Squats, Push-Ups and Dips While Your Clean House Keeps you C-Lean

Domestic workout ... Stephen Markovich praticing 'Aerobic House Cleaning'

CHECK out this Mr Muscle — a man who keeps fit by doing housework.

Fitness-mad Stephen Markovich calls it Aerobic House Cleaning when he turns his chores into a calorie-burning workout.

The 57-year-old data analyst does squats while cleaning the windows, gets his calf muscles working by doing lunges as he hoovers the floor.

He vacuums the stairs on tip toes and even uses furniture as makeshift weights — lifting the sofa up and doing press-ups off his dining table.

Vacuum c-leaner ... Stephen hoovers in the lunge position while wearing a backpack

 

Stephen, from Crescent Springs, Kentucky, US, said: “Millions is spent each year on gyms, health clubs, home equipment and silly diet pills.

“I wanted to show overweight people that there is a way they can stay in shape outside of these traditional routes.

“Everyone has to clean their house, so why not look at it as an opportunity to get some exercise?

“My family is used to seeing me doing my routine and it amuses them but they understand it is what I want to do to stay fit.

“It saves time and money and, as you can see, it certainly works.”

The married dad has now decided to cash in on the idea and has created an Aerobic House Cleaning manual he plans to sell as an e-Book.

Mr Muscle ... Stephen's home workout regime includes press ups while you clean

 

via www.thesun.co.uk

Gay Rugby Star Gareth Thomas the ‘HELL OF GAYS IN SPORT’

Gareth will now hold the burden of other men in sports telling him that they are also gay, but not ready or in the position to come out of the closet. Looking back, Gareth is thankful for the support he had during his journey of stepping through the closet door. Enders

GAY rugby star Gareth Thomas told last night how a string of sportsmen had secretly come out to him. But he claims it will be “years” before they do it in public because their profession is still dogged by homophobia. Gareth, 37, who came third on CBB, hoped to help stamp out prejudice when he admitted to being gay after divorcing in 2009.

He said: “I have had sports stars speak to me and tell me they are gay but they are not open about it. I was lucky that I had such support from my family and friends. “Anyone who’s told me they are gay I will take their secret to the grave. They must choose their own time to come out.”

Gareth heads to LA next month to act as an adviser on the movie of his life story being made by Hollywood wildman Mickey Rourke, 59.

He added: “It’s amazing that Mickey is going to play me.

(www.dailystar.co.uk)

Exercise as Housecleaning for the Body: Removal of Garbage From Inside Our Body’s Cells

When ticking off the benefits of physical activity, few of us would include intracellular housecleaning. But a new study suggests that the ability of exercise to speed the removal of garbage from inside our body’s cells may be one of its most valuable, if least visible, effects.

In the new research, which was published last month in Nature, scientists at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas gathered two groups of mice. One set was normal, with a finely tuned cellular scrubbing system. The other had been bred to have a blunted cleaning system.

It’s long been known that cells accumulate flotsam from the wear and tear of everyday living. Broken or misshapen proteins, shreds of cellular membranes, invasive viruses or bacteria, and worn-out, broken-down cellular components, like aged mitochondria, the tiny organelles within cells that produce energy, form a kind of trash heap inside the cell.