Added Training and How to fit it in.

Years ago, my brother had a friend who was on the wrestling team with us. He would always find ways to get extra training in throughout the day. The one thing that stood out with me back then was that he made a rule for himself. This rule was, anytime he walked through a door, he would drop down and do 10 push-ups. So, while at home if he got up and left his room, 10 push-ups, went into bathroom, 10 push-ups, then 10 on the way out and 10 going back into his room. As you can imagine this added up very quickly and it would not be out of the ordinary for him to add an extra 200 - 300 push-ups during the day outside of his normal training. 

Fast forward years later, I took this technique and changed it so that if I when watching TV, I would do Sit-ups or Push-ups throughout the commercial breaks. This would end up getting an extra 25 - 50 push-ups and/ or sit-ups each 30 minutes of a TV show. I also noticed, I did not watch as much TV, since I knew I would possibly be working out throughout. 

Then even later, I was playing, and online game called World of Warcraft. This game could eat up many hours of time and I quickly realized that there was plenty of time that I was waiting (IE: Griffon rides, waiting in queue for battlegrounds) that I could drop down and do push-ups, sit-ups or any other body weight exercise.

So here is the plan, find random repeatable times throughout the day and create a list of exercises you want to do. For example, if you need to improve Pull-ups... anytime you walk by a pull-up bar or an area where you can safely perform pull-ups. Do 1 - 5 pull-ups. This "greasing the groove" as it’s called will over time build your ability to perform that movement at a higher capacity. 

Some great ideas to think about would be:

When waking up, do 10 squats, 10 sit-ups, and 10 push-ups for 3 - 5 rounds. (will help get you started for the day)

Before looking down at your phone for a Social Media Update, perform 20 walking lunges

Before any "Snack" Meal, take 5- 7 minutes and go through a body weight circuit (push-ups, jumping jacks, sit-ups, etc.) *Note this will also stop "Boredom Eating".

Those are just a few ideas you can try, take a moment and look throughout your typical day and see where you can add in some EXTRA work. You may find that it not only improves your training capacity, your ability to perform those movements at a higher level, but also help to burn a few extra calories and get you closer to your physique goals.

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