Electric toothbrush helps my training!

Sounds crazy? Let me explain.

I do all my strength training at home, fitted around my other activities. My electric toothbrush includes a timer for 4 x 30 second intervals to guide brushing round the four quadrants of the mouth. After I started using it I would get bored standing in the bathroom for 2 minutes every night and morning, so I started using the time for some exercise. In the morning I usually do 20 squats in the 2 minutes, and in the evening calf stretches.

Benefits are:

I always have a prompt to do at least a minimal exercise

I make better use of time.

Downside: toothpaste dribbles!

I would love to hear other ideas for fitting routine exercise around daily life.

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