Turn Household Chores into Legit Workouts

• Stand between two tables such that you can take a bill from the right and then twist to the left to pay it.
• If the table is high, you will also work your shoulders.
• Keep your hips forward and backside tucked under to protect your back, and engage your abs on every twist (pretend someone is about to punch you in the stomach).

• When you’re carrying those heavy bags from the house to the cans, curl your arms 15 times per trip.
• Hold the bags and keep your elbows close to your ribcage, advises Glor.
• Lift and lower by extending the arms all the way down toward your hips and then bringing them up toward your shoulders.

• Do at least 20 calf raises, where you stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and raise up onto the balls of your feet, then lower back down to the floor.
• After 20, take the towel and start drying while you squat—pretend you’re sitting in an imaginary chair, or put a real one behind you and touch your butt to it; then stand back up.
• After 20 reps, go back to washing with calf raises until the dishes are done.

Your leg muscles—calves, glutes, and quads—will start to tone after about a week.