{"id":1747,"date":"2012-07-11T05:09:13","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T09:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondgorgeous\/?p=1747"},"modified":"2012-07-09T09:17:04","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T13:17:04","slug":"make-your-workout-fit-your-life-3-strong-arms-and-clean-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondgorgeous\/2012\/07\/make-your-workout-fit-your-life-3-strong-arms-and-clean-windows.html","title":{"rendered":"Make Exercise Fit Your Life #3 &#8212; Strong Arms and Clean Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arms flabby but\u00a0 no time to go to the gym?\u00a0 Time to get out the window cleaner and start polishing the glass.\u00a0 Think about your posture &#8212; shoulders back and down and stomach in.\u00a0 Remember to pretend you are clenching a hundred dollar bill between your butt cheeks to get the right pelvic tilt.\u00a0 Now stretch and rub for a good arm workout.\u00a0 Try washing up and down on the inside, back and forth on the outside. That way you work out more muscles, and besides, you can tell which side the streak is on that way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondgorgeous\/files\/2012\/07\/headshot5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1748\" title=\"headshot\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/261\/2012\/07\/headshot5-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>I use vinegar with water for washing glass. It works great and is non-toxic.\u00a0 Most household cleaners are full of toxins, some of which are known carcinogens and others which mimic estrogens which encourage your body to store fat.\u00a0 No need to spend money on poison when something cheap and non-toxic works just as well.\u00a0 You will burn about 180 calories or so if you spend an hour cleaning your windows and mirrors.<\/p>\n<p>Your muscles will get a strength-training workout and you will have the added bonus of clean windows!\u00a0 I think I\u2019ll grab my spray bottle of vinegar water and get busy.<\/p>\n<p>Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/p>\n<p>Susan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Arms flabby but\u00a0 no time to go to the gym?\u00a0 Time to get out the window cleaner and start polishing the glass.\u00a0 Think about your posture &#8212; shoulders back and down and stomach in.\u00a0 Remember to pretend you are clenching a hundred dollar bill between your butt cheeks to get the right pelvic tilt.\u00a0 Now stretch and rub for a good arm workout.\u00a0 Try washing up and down on the inside, back and forth on the outside. That way you work out more muscles, and besides, you can tell which side the streak is on that way.<\/p>\n<p>I use vinegar with water for washing glass. It works great and is non-toxic.\u00a0 Most household cleaners are full of toxins, some of which are known carcinogens and others which mimic estrogens which encourage your body to store fat.\u00a0 No need to spend money on poison when something cheap and non-toxic works just as well.\u00a0 You will burn about 180 calories or so if you spend an hour cleaning your windows and mirrors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Your muscles will get a strength-training workout and you will have the added bonus of clean windows!\u00a0 I think I\u2019ll grab my spray bottle of vinegar water and get busy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arms flabby but\u00a0 no time to go to the gym?\u00a0 Time to get out the window cleaner and start polishing the glass.\u00a0 Think about your posture &#8212; shoulders back and down and stomach in.\u00a0 Remember to pretend you are clenching a hundred dollar bill between your butt cheeks to get the right pelvic tilt.\u00a0 Now&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[522,13,523],"class_list":["post-1747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encouragement","tag-arms","tag-exercise","tag-glass"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Make Exercise Fit Your Life #3 - Strong Arms and Clean Windows - Beyond Gorgeous<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondgorgeous\/2012\/07\/make-your-workout-fit-your-life-3-strong-arms-and-clean-windows.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Make Exercise Fit Your Life #3 - Strong Arms and Clean Windows - Beyond Gorgeous\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Arms flabby but\u00a0 no time to go to the gym?\u00a0 Time to get out the window cleaner and start polishing the glass.\u00a0 Think about your posture &#8212; 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