Would this annoy you? 25 squats every hour

[Graceey]

I’ve been unhappy with my fitness. So have very slowly started to introduce more activity. I’m literally only jogging for 10 mins a day.

I have also started doing 25 squats every hour during the day. Takes maybe a minute?

But husband has said semi jokingly, semi not that he finds it annoying. In no way has he asked me not to do it.

I obviously try not to make a big song and dance about it and try to be as discreet as possible ie in front of the kettle whilst I wait for it to boil not in the middle of a film.

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?!

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

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.

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

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

He sounds odd. Mine would join in.

Because doing 25 squats per hour will have absolutely no benefit on your fitness so it’s performative to be seen as just “doing something”. It’s a calculation you’ve made up in your head to convince yourself it’s helping because it’s quite frankly all you can be bothered to do. Where did it even come from?

just do the 25 squats in proper sets rather than every hour nonsense

Do it, go for it, don't let him put you off, own it, be proud of the difference it makes, tell him he should be doing it, and if he still moans, do it in front of the telly 👍

Lol. Typical Mumsnet. Someone does something for themselves and people here would find it annoying 🤪🙄🙄
But someone's husband goes for lunch with another woman and they can't see what the OP means when she says she's uncomfortable

Exactly. 25 squats say six times a day is 150 squats your hips will thank you long term.

My physio actually told me to work at my stretches in the kitchen whilst doing the washing up etc. hanging on to the worktops kept my back aligned.

I've got a sheet somewhere I'll try to find.

I love how people manage to link 2 things that have absolutely nothing do do with each other, from completely separate threads, with different posters on them anyway 😂

Start a thread with the husband coming back for lunch with another lunch and them doing squats together every 20mn if you want to make a comparison 😂

Well done, OP. You are doing great.

To those who insist that OP do a different routine instead, let not perfection be the enemy of the good.

I’d say it depends if you are making a fuss about doing them, telling people about it or dropping it into conversations perhaps without realising - that is annoying (my ex when still married to me couldn’t complete a sentence without mentioning running when he took it up)

it's not about perfection, it's about realistic expectations and the best use of your time and will power.

If you are doing something, you might as well do what gives you the best (and fastest) results,

This is what gives OP the best results within the constraints of her time and will power.

Squats are great for you.
Its not just about building muscle but also flexibility and improved blood flow too.

I think it’s a great idea!

However, it would annoy me if someone made a song and dance about it though.

As long as my DH went and did it in another room then I’d be fine but if it’s performative in the middle of the supermarket then I’d be annoyed 😂

That would fit in well! We pay to have no ads, though. Maybe I should suggest we save some money…

Yes, I know this isn't the point of the thread, but if you're doing that many squats in a minute you aren't doing them safely and are more likely to hurt yourself than reap benefits.

You would be better off doing wall sits and trying to increase the time you're holding.

Could you work up to doing more at a time? I do 100 every day in one go. It can be very discreet (except when I boot ds off the sofa so I can do my 20 Bulgarian split squats!)
I’m on my 4th month. I also swing some little weights about at the same time. It has made a huge difference. My arse and thighs look amazing!!!

You're not allowed to do anything in front of anyone that sends any kind of message that you might consider yourself worth looking after, OP, surely you knew that!

My husband would immediately do some squats himself and then we'd do some impressive lunges at each other, arms akimbo

That’s not going to be great for your joints.

I’d bin this squatting thing and use that time to actually put some time in walking and running. Instead of running 10 minutes, take your 3 minutes every hour that you are pausing to do this and pack them together and run/walk 45 minutes 3-5 days a week.

Well done, and I wouldn't let him influence you in any way to stop. There isn't a fitness or nutritionist in the country that doesn't say it's the small every day changes that make the difference. But for men in particular it's got to be some huge performance or it's not worth doing in my experience.

I randomly came across some fitness guy on Instagram as you do when scrolling through crap. His point, squats every day initially with support and then without will mean that in old age you can actually get up and down off the loo by yourself.

Ask your husband if he can squat right down and stand up again without wobbling or holding onto something and assuming he can't, he's got some work to do too.

Here's some more stretches you can do again will prepare the body for when you want to do more.

I assume the people who call everything ‘performative’ are constantly thinking about what other people think of them as it seems to be used to describe almost every imaginable situation. I can’t think of many things less performative than doing some low key exercises in your own home.

Hey, op, can I ask you? What do you think the 25 squats every hour is going to achieve, cuz honestly, just reading the title of your post before I read what the problem was made me think, yeah why don't I do this? But, what muscle group is it supposed to Target lift firm, I mean I know the glutes, does it help with tone?

More than likely, your husband's just being eye-rollingly annoyed with a big sigh about this which is ridiculous, but it also depends on context.

By that I mean, have you been known to try lots of different fitness and nutrition and diet and wellness trends in the past?
Have you been known to start many things, Go full tilt into it and then give up? Do you have tons of fitness equipment or kitchen appliances or other gadgets hidden around the house in closets or garage or attic, a testament to interests and trends and fads that you've tried and then given up on? Cuz if that's true, I can understand his annoyance. Also, if you make a big deal out of for instance setting your alarm and saying "oh, it's 12:00 it's time for me to do my 25 squats" no matter where you are, even if you're out buying groceries and you do it in line at the checkout, and he just rolls his eyes because he's embarrassed and annoyed.

Now you never said that you did any of this, and you most likely aren't, but I do know people who have done this hence why some respondents have accused your behavior as being performatory. I'm quite sure you're doing this in a normal way that is meant to improve yourself, I was just throwing the suggestion out there in case this is a recurring theme of frying new things and not completing them, or giving everything full attention for a while that's a bit much, because that really does get to be old behavior quickly.

Aside from that, hey I wish you all the best, good luck and you know what, maybe I'll join you, I do too much sitting because of my job, maybe I should get up and do 25 squats every hour. I'll be thinking of you :-) thanks for inspiring me.