breathing exercises. Here is the link: http://cas.umkc.edu/casww/brethexr.htm
Thanks for the breathing exercises link Tom
Maybe if we all did a few of these it would cut down on road rage …
Jan,
Thanks for the great tips. Next time I am waiting to pick up a child from school or band practice, I will be making use of these.