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Carolyn, the Clean Momma, is so funny, upbeat, and clever that I wish I could invite her over! Her entertaining and quirky explanations are really motivating. Basically she shows you how to fit in spurts of cardio, strength training, and stretches throughout your day if you have a tough time setting aside an hour for a full workout.

What I love most about this cleaning routine is that it’s realistic and easy to translate to your life, since we all have to clean. It may seem crazy at first, but a little goes a long way, and doing some calves raises while putting your dishes away is better than doing no calf raises at all.

Killing two Partridges

Mothering is all about multi-tasking and this time of year has us juggling to the nth degree. One combo we haven’t tried, till recently however, involves exercising while cleaning.

The Clean Momma Lifestyle Program is the product of Los Angeles-based momma and exercise guru Carolyn Barnes who created a fab exercise routine that you can do while tending to your house! The program teaches you how to incorporate a fitness routine into your already hectic day: whether you have a sink full of dirty Christmas dinner dishes or a living room strewn with gift wrap and popcorn kernels, you can learn how to whip through chores while toning your tummy, thighs, and tush simultaneously.

Get Lean As You Clean With cLEAN Momma

Monday, January 11th, 2010 @ 12:00pm

The cLean Momma Lifestyle Program is the product of Los Angeles-based SAHM Carolyn Barnes who created this fabulous exercise routine that you can do while cleaning your house! Too good to be true? Check out the following release and you’ll learn how moms around the country are getting lean as they clean. Also, be sure to check out Carolyn in action by visiting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbuTxol9s-I.

Not only has Carolyn created a really fun and exciting exercise routine for busy moms, she’s also just come out with The cLEAN Momma DVD, which is as entertaining as it is useful!

For more information, visit www.cleanmomma.com.

cLEAN Momma Workout: Get Lean While You Clean

Fri, 12/04/2009 – 12:00pm by FitSugar

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If you’ve ever spent time cleaning your home, you know that you end up working your muscles and maybe even breaking a sweat. That’s the idea behind the cLEAN Momma Workout ($15). This isn’t your basic DVD that you follow along like Simon Says from start to finish. The founder, Carolyn Barnes, shows you how to do strength training moves while incorporating your cleaning duties. You’ll learn how to work your quads while scrubbing the floors, sculpt your arms while wiping your counter tops, and tone your tush while loading the dishwasher. This is multitasking at its best, and once you learn all the moves, you can construct your own workout routine based on your household chores.

To see a video clip of the DVD read more.

Women can do workout in daily routine

KEEPING FIT

Posted By CARY CASTAGNA

Posted 4 days ago

Working out is never a chore for Carolyn Barnes. But her chores are definitely a workout.

Whether it’s doing lunges while vacuuming, leg kicks while washing dishes, or squats as she picks up toys and dirty laundry, the 38-year-old yummy mummy manages to simultaneously keep herself lean while she keeps her house clean.

“I call it taskercising — doing a task while you exercise,” Barnes tells Sun Media from her Los Angeles home. “I haven’t been to the gym in almost three years.”

It was about three years ago when the married mother of two young children bought an elliptical machine shortly after giving birth for the second time.

Barnes, an actress and former professional dancer, had 60 extra pounds to contend with and was looking to get back into “dancer shape.” She soon discovered that wasn’t going to be easy — even when the kids were napping.

“I would get on the elliptical machine and then I would be looking at the mini-bombs around the house that my 3 1/2 -year-old created or the pile of laundry that was never done,” she recalls, adding she would invariably get off the elliptical and tackle the various chores while juggling her son and daughter.

“And at the end of the day, nothing was accomplished. I got a lame workout, I got nothing done in my house chore-wise and I was getting some anxiety.”

Desperation, however, led to inspiration. One fateful day, Barnes began incorporating basic ballet moves into her housework.

It started off as a few plies (knee bends) while doing the dishes or folding laundry. “And then I said, ‘Oh my gosh, this burns. This feels good.’”

Barnes added battements (leg kicks) and releves (calf raises) to her chore repertoire. And with the addition of even more basic exercises, it became a game.

