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Workout While You Work Maximize your chores to get a cleaner home and a firmer body. 
Working mom Mary Moslander knows how hard it is to stick to fitness goals while running a family and reaching new career heights. The founder of LiveHealthier.com, which provides expertise and community for people needing support for their wellness goals, needed help herself when she stalled on losing weight after having her third baby. “I needed to be accountable to someone,” says Moslander, 39, who admitted that talking to her friend (and site co-founder) Janice every morning and stating her diet and fitness goals kept her on the straight and narrow – and away from extra handfuls of potato chips. She had a way of coming up with excuses not to go to the gym. “In my situation, it was ... acknowledging that the laundry has to get done – and I have to burn calories,” Moslander says. LiveHealthier.com offers the following ways to help you multitask your chores and workout. Calf-Raise Cooking While at the sink or stove, do calf raises by standing with your feet together about hip-width apart. Start by standing tall and squeezing your abs for balance. Raise your heels off the ground so you are standing on the balls of your feet. Hold for three seconds and lower to starting position. Laundry Lunges Do lunges as you load your washer. Stand facing the washer with both feet together, put one piece of laundry into the washer and take a big step back with your right leg. Keep your left knee at a 90-degree angle so it does not come over your toes, lower body straight down into a lunge position with right knee pointing to the ground. Make sure your shoulders are retracted and avoid leaning forward as you lunge. Press through the left heel to bring yourself back up to starting position. Put another piece of laundry in the washer and repeat with the other leg. LiveHealthier.com offers a free 10-day trial and costs $5 a week. It offers a buddy system, access to dietitians and personal trainers, how-to videos and more. |
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