Kitchen exercise. (kitchen’ercize? no? ok. it was worth a shot.)
Mon, Dec 22, 2008
Subtitle: After all the serious stuff we’ve been discussing lately I decided it was time for some levity.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIqDVdJpXVs
The biceps exercise I mention.
The shoulders exercise I mention.
The triceps exercise I mention.
(good gosh those videos feel like they were filmed eons & not mere months ago. go figure.)
EDITED TO SAY: Im still collecting commentdonations here. I shall total christmas eve morning and announce that day. Looks like we’re heading toward 20cents a comment so that RM & I can reach our personal goal. I can admit we were hesitant to say that initially as we feared a spontaneous 100,000,000,000 comments and having to tap into the Tornado’s college fund.
Tags: biceps, shoulders, soup cans, triceps, Weight training, working out in the kitchen
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GREAT video Miz!!! And Happy Hanukkah!!!
Kitschercise?
But then that would probably mean something different…
Leave it to you to figure out how to exercise while evading your Holiday company. Very fun and you look very nice in street clothes.
Nice vid. I’m basically doing the split squat for my physio. Instead of using a chair to balance, I just keep my hand against the wall. They’re awesome, and I hate them
and Im totally set unless my inlaws read MizFit (rimshot?)
How cute is your outfit!
Great Video as always. Do we have to do these in the kitchen? How about the dining room or any room in the house for that matter, in which case these can be called homexercise? Hummmm…I’m terrible at making up names, oh well. I like the routines you show here. Thanks.
laughing SpinDiva as I read that as HOMERcize and immediately thoughts SIMPSON
You is 2 cute in your elfin leggins…
-10* in Wisconsin this a.m. I’m sure BL has it worse way up there in Canada, eh? Add in wind chill for -25* below.
I should chart how fast the K-9s can do their business….
Make it a great day.
I really am going to try this and I’m assuming you werent just messing with us? joking?? LOL.
and is that how you really dress??
have a great day Miz!
I am going to show the video to my girlfriend as she is always hiding int he kitchen when my parents come to visit and now she can DO something there!
funny.
how did the fundraising go??
Cute outfit Miz! I have a problem doing the split squat, can’t get my let up on the chair. Not very graceful am I!
natalia? please to enjoy merely standing or doing a little plie squat while you hide & raiseliftcurl your soupcans
And bea? Um, yes.
That, perhaps to a somedayTweenTornado’s chagrin, is MizFit out of her Nike trail shorts.
What a great idea. I don’t need to hide from relatives, they won’t be here for Christmas (thus the ‘all is calm, all is bright,’ Miz!) But I do need to increase my exercise quotient during this endless snow-now rain!
Great tights!
And the instructions are to “curl” not “hurl” the soup cans? Just needed to clarify
It’s really hard to “hide” in Bag Lady’s ‘open concept’ floor plan house, and the stools at her island would make the split squats nigh on to impossible! BUT she might lead the entire family in a wee exercise routine….
And Linda? I’m afraid I do have you beat, temperature-wise, although this is NOT at contest I’m happy to be winning! It’s -38C here this morning, which in Fahrenheit is still damned cold!
thank you for the links.
I am a new reader and had missed all those exercises.
perfect since I am trapped inside by snow!!!
can I comment again at your post from friday?
I love you in your stripey tights. They are ever so cute.
This looks like a great (possibly painful after 20 reps) exercise, but I love that it’s functional.
I’m wondering, is it okay as a holiday guest to be the one hiding in the kitchen (or wherever) exercising?
Oh, and we’re having a heat wave here!! It’s 35 degrees- holy cow!! But we have yet another snow storm coming later today, which means the commute home will be a nightmare, and my run today will be plan B (the dreadmill). = )
Love the stripey legs, Miz! I vote for more streetclothes in Facetime.
Think my mum would hit the roof if she came into the kitchen and saw me doing anything remotely sneak-exercisey
luckily I’ve pesuaded her to take me to the gym on Saturday, so we have a compromise. NOW all I have to do is put up with my step-dad’s snarky comments throughout an entire 90 minutes of my workout DVD for the rest of my stay….
I would say generally if you’re looking to keep active over the holidays, remember NEAT (Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis) and get washing up, tidying up and bounding up and down those stairs to fetch granny’s slippers
TA x
you knew it was coming TA.
