This morning my major goal after finishing a couple of hours at my desk was to get a good workout in. My intent was to de-stress. I managed ten minutes on the treadmill (a mere warm-up) and the phone rang. Our house was just listed for sale an hour earlier and we had someone who wanted to see it this afternoon. So off the treadmill and on the other end of a the vacuum, I realized that I was working up a pretty good sweat by the time I started with my Shark steam mop. Now, I’m not saying that this was as good as a solid workout but it DID have some value. If I cleaned that way every day, my body would adapt to that type of movement and it would not be considered exercise but “activity”. However, I do not clean for three hours like a maniac every day so needless to say, I made it my workout for the day. Lunging with the vacuum cleaner would qualify as functional exercise. I just hope I can do some burpees tomorrow before the broker’s open house.