“I started to make little rules for myself — like every time I go to the kitchen sink, I’ll do 10-15 pushups on the sink,” she says.

“By the end of the day, I’m doing over 200 pushups.”

In the process, Barnes shed her baby weight.

“All my friends were saying, ‘Oh my gosh, Carolyn, what are you doing? Do you have a personal trainer?’” she recalls.

Barnes soon found herself doling out tips.

“I had people at my daughter’s pre-school doing lunges in the parking lot,” she laughs.

At the same time, her off-the-wall fitness program was evolving.

She honed it with help from friend Stephanie Lecovin, a nutritionist and registered dietitian, and Stephanie’s husband Dr. Geoffrey Lecovin, a chiropractor and fitness expert.

A daily routine took shape with various household moves, including Barnes’ trademarked rag drag to wash floors and her “wax on, wax off” method of wiping countertops, which she credits to Mr. Miyagi (the late Pat Morita) of Karate Kid fame.

And voila, the Clean Momma Lifestyle Program was born.

Along with the clean routine, the program — now available on DVD — features the clean diet and the clean mindset.

A positive mindset, Barnes explains, is crucial to success.

“If you don’t have something internally driving you to make the best with what you’ve got and get off your tush and do it, then you’re not going to do anything,” she says.

Indeed, this Clean Momma is a sparkling role model for daughter Sophie, now six years old, and three-year-old son Jack.

But Barnes, who recently worked on NBC’s hit TV show Chuck and has lent her voice to Fox’s American Dad, admits there are days she wishes she had a maid.

“I would love it if I could just go for a run outside, but the bottom line is I have work, I have chores, I have two kids and I don’t have time to do that,” she says. “We women don’t have the time.”

Ah yes, a woman’s work is never done. But this sounds like good clean fun.

Cary Castagna is a certified personal trainer through Can-Fit-Pro. If you have a story for Keeping Fit, e-mail Cary at cary.castagna@sunmedia.ca

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Carolyn’s tips:

Wear workout shoes to the mall. (And put a cute pair of shoes in a bag to try on clothes.) Then you can go for that extra lap or two before you hit your favourite store.

Before going out to dinner or lunch, fill up on healthy fibre, like a small Fuji apple. Spread on a little peanut butter. The fat in the peanut butter will fill you up so you don’t load up on the bread basket.

If you have stairs in your house, use them! A lot!

– Source: www.cleanmomma.com

Clean Momma

Multi-tasking, Cleaning and Exercising

Whether it be cooking dinner while helping your son with his homework or dropping-off the kids at school while having an early AM office conference call on your cell—mothering is all about multi-tasking. One combo we haven’t tried, till recently however, involved exercising while cleaning.

The Clean Momma Lifestyle Program is the product of Los Angeles-based momma and exercise guru Carolyn Barnes who created a fab exercise routine that you can do while tending to your house! The program teaches you how to incorporate a fitness routine into your already hectic day: whether you have a sink full of dirty dishes, a basket full of laundry to fold or your three-year-old just spilled juice all over the kitchen floor, you can learn how to whip through all those chores while toning your tummy, thighs, and tush simultaneously.

The benefits of the program are bountiful—learn how to maximize your time better, lose excess baby weight, tone muscles, have a sparkling clean and organized house, kick bad eating habits to the curb, get a tight behind, reduce stress, be a great role model for your kids, and solve the economic crisis (well maybe we are too excited about the program but you never know…).

Dish with us: What multi-tasking action are you most proud of?

cLEAN Momma Lifestyle Program

Motherhood is not always glamorous- with the unwashed hair look, baggy sweats and the occasional stained t-shirt. I can remember the first week after bringing my son home, how overwhelmed I felt about taking care of him, keep the house in order and take time out to try to squeeze some exercise into the mix. And to be completely honest, exercise went by the wayside for many, many months and it continued that way well into the birth of my second child (two years later).

And now, I am pretty excited to tell you about the cLean Momma Lifestyle Program. The cLean Momm a Lifestyle Program is the product of Los Angeles-based SAHM Carolyn Barnes who created this amazing exercise routine that you can do while cleaning your house! I know, it sounds almost too good to be true, but how awesome is it that you can tackle two important aspects of your life at once?

