I hate cold. I really
hate cold. I hate cold so much that it's
unbelievably wrong to hate something so much.
Ok, that more or less describes my feelings about cold. This past
weekend, KC was host to some pretty epic wintery conditions between the freezing
rain, snow, and the subzero temperatures.
Needless to say, it has somewhat impacted my ability to get
outside. Now, I find myself suffering
from a bit of cabin fever today. If it
was just me, myself, and I, then I probably would have taken the opportunity to
escape the house for a little bit since the main roads are all good now. However, that it not meant to be. Why not?
#BecauseTheBaby. So, of course, I
find myself trying to come up with ways to entertain/educate myself and now I
want to share some of my findings.
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| Insert token 'Frozen' reference here.... |
Since we reached November and December, my ability to get
outside and exercise during the course of the day has been somewhat
hampered.
Originally it was just the
normal cooling off of weather conditions and me not really wanting Ellie to be
exposed to certain elements for too long.
Now, it's more due to the drastic inability to push our stroller through
snow and ice and maintain my footing.
I
can just picture it now.
Me walking
along just gazing up at birds flying overhead, whistling
"
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" while pushing Ellie down the sidewalk.
All of a sudden, my feet fly out from under
me as I fall forward onto snow and ice.
The perpetual motion of my fall and the stroller's wheels propelling
Ellie forward at speeds unimaginable to places unseen as I groan and lie in
agony, nursing my hypothetical head injury.
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| Man, this lady's going to fall on her face and there's not even any ice or snow... |
Now, obviously this is not likely to happen if for no other
reason than I would likely need a set of snow shoes for myself and a way to
mount skis to Ellie's stroller in order to make it up and down the
sidewalks. It's important to make
certain that I'm keeping poor Ellie safe and sound though so the walking idea
is out. But it's important to note that
this "dad bod" doesn't come naturally. I've got to work at it, clearly. ;) So,
I did a little research to find out exercises to do with the baby to go along
with what I've already been doing which is pretty much a dumbbell press and a
kettle ball squat lift. Only instead of
the weights in question, I make do with a baby.
So, my discoveries are as follows.
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Baby crunches - While laying on the ground,
place Ellie sitting on my stomach, and proceed to do crunches fifteen to twenty
times. No one enjoys crunches to begin
with but maybe it helps a little with a cute baby laughing in your face every
time you sit up
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Baby overhead press - Sit 'Indian style' and
hold Ellie vertically out in front of me.
Lift her up and down ten times. I
already tended to do this one just because she likes it so I'm stoked to find
out it's mildly considered exercise.
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Plies - I don't know what this is and was
actually more confused after reading about it.
So, uh, yeah. I'm going to skip
this one.
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Lunge - Instead of the baby lunging at my face
as she likes to do, I lunge with the baby.
There's a Yakov Smirnov joke in there somewhere; some assembly may be
required to mine it.
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Baby Dancing - Gently swaying back and forth
with the baby. There's got to be
something to spice it up though. Perhaps
the Chicken Dance or the Electric Slide?
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| Think Ellie could do "The Carlton" yet? |
Now, these seem to all be legitimate methods I could use to
work out with the baby.
However, I feel
like it may discredit me a bit to admit the true source of my reference.
But hey, whenever you choose to Google,
that's how you end up finding articles along the lines of '8 New-Mom Workout
Moves to Do With Baby'.
Men can use
those too, right?
#DaddyWrite
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| In Soviet Russia, baby lunges at you... |
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