Now this is going to sound a bit lame but I am going to share it with you anyway.

I was after a bit of a workout one day and I didn’t feel like doing what I usually do. I also had a day off and had some housework and odd jobs that needed to be done. So instead of doing my usual exercise workouts I thought i’d kill two birds with one stone.

I raced around the house with my vacuum cleaner, I squatted up and down whilst hanging the washing and then I looked through my window at my car and had a good idea. It was looking a bit dirty and the sun was out and the weather was nice and warm it’s as if the car was calling me “please wash me, please!” so who am I to deny my car a nice bath.

I got all my car washing equipment. My bucket, hose, car wash liquid, sponge, squeegee (yep a squeegee) and chamois to dry it off and buff it up.

I also had my trusty stop watch…. yes you guessed it, I turned washing my car into a competition. I tried to make sure I moved around as much as I could, squatting down, reaching over, swapping hands to share the scrubbing love and buff it up to make it look pretty. My score was 27.50 min, not too bad considering I did the wheels too and also put on that spray to make the tyres look black and new. All in all a good effort I thought. Not quite the workout i’d get with a weights session but hey I got my body moving and my chores done. Success!

It’s amazing how competitive you can get when you decide to time things….. quite funny really.

What are some ways you like to get some accidental exercise?