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Using Your Child Stroller as a Fitness Machine
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As mums (or dads) we use our baby strollers regularly and some of us go to the gym. However it is not possible for all of us to get to the gym. This should not stop us from getting some good exercise and there is a extremely easy way to do this.
Your baby stroller can be used to help you exercise your body. The following exercises designed to be used with your stroller.
If you are in any doubt about your health, consult your doctor 1st. Try to warm up before exercising.
Try to carry minor fitness weights, fitness stretch bands etc with you in carrier bag. These can come in handy whenever you stop and want to exercise your arms. Feel free to bring along other exercise equipment if you wish and integrate these into your routine.
It takes about 20 minutes to complete these exercises. The time on each exercise may be varied depending on your fitness level. Do not exercise so hard that you struggle to breath.
Walking
Keep your back straight and shoulders back.
Do a five minute walk to warm up.
Power walk for two minutes.
Stroller Squat for 1 minute
Place your feet about 1 foot apart.
Have the stroller close to your body.
Lower your body to the crouch position.
Simultaneously move your arms and the stroller forward.
Pull the stroller back, then forward.
Keep your thighs parallel to ground.
Make sure your weight is in the heels of your feet.
Squeeze your butt and thighs and stand straight up.
Repeat this for 1 minute.
Abs 1 minute
From a standing position, raise both arms above your head and stretch them high.
Bend forward from waist around ninety degrees.
Tummy muscles should be kept tight throughout.
Stand straight again.
Keep your back straight and repeat for the left side.
Repeat for the other side.
Repeat for one minute.
Power walk for 2 minutes.
Stroller lunge 1 minute
Stand upright.
Start by facing feet forward and hip width apart.
Split stance - take 1 big step forward.
Keep your back straight and your shoulders back.
Bend your knees until 1 is around 1 inch above the ground.
Move up and forward and bring both of your feet together again.
Repeat with the other leg.
Do not lean too heavily on the handle bar.
Power walk for 2 minutes.
Kickback
Stand straight with your shoulders back.
Your feet should be at hip width apart and facing forward.
Kick gently back with your left leg and return to the standing position.
Repeat 15 times.
Repeat for right leg.
Repeat 8 times at 1 sec intervals.
Repeat for the other leg.
Repeat four times.
Repeat with the other leg.
The leg lift
Walk as normal with your infant stroller.
Lift your legs higher than normal until your thighs are horizontal.
Do this for more or less two minutes.
Pushups
Use park bench.
Stand behind bench.
Step backwards 1 big step.
Lean towards the bench and hold on to it.
Start the push-ups.
Set yourself a target of 10 pushups.
As you become fitter, increase the amount of push-ups.
Curb Step ups
Be aware of traffic when doing this exercise.
If you have used a stairmaster before, then this exercise should be immensely familiar to you.
Repeat this for 2 minutes
Bench step ups
whenever you get good at kerb step ups you will probably want to increase the exertion and park benches are a good height to get your muscles working hard.
Stretching/Cool-down
20 seconds on each muscle group is a good length of time for stretching.
After approximately 20 minutes, you should be finished the exercises. Whenever you get fitter, you might want to increase this time to suit your fitness level.
One of the most expensive strollers people use for these exercises is the Stokke Xplory Stroller.
Author Bio:
Cathy McGovern is a work at home mother with two children. With a background in management and marketing, she now works from home. She provides free, objective and unbiased reviews on baby strollers at Stokke Xplory Stroller and Bugaboo Cameleon Reviews.
Article submitted Wednesday, January 18, 2012 & read 13 times.
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