The Couch Potato Routine

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Yes! I am proud of the rather strong musculature around my right hand thumb. Nobody, and I mean nobody, can beat me at thumb wrestling! I mean, really! How can you beat somebody at thumb wrestling when that thumb exerts pressure at 3 second intervals for close to three hours a day and with enough pressure to snap a tooth pick in two? It’s great for the thumb, but what about the rest of the body? Well sir, I nourish my body hour by hour with delicious chips, hot burritos and tacos to help me get through the day. Who wants beer?

If you see yourself here and you know that it is bad for you, the thing for you to do with the most sense is to tune in to an exercise channel and do your thing. However, common sense isn’t really a great motivational factor so you have to pursue other channels. Would you believe couch potato exercise routines? Watch your programs while you perform exercises, all on the comfort of your couch.

The trick of exercising is to get your blood circulating and to exercise your heart and lungs. Exerting effort to make your muscles move increases your oxygen requirements. Doing some exercises can give you benefits such as disease prevention and longevity. So, take your attention off your TV for a couple of minutes and read through some exercise routines you can do while sprawled on your couch.

24 is on and the action is rather exciting. Let your body capture the excitement as you lie on your side and twist back to lie down with your head still facing the TV, and then twist back to the sideways position. At the commercial break, change positions to lie down sideways with your head in the opposite end of the couch. Continue twisting. Both of your legs should be touching the couch while doing this exercise so that you are twisting both your neck and hips.

You can also continue watching TV even off the couch. Got an exercise bike? Great! Tune in to Orange Country Choppers and pedal your way through each episode as Paul senior and junior continue to have it out. You might want to imagine yourself on one of their bikes too.

Watching another cops and robbers flick? Use your treadmill to get in on the action. If running is too heavy a chore for you, just walk. The trick is to move, move, MOVE! You have to move so that you can exercise your heart and lungs remember? .

It’s commercial time again. If you’ve still got your burritos beside you and you’re carrying a full tank of beer, you can stop raiding the refrigerator and do some leg lifts instead. Lie completely sideways and lift one leg up. Do this for a minute and do it again on the other side to exercise your other leg. Two minutes of exercise is better than nothing. But if you keep on doing this every time commercials come on, those two minutes will grow to a respectable number. Just try to restrain your thumb. It’s gotten enough exercise already.