Safety Tip of the Day: Clean Your House

So let's talk cleanliness today.

I think I told you guys about the last time I cleaned my house. Well, considering my husband left for deployment last week, I haven't exactly been feeling up to being "Suzie Homemaker". However, today circumstances arose that made me realize I needed to stop putting it off. It'd become a safety issue.

Now I know you must be thinking, "Oh my goodness, woman. How dirty does your house need to be to be a safety issue???" No, it's nothing like that.

As you're all well aware (or at least you should be by now), I've been knee deep in my Challenge Group where I've taken on TurboFire as my workout of choice for 90 days. Today marked day 8 of my challenge, and I'm still going strong (if not STRONGER!). To prepare for my daily workouts, I have to move my couches and coffee table off the area rug, and roll up the rug so I can workout on the hardwood floor. Trust me, I've tried to do it a million other ways, and this is the only way that WORKS for this workout, in this house. Otherwise, I've got the rug slipping and sliding underneath my shoes. So I've been doing this now for about a whole week. And every day for the last couple of days, I've come to realize that my shoes aren't gripping the ground properly, which is dangerous. I've been in some positions where if I hadn't mindfully been aware that my shoes would slip a bit, I could have twisted my ankle up pretty bad, or worse. Today, I just about stopped the tape and busted out my mop. I pushed through the rest of the workout because I don't like to just stop and get sidetracked. It's an old habit I'd like to drop. So I finished up the workout, and then instead of jumping right into work (yes, I have designated HOURS for my work!), I alloted some time to clean today. And my goodness, was it needed!

My dog, Daisy, just had a litter of pups a few weeks ago, and on top of THAT coat shedding, her winter coat is coming off in handfuls. So needless to say, my house was in dire need of vacuuming and mopping. I took care of everything I needed to do to ensure that tomorrow's workout is optimal. It's important! If you don't have a clean and safe workout area, you can NOT give your workout the attention it deserves. What does this mean to you? If you don't have a clean & safe space to bring it, you aren't going to burn as many calories!!! So yes, it is worth the effort, worth the time, and worth the energy to clean up before/after your workout so that tomorrow is another great workout day. :)

This message was brought to you by the lady who didn't clean her house for a week and thought it would be okay to workout on microscopic dirt. Don't make my mistakes. :) Take care and be safe people!