When I first heard of the cLean Momma Lifestyle Program, I thought there was no way this would ever work. I was wrong! When first starting this program, about a week ago, it kicked my butt. Yes, I am that out of shape. Multi-tasking is a key ingredient when taking on motherhood, so I love the fact that while doing my dishes, folding laundry or cleaning up a mountain of toys, I am also able to tone my tummy, thighs and booty at the same time. The cLean Momma Lifestyle Program is divided into three sections:

The “Clean” Routine: Perform a task while you exercise at the same time, or as she likes to call it: “taskersizing”
The “Clean” Mindset: Learn to achieve anything you set your mind to and stay motivated
The “Clean” Diet: Make “smart” food choices and learn the definition of moderation!

Along with the cLEAN Momma website, you can read Carolyn’s latest blog posts, sign up to follow cLEANMomma on Facebook and Twitter and purchase the DVD. In this 45-minute workout, Carolyn takes you through each of her cLEAN Momma exercises while also showing you how to incorporate it into your busy day. The cLEAN Momma DVD is available now at www.cLEANMomma.com. Price: $14.99.

To see Carolyn in action, please click on the following link: http://www.youtube.com/user/cleanmomma#p/f.

Attention all you maxed-out mommas: Are you fed up with never being able to fit your exercise routine into your day because you’re too busy running errands, cleaning the house and juggling the kids? You’re so not alone! Fellow mom and exercise guru Carolyn Barnes became so overwhelmed with the continual chaos of mommy hood that she was inspired to create a truly unique (yet slightly off the wall) program to get it all in…without losing your mind: cLEAN Momma!

(www.cLEANMomma.com) teaches you how to incorporate a fitness routine into your already hectic day through the magic of multitasking (which is what moms are good at naturally). Whether you have a sink full of dirty dishes, a basket full of laundry to fold or your three-year-old just spilled juice all over the kitchen floor, cLEAN Momma helps you learn how to whip through all those chores while toning your tummy, thighs and tush at the same time.After Carolyn’s second child was born, reality smacked her hard and fast: “Being a mommy is hard. Delicious, don’t get me wrong, but hard,” Carolyn says. “Taking care of myself sat very low on my daily “to-do” list. I was right above number 8, ‘Get milk and toilet paper.’”

As desperation led her to inspiration, the clean Momma Lifestyle Program came together organically. Carolyn has divided it into the following three sections:

*The “Clean” Routine: Perform a task while you exercise at the same time, or as she likes to call it: “taskersizing”

*The “Clean” Mindset: Learn to achieve anything you set your mind to and stay motivated

*The “Clean” Diet: Make “smart” food choices and learn the definition of moderation!

Follow the cLEAN Momma Lifestyle Program and the benefits are endless: You will learn how to maximize your time better; lose excess baby weight; tone muscles; have a sparkling clean and organized house; kick bad eating habits to the curb; get a tight tush; reduce stress; be a great role model for your kids, and solve the economic crisis (well, you never know).

In conjunction with the cLEAN Momma website (www.cLEANMomma.com), where moms can learn how to do butt lifts and make a brisket at the same time, read Carolyn’s latest blog posts as well as sign up to follow cLEANMomma on Facebook and Twitter, cLEANMomma also has its very own DVD. In this 45-minute workout, Carolyn takes you through each of her cLEAN Momma exercises while also showing you how to incorporate it into your busy day. The cLEAN Momma DVD will be available soon at www.cLEANMomma.com. Price: $14.99.

”It’s your body, your mind, your life YOUR choice!“ - Carolyn Barnes/cLEANmomma

Combines Dusting and Pliés

: cLean Momma (via cleanmomma.com)

Let’s say you’re a mom with no time, but you still want to get fit. Stop trying to carve out special exercise time, says Carolyn Barnes, a.k.a. cLean Momma. (Her strange capitalization.) Instead, she suggests working fitness into your household chores: Push-ups while you do the dishes, or lunges while vacuuming. Really? Priceless video is sadly not embeddable, but you can watch it here.

