Television Workouts to Do During Commercial Breaks

Watching television is the most common leisure activity along with surfing the internet. Once in awhile (with emphasis on the "Once"), you may watch television especially on shows on the History Channel, National Geographic Channel, or other better channels. You may watch some of these "reality shows" but there does not seem to be any redeemable value on those types of show. But, I digress. You can keep physically active while watching television. Here is a workout routine you can do during commercials.

Do a round of push-ups. You can vary the kinds of push-ups for variety. If you have a pull-up bar available, that would be great. But, if you can do some push-ups, then that is better than doing nothing. Push-ups are great for the chest, shoulders, and triceps. Try to work on getting 100 push-ups in a few sets. Also, try to vary your hand-position. When your hands are closer together, you will be working on the triceps more. Later, try clapping push-ups, plyrometric push-ups, or even one-armed push-ups.

Sprint in place. Sprinting in place will get your metabolism in gear. Sprint in place for 20 seconds then rest for 10 seconds. Then, do this round again until the commercials are over. Sprinting is an excellent anaerobic activity for your body. You will continue to breath hard long after the exercise is over. This is a key for muscle tone and even fat loss.

Do crunches together with back flexor exercises. Do about 25 reps of crunches. Then, flip over and do about 25 reps of back flexors. You will hit the abdominals and lower back at the same time. I am not a big fan of crunches. But, done together with back flexors, it is a good exercise to do during commercial breaks.

In one thirty-minute span, you should be able to go through all three of these routines (push-ups, sprints, crunches/back flexors). Keep active. Now, if you are watching over 2 hours of TV every night, you may want to cut back on your TV and do some quality workouts. Do not watch too much TV. If you do watch some TV, you can do these exercises during commercial breaks:

* Push-ups
* Sprint in place
* Crunches/Back-flexors

Activity is always better than inactivity. It is best to set aside a time and place when you do your exercise routine. On those rare instances where you find yourself watching television, try out this exercise routine.

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Custom Made Jingles, Commercials and Music for Television and Radio

Looking for the right sound and company to produce that sound can be somewhat tricky, especially if this is your first run with TV or radio. While there are a number of things to look out for in terms of getting the best price with a great sounding commercial, don't let the cheap price or the "We can just put in some "free" industrial music in the background," take the lead.

The fact is, that great sounding commercials and effective commