Counsel #24 — Home Fitness Hacks

Picture: Counsel #24 — Home Fitness HacksCWe 94.1

Instead of using bad weather as an excuse not to work out, use it as an opportunity to consider a variety of creative, indoor workouts. Bodyweight exercises, such as pushups, squats, and lunges can be very effective for building strength and endurance without equipment. If you’re more interested in increasing core strength and flexibility, purchase a workout mat and find an area on the floor to practice aerobics or Pilates workouts.CWe 94.2

Other great indoor options include online exercise classes or using the treadmill and stationary bike at home or at the gym. If space allows, you can set up mini workout station areas with dumbbells, resistance bands, or a jump rope to keep the variety aspect in your workout routine.^{[106]https://www.adventisthealth.org/blog/2020/september/at-home-exercises-that-go-beyond-walking-around-/} Use the complex and innovative mind God gave you to figure out ways to stay active and healthy!CWe 94.3

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us…” Hebrews 12:1 NIVCWe 94.4

“Each organ and muscle has its work to do in the living organism. Every wheel in the machinery must be a living, active, working wheel. Nature's fine and wonderful works need to be kept in active motion in order to accomplish the object for which they were designed.” Ellen White in My Life Today, p. 130CWe 94.5

Reflect: What indoor exercise activities are you most likely to utilize?CWe 94.6