Monday, November 23, 2009 9:55 AM

Learn how to stop your chaos and manage your life. Here’s how!

lalaloo — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:38:30 +0000

After Jack, (my second child) was born, reality smacked hard and fast. “Two kids… ahhhhhh!” Being a mommy is HARD, (delicious, don’t get me wrong, but HARD.) Taking care of my self sat very low on my “Daily, To do” list. I was right above, # 8: Get milk and toilet paper. I finally got so fed up, that I worked out a quirky little system that lets me get it all done at once.

As result, I was able to:

Maximize my time better
Get a really good work out in while I multitasked
got rid of my excess baby weight
toned up
got a cleaner house
changed my crappy eating habits

This site is about my own empowerment to take charge, give myself a kick in the ass, and get contol over my own life, not just the kids.

I’m finally (almost) organized (still working on that one, those who know me shhhh), so I can share my thoughts with you.

I leave you with my motto.

“Make the best with what ya got, but get off your tush and actually do it!”

Live it, breathe it, own it.

Wake up and tap into your life. Do it before it’s over. Here’s how.

lalaloo — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:25:52 +0000

I have to tell you…

It’s all about brain power! I found that if you go on autopilot throughout your day to day life, You don’t really get anything done.

The first thing I focused on was being present – being in the here and now.

So much of the time I would occupy my brain with nonsense, which kept me from focusing on what’s really important!

Once I replaced my brain chatter and actually started to pay attention to what was going on around me I really started to enjoy life!

The point I’m trying to make here, without trying to sound like a self help book, is once I got my brain screwed on the right way, I was able to accomplish a lot more.

Sooooo… if you want to start this program, screw your brain on the right way and bring on the life changes!!

Hope that’s helpful!

- C

Take control! Your Kids are a Mess, your Husband’s a Slob and You’re MAXXED OUT! What are you going to do about it?!

lalaloo — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:32:28 +0000

These are my kids… “Gotta love ‘em!”

They are my delicious mess makers and, sometimes, my little petri dishes – for all the germ breeding they do. I am constantly picking up after them and my husband (don’t get me started on him)!

As it happened, one day, instead of getting resentful and beating my head against a wall for the umpteenth time while I cleaned up after them, I went and put a work out routine together. Now I feel I’m doing something for myself.

I often felt that I was at the mercy of the clock, as I tried to accomplish a multitude of things, (exercise being one of them.)

When my alarm clock went off, I found that little was accomplished and a system needed to be found.

“Getting lean while you clean”, became a way of life for me.

By incorporating basic strengthening exercises to my daily household chores, I was really able to get the extra baby weight off, tone up and have some left over ME time.

I took the “ME” one step further. Like most of us mommy’s, we lose our sense of self. Once I felt good about by body again, I slowly began to incorporate the “ME”, back into my life.

I learned about eating properly, and fueling myself throughout the day.
I learned how to engage with my kids in a more productive way.
I learned how to take care of myself.
Mostly, I learned how important ME time was.

I worked out a way to:

Warm up my body while I pick up random crap around the house, (a crayon doesn’t belong in the drawer with the forks and knives.)
Clean my dishes while toning my tush. Dishes pile up endlessly in my house. Now, between sippy cups around the house and coffee cups left by the computer, doing the dishes have turned into the Brazilian butt burn!
Work a routine around doing laundry. Did I tell you I hate laundry? It really pisses me off to have to do it. At least I finally found a way to do the laundry and get a work-out.
Tone my arms while cleaning my countertops. I discovered the most amazing thing for my arms while I do my counter tops that I so have to share you. I nostalgically call it Wax-on/Wax-off. It really works wonders, in isolating the muscles in your core, arms and thighs while you clean your counter tops!

Cheers to finding balance and finding your “ME”.

-C-

Learn “The Rag Drag™” now! It will change your body and your kitchen floors!

lalaloo — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:06:27 +0000

Learn How to Maximize Your Time While Getting a Full Body Workout!

Strengthen and Tighten Your Abs and Lower Back!

Get Rid of Your Jiggly Thighs!

Do It All While You Multitask and Get Things Done!!!!

