Would this annoy you? 25 squats every hour

He sounds odd. Mine would join in.

Can you do it in another room? Should be fine then.

It does sound annoying. I wouldn't be negative about it particularly, but it absolutely would feel performative.

I think there is a lot of projection here. It really doesn't at all follow he doesn't want her improving herself. It could be that but without more it seems a jump to the worse conclusion as fast as possible situation on this thread.

Anyone performing any kind of repetitive action in your eyeline is usually irritating after a while - doesn't matter what it is -reptition by itself is annoying. Singing the same song, humming the same tune, making the same movement, saying the same old catchphrase, doing a stupid victory dance.

If it is every hour, it's bound to be annoying really. Do it where he can't see it or at least make an effort to.

Yeah I’d find it annoying. It’s quite distracting, unless you take yourself off somewhere to do it in peace

Yeah, really your body will just get good at doing 25 bodyweight half squats. It'll be more of an endurance exercise than a muscle building one. I go to the gym and run but do some things at home. I tend to bash out a load of calf raises while cooking the dinner and wander around on my toes (building ballerina calves). If you can't get to the gym there are loads of ways of exercising at home. You could pop a rucksack on your back (I sometimes do) and do (fewer than 25) some nice slow and controlled squats with a nice pause at the bottom. Similarly lunges (lots of variations), kettlebell swings (these will torch your bum and get your HR up. Also, think about extending your runs. Maybe C25K?!

'Everything' isn't labelled as performative. I didn't even say you were being performative - in fact, I made a point of saying that I knew that wasn't your intention. I said it was the sort of thing can seem performative (even when it's not) and I'd stand by that. Note that I also said that YANBU to do it.

I absolutely do my best to do when I’m not around others. Ie when I go to pee/make a coffee/empty bins

How does your husband know about it, then? He must have seen you do it at least enough times for him to notice, if he's commented. Unless you're announcing it every time.

It's good that you're doing something to improve your fitness and I hope you're feeling the benefit from it. But you asked if people would find it irritating and my answer to your question is yes, I would, much like your husband apparently does. That doesn't mean you're wrong to carry on with it, though. We all have to live with partners doing mildly irritating things - and it sounds like your partner realises that, because as you said, he hasn't asked you to stop doing it.

That's what ad breaks are for, imo. Jump up, leave the room, do some high knees, high kicks, squats, burpees, out of sight of the rest of the family while you put the kettle on.

Why is it so disastrous and affecting that he finds it annoying? Does that matter? Annoying won't kill him. Why are you so bothered. I find lots of things annoying but that doesn't mean I want people to stop the thing, it means that I find them annoying. You could ask 1000 people and they will all find a different thing annoying. It's subjective.

I wish I had that strength. I can't do any pull ups, not even one, despite spending an entire summer training to do them. I can't do a single full press up either, despite doing lots of lay down press ups or press ups with elastic bands.

But I do a shoulder stretch every time I walk through a door. It has really helped loosen tight shoulders, just touch the top of the door frame and keep hold while you walk as far through it as possible.

I have also been trying to improve my fitness my doing a couple of minutes exercise every hour between 9 and 6. It’s really helping but I stopped doing it at weekends because it does interrupt what we’re all doing. Even if we’re just sat watching the TV, me getting up in the middle of a program or a movie disturbs everyone else. If it was only occasional it wouldn’t matter but when it’s all the time people can start to anticipate and it sort of puts them on edge (not in a high drama way, but still not totally relaxed). So on weekends I do a longer slower session twice a day.

The best thing about squats is how easy they make it to get up off your arse when you are unfit. I used to haul myself off the sofa but now it's easy. And that gives you incentive to move more.

Well unless you're farting very loudly each time you squat or putting loud music on to do them then I can't see the issue.

I do a pull up every time i walk though the hallway!

Squats are not annoying, unless you are doing those jumpy ones. The noise from squat jumps might bug me. But just do them out of his sight. if he is in the kitchen while the kettle boils, do them in the hall or living room, or tell him you are about to do them so he needs to move or close his eyes1
I love squats. i do them every time I clean my teeth. 50-80 a day depending on my energy levels.

25 an hour sounds appealing.

Add a plank in as well.

a squat should be a controlled movement. You won’t be doing them effectively at that rate.

Why does it annoy him. If you are in a different room he won't see. I go all over the house to do my exercises! I used to use my son's room but since he came home from uni I have lost my home gym ;) Sometimes I use the lounge, or the bedroom or our garden office or sometimes the bathroom.

What's it got to do with him? As long as you're not actually in his way, then I don't really see why he has a right to be annoyed about it.

Squats are really, really good for you, OP. 25 a minute sounds like you could slow them down a bit, though. The deeper the squat, the better. If you find a way to raise your heels, you can squat deeper and then try holding there for 20 seconds. Over time, reduce the level of the heel raise until you can squat deep with your heels on the floor. That's a level of fitness a lot of people never achieve!

If it helps to have a goal, maybe try https://twohundredsquats.com/

I did this ages ago and need to do it again. Doesn't take long and I think only 3-4 sessions a week. I believe there's similar programs for push ups/sit ups/lunges etc

If it genuinely annoys him then maybe he/you should not be in the same room as it happens? Maybe agree what the fitness spot it, or agree that if it annoys him that badly he can go into another room etc

Of course it's doing some good. It's strengthening your legs, getting you moving each hour which is really important rather than just sitting there, establishing a good habit abd laying a foundation for more challenging excercise in future, like adding weighted squats when it becomes easy.
No wonder people don't bother with excercise if as soon as they start they get told its pointless unless they do ten times as much of a totally different thing in a different way.

It seems pointless more than anything. You need to be stressing your body to make changes. If you can do 25 squats once an hours it's too easy.

Put on a weighted backpack and do 15-20 minute workout with squats and lunges. Maybe get some dumbbells too for upper body work and turn it into a 30-40 minute workout a few days a week.

It’s a mumsnet thing, calling everything performative 🙄It’s nearly performative to call everything performative at this point in time.

what a stretch!

YANBU OP, keep it going!