N.E.A.T.? CLICK HERE.
and no sneaksneak exercise, Missy
embrace the holidays, writeyerassoff, and enjoy.
xo xo,
Miz.
To those who have never done split-squats before: please don’t try this out in front of a hot oven with an open door.
Groovy tights, Miz!
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO USE OUR OVENS?!
(thx for the tights love. Id like to say Neimans for 800.00 but they are target for 3.99)
Am giggling because when I was doing split squats for the 100 reps challenge I was using a stability ball and fell over at least a dozen times. It’s a good thing we’ve got your videos to show us how to properly carry out these exercises!
I like exercising in unusual places, like the kitchen. Except at work its kind of awkward if I’m exercising in the back room and a client walks by to use the bathroom… I’m pretty sure they all think I’m crazy:D
Yay - workouts and entertainment for DH an guests all rolled into one! I’ve never done split squats with a chair, I will do those this week!
Nice kitchen workouts Miz! Thanks for the video! BTW- canceled trip to ATX due to hubby falling ill. Will KIT!
Happy Hanukkah!!
cookercize? love it, i’ll have to incorporate these
but i’ll avoid lifting raw meat 
Miz you look so pretty!! Not that you don’t look pretty everyday, but seeing you in a different get-up makes you look extrapretty today.
love those leggings!!
Happy Hannukah & Merry Christmas!
cookercize.
That made me giggle.
Up in herre? Canopenercize or microwavercize.
Love the tights. Great exercises. I keep a set of dumbbells in the kitchen, and these will be great to do while I wait for my cookies to finish baking…if I can get myself off the computer first. Thanks!
Gotta say this one scares me. I could feel my legs giving way underneath me as I watched. I would feel me not being able to do the rising part of the exercise. It’ll stick with me all day and I’ll have to try it to get it out of my system.
Love those leggings. I wish my honking calves could look as cute in horizontal stripes. No go. But you look great in them! I’m jealous
Great exercises!
Great video. Any kind of squats are not my favorite but those are great exercises.
Cute tights!
soup cans for weights? EXCELLENT idea! BTW, love your kitchen
I want to comment on the exercises but I am too enamored of your stripey leggings to think straight! I LOVELOVELOVE! We are sisters in legwear I think:)
I thought canopenercize required wrist weights?
And I’ll be doing all kinds of things to make my limbs too heavy to hit/kick people who irritate me (they cluster near my parents’ house, even the ones who aren’t related to me).
And I second (or infinity) the you looking pretty and all kinds of adorable (in a good, I’l kick your ass if you piss me off kind of way).
off topic disclosure.
a selfassigned MEME if you will:
hmmmm, that’s it.
During the holidays, I usually can manage to fit in my runs (once I escape the house, nobody can catch up to me, I chortle wickedly), BUT the minute I try to sneak in some strength training a million kids and animals are climbing all over me asking questions and everybody else needs my help cooking/finding things/polishing off the pie. So. I am going to try to sneak some in here and there. Except for me it will likely become basementcercize or laundryroomercize- much better spots for hiding.
Yay for Tornado moving into her big girl bed! I don’t have kids and so all I know how to do is gushgushgush. By the tears and “mommymommymommy” part I’m usually outta there.
love all these tips!
I am digging the Pippi Longstockings tights there!
Won’t be exercising in my kitchen. The spouse is home for 2 weeks, so I need trips to the gym to keep “justifiable homocide” off my record.
What a great way to slip in a little exercise without bundling off to the gym!
I’m imagining my family’s reaction were they to catch me imitating you in the kitchen. They wouldn’t bat an eye at the split squat, but if I were wearing the tights, given my usual drab wardrobe choices, they’d really, really wonder what was going on.
You look so adorable in them!
Thanks for the links I am a new reader and think I have missed a lot…I had no idea one needed to wear striped capris in order to work out properly!! LOL.
You look so cute! Thanks for the tip - love it!
You look so great in your striped leg get-ups and dress! Exercises are such a good idea, but will I actually do these in the next five-or-so days? HOPE so! Got my chair and cans all set up in the kitch!
What I would not give to see my mother’s face if she walked in on me doing these exercises.
she would think I had lost my mind.
there is a pretty good chance I have.
love the leggings.
Awesome exercise idea. Good to know that I can always cancel my gym membership if necessary.