I want to share a fun sample from my program that I call “The Rag Drag™“.

This is the main cardio part of my routine that will really strengthen, tighten, and tone the inner and outer parts of your thighs while elevating your heart rate as you work around your house. If you are going to clean – YUCK – you might as well get something more out of it!

I came up with “The Rag Drag™“ while wiping up orange juice off the floor with my foot on a rag. I thought to myself, “Oooh, I really felt a good burn in the tush!” and that was the beginning of a routine I could use not only while I’m cleaning floors, but even while I’m doing dishes or folding laundry (I know I’m insane)!!

Here’s what you do:

Step 2: Plié position. Shoulders relaxed, spine straight, tummy tight.

Step 1. Take two damp rags (or your husband’s old shirt that’s been sitting under the couch for a month) and place one under each foot. If you are cleaning your floors, add a little bit of soap to the water and ring out. For hardwoods, use whatever oil you like, but not too much (I don’t want you to slip and fall).

Step 2. Get into a plié position (it’s a ballet term defined as a bending of the knees outward with the back held straight) with your rags under each foot and your feet faced forward, knees slightly bent, and tummy muscles engaged.

Step 3: Slide your left foot out and bring it back to the right five times

Step 3. Slide your left foot out and bring it back to the right five times.

Step 4. Now slide your right foot out and bring it back to the left five times.

Note: A huge part of this routine is learning how to keep your upper body limber and relaxed with loose arms so that you can create working hands that can cook, wash dishes or fold laundry while you are burning off those love handles and thunder thighs.

Step 4: Now slide your right foot out and bring it back to the left five times.

If you are just doing your floors, you can either put your hands on your hips or extend them and do tight circles for an extra burn.

What About Carpets?

Well what about them? If you have carpet somewhere that you want to do this routine, simply put two grocery bags over your feet just like they’re a pair of manolos and slide back and forth easily while you fold your laundry or multitask!

Cardio Cooking:Burn calories before you eat them. Try this recipe/workout

lalaloo — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:23:47 +0000

When I’ve been out of the house all day, and I missed the opportunity to get in a work out, I found a way to shove one in.

I came up with “Cardio Cooking.”

Cardio Cooking allows me to really maximize my time and multi – task while chopping vegetables or slicing chicken. I know sounds crazy, but it works. Wouldn’t you want to burn off calories before you eat them?

Some might call me insane…. but for those of you on board with this, I came up with a bunch of recipes and a way to chop till you drop.

Recipe for: Sophie’s “Candy Chickie” (“Apricot Chicken” if you don’t have a Sophie.)

Ingredients

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan
2 pounds chicken tenderloins – cut in small pieces (the smaller the better according to my kids)
Salt and pepper
2 tablespoons cider or white wine vinegar (optional)
2 cups chicken stock
1 cup apricot all fruit spread or apricot preserves

Serve with brown rice (if you can get away with it… otherwise, mix half white rice half brown rice, till your kids dig it!) Also, lemon juice and butter helps!

Directions
Heat a large skillet with a lid over medium high heat. Add oil and chicken. Season with salt and pepper. Lightly brown the chicken a few minutes on each side. Add the stock and vinegar (if you’re using it) and cook five minutes. When stock comes to a bubble, add preserves and stir to combine. Cover pan, reduce heat and simmer 10 to 15 minutes.

Your Workout!

Start your “Rag Drag”.
Engage your tummy muscles and create a loose upper body and controlled lower body.
Then, with your right leg, bring it in and out 5 -7 times alternating with the left 5-7 times. Do this while you dice your chicken and prep your food. You will elevate your heart rate and burn your butt and work your oblique’s quite a bit.
Next, while browning your chicken do several sets of leg lifts to the back and side. Lift your leg straight out to the side or back until your foot is 6 to 12 inches off the floor keeping your tummy tight.
While you are cooking at the counter top, take this opportunity to do 15 – 20 presses, like counter top push ups.
If you have anything to nuke in the microwave…always seize the opportunity to do something active. Instead of just standing around waiting for the beep, throw in 10-15 pushups at the counter top. What else are ya gonna do?