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If you’re looking at getting some incidental exercise into your day, way not start with some car park exercise.

Rather than getting stressed and agitated trying to park as close as possible to the front door of the shopping centre, try parking as far away as possible.
The big plus is the extra 200-300 meters of walking you can get. Throw in some weighted shopping bags and you have some extra calorie burning without having to do any specific exercise.

The other plus to parking way down the back, is that you’ll have more room and there’ll be less likelihood of other people parking next to you and slamming their door into your car, so your car will be happier for it.

But, if you are parking among other cars, try deliberately forgetting where you parked the car. When you return, run down every aisle looking for your car, before you know it you will have covered 1-3km

Very scary but this unusual exercise of skyscraper climbing is being performed by Frenchman Alain Robert who scaled this 57 story building with no ropes or climbing equipment, only his hands and climbing shoes.

As a rock climber myself, climbing with the appropriate equipment is scary enough but to do it 50 meters off the ground, mmmm, very very scary.

There have been many “Free climbers” over the years who have not be as fortunate as Alain, it takes total commitment, focus and an unbelievable belief system that you know that you will succeed, failure equals death.

I guess for Alain the Lumiere Building in Sydney’s CBD pales into insignificance when compared to his other feats of climbing the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Eiffel Tower and the big one, the 508m “Taipei 101 in 2004.

For me, climbing a 50 -100 meter cliff face is enough excitement:))

Very funny and an usual core exercise, motorbike riding with a four burner bbq. (barbeque).

While this is a silly thing to do, it does show amazing core strength to hold perfect alignment with all of the deep core muscles such as the transversus abdominus, multifidus, internal and external obliques.

If he was to slouch forward, he would start placing a lot of strain on his lower back. The shoulders have to be braced extremely well between the internal and external rotators while maintaining perfect postural alignment. keeping a neutral spin also enables him to keep the hips stabilised enough to extend his hips far enough to reach the foot pedals.

So don’t be tempted to pick up some outdoor furniture or other stuff from the road side council hard rubbish collection, keep your core works to the safe environment of your own home:))

While conducting our usual Boot camp class last night, we came across an unusual exercise happening inside the rotunda, tightrope walking.

It’s amazing how you can adapt to your surroundings, the 40cm diameter pillars were more than capable of supporting the weight of a person suspended from a tight rope made from 50mm strapping, similar to what is used to tie down stuff on roof racks

The 2 people were even happy enough for me to have a go. Like most people my body starting swinging from side to side once I moved my left foot away from the tightrope and without the support of leaning on the pillar.

While tightrope walking is lots of fun, it is a highly advance core based activity meaning that you really need to be able to brace from below the belly button (TVA Transversus abdominis, though your multifidis, external/internal obliques and pelvic floor) to your spine.

A great way to develop core strength is using a Fitball or Swiss ball, a having a strong core provides the foundation for all of the body’s movements.

A great way to lose weight without trying is to incorporate a little bit of incidental exercise that will help burn calories while doing everyday domestic stuff. What we’re talking about is keeping the body moving so you break the sedentary lifestyle cycle of sitting all day long.

So try out these 10 great ways of burning calories while you’re out doing everyday stuff.

1.When you’re printing documents at work select a printer that is on the other side of the office.

2.Try cleaning your oven without the aid of nasty chemicals, use good old elbow grease.

3.Park your car at the furthest point at the shopping centre car park or better still forget where you park.

4.Clean your windows, once again without nasty chemicals. Try using good old methylated spirits and newspaper.

5.Take the stairs rather than a lift or escalator.

6.Walk and play with the dog, why let rover have all the fun!

7.Walk when picking up the kids. If you live close to their school, walking will help lead by example in setting healthy exercise habits:))

8.Always keep moving. If you’re a perennial sit-downer ie you spend long periods glued to the computer or TV screen, get up every 1 – 2 hours and go for a quick walk, it will boost your productivity and give your mind a break.

9.Sweep the footpaths and rake the leaves, it’s a great work out plus it keeps things tidy

10..Dust your blankets and small rugs by placing them on the clothesline and beating them with a broom handle, just remember to change sides to ensure an even workout.

While some of these may seem unconventional, they are a great way to burn some extra calories while going about your normal activities during the day.