I love love LOVE your outfit.
yep. gym membership. schmym schmembership.
love,
Miz, who totally got gifted a new gym membership last night for hanukkah complete with DAYCARE!
Love your kitchen! Great tips on the exercises. I checked out the triceps as that’s my problem area [upper arm]. I’m hoping my new routine will make a dent …
Great ideas and exercises. I always forget to do split leg squats. You go on the donations. You are amazing.
I sometimes throw these in at the gym and hold dumbbells which actually helps my balance somehow. I always get weird looks when I do it (use the bench instead of chair) but hot damn do these suckers work! Great video and I’l chime in for the 100th comment saying you look cute. Very cool about the gym membership!
THANKS SO MUCH!!
Regarding transitioning to the big kid bed…the first few weeks were rough for us but then it worked out no problems really. We try and follow a routine of jammies, brushing teeth, reading or telling a story and then it’s lights out. At first we closed his door because we didn’t want noise distracting and enticing him out of bed but now he freaks out if we don’t leave it cracked open. We just repeatedly put him back in bed, calmly over and over until he stops. Also putting a favorite toy in time out helped get over the intial hump. I’m sure I could add things but this is getting way too long…if I think of anything earth shatteringly helpful I’ll shoot you an email.
This video warmed my Monday heart…I will definitely give that exercise a try, but maybe not in our (as my mom-in-law calls it) OAK or one-a$$-kitchen. I heart those tights, and you look so cute, Miz!
I think it would be HOMERcize if you use beer cans instead of soup cans…use those big ol’ oversized Fosters ones for extra effectiveness.
To all: Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, Habari Gani, and Hau’oli Makahiki Hou!
I love reading your comments Miz as they crack me the hell up.
too funny.
thanks for the arm exercises. I need those now and will need them more after my cookie filled christmas.
And your kitchen is so clean!
dana
why THANK YOU myrealifesisterDana.
and thank you for not noting here, on a public forum, that I always stack the various & sundry chickenbus from the kitchen table *just* out of the camera’s view.
errrr, I mean it is always spotless up in herre.
always.
I love your tights! I hate split squats though.
LOVE the leggings! You are too cool.
You hide from your holiday guests! I am appalled.
Love your little leggings. You are the cutest!
Heather
Love those “sneaky” exercises…it all adds up!
All of a sudden I’m craving soup, though.
and I laugh that, could you SEE my house, you’d realize there’s no hiding.
Damn open floorplan.
Oh Mizfit, you are a total hoot. And might I add, that I am so excited to see the number of comments increasing for your other post.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Sensing the fashion diva within MizFit. I can put together jeans and a top with shoes, and know that my socks wouldn’t be white when wearing black pants. (which doesn’t mean i haven’t worn white socks with black pants).
Thanks for the exercise. That might be how I get my lower body workout in this week. Not sure if driving to the gym is safe with snow and frantic last minuet shoppers on the streets=)
Re Tornado’s fund, if you need more money, I can help by chipping in instead of chiming in (as per).
I love your exercise outfit. Stunning!
Happy Hanukkah - hope you made your menorah out of an old Reader’s Digest.
Am I really the first one to say that I liked the exercise tips and the links AND I see some wine in that kitchen!!
Allie says she saw some wine…..
I’ll say it’s “Yellowtail”
Thanks for making me smile, cute cute video!
Marc
hahahahah
I soooooo could have used this yesterday, only I’d already had a glass of wine, and I’m sure I would have just fallen over.
Happy Hanukkah!
Hi - thanks for your comment on my blog! You seem to have a great community going on here. I’ll definitely be back to explore.
I’m LOVING those tights!!!!
Happy Hanukkah, girl! You rock!
I love the added soup cans for resistance!
ok ok ok - I always read your blog during the day, while at work. But the kid in me can’t wait to get home to check out your page AGAIN to watch the video - BUMMER they blocked youtube at work!
Thanks for being an inspiration mizfit!
Jen, a priorfatgirl
Ooooo I like your stripes. But I hurt watching you. I.am.so.sore. But, averaging 2 ell bees a week!
You make it look so effortless.
You always have the best tips!
And that is one smokin outfit!
Love it! I can definitely do that. I have a cupboard full of cans
What great tips!
p.s. I love your outfit
i’ve been avoiding the split squats lately… time to reintroduce them into legs day. i love at-home workouts, especially during crazy times like these! that outifit is amazing, btw
hope you’re having a wonderful week!