exercise benefits increased energy for housecleaning

[Guest guest]

To all ers,

I have been meaning to post this for several days. Knowing I had some

very special guests coming, last week I really kicked up my

housecleaning and got much done. Now, I noticed something that I

haven't " felt " before - and that is I had increased energy for my

housecleaning efforts (especially vaccuming).

Since back surgery, I had to learn a different way to vaccum. Rob, my

PT, showed me how to make the vaccum do the work - and not my back.

It has been hard to remember how to do that, but for some reason last

week, I discovered I was vaccuming the way he showed me by memory - I

didn't have to " think " about it. The way is easy - it involves using

the arms more.

In aquatics I have also built up arm muscle and increased overall

endurance from training, and while I was cleaning, I noticed

how " easy " everything was. Of course I split up different rooms into

different days and alternated dusting with vaccuming and polishing,

but there definitely was an increased strength factor and I can only

attribute that to my exercise program. And, as a side note, while

housecleaning is not my forte, I certainly had a better attitude

about doing it last week too!

~ Gretchen