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.

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

Monday, November 23, 2009 9:55 AM

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.

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.

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