Exercise Sneaker

I'm not speaking of shoes....

Maybe you will think me a weirdo (or as my brother says, a "weirdo with a beardo"), but since last week's Monday, I decided to do something a little wild and crazy (by my standards, which probably isn't saying much).  I decided to sneak in some form of exercise while I'm at work.  Oh yeah!

Now a couple of years ago, I bought this puppy at Walmart (after seeing the infomercial on tv one day).

It pretty much just sits in my office collecting dust now.  Occasionally I will have a visitor or one of my employees hop on it thinking it's cool, but I think the Leg Magic has lost its...um...magic for me.  I'm not completely giving up on it, though.  It shall stay where it is and maybe one day I will have some desire to have some inner thigh burn again.  Until then....

Every time I excuse myself to go to the lady's room, I do wall push-ups before I allow myself the use of the facilities.  I started off just doing 25 at a time, but now I'm up to 50.  I can feel that burn around 35, but I kinda like it.  People are probably starting to talk about how long my bathroom breaks are...  ;)

You see, I've been totally guilty of concentrating mostly on my cardio and more specifically lower-extremity type work outs - elliptical, bike, and running.  I know that I need to get into weight lifting, but it is soooo not my comfort zone .  I also know that I want to purchase a kettle bell, but I haven't done so yet mostly because I'm not sure what weight to start at (lame excuse, I know).

So, to bottom line it - at least with my work wall push-ups, I'm guaranteeing myself some sort of upper body workout every day.  I can only assume that strengthening my arms would have to benefit my running since there is a direct correlation with the whole power of the arm swing and the movement of the legs (or at least my mentor assures me of this).

So, do you think me completely nuts?  Have you ever considered sneaking in a bit of the exercise while at work?  Don't be shy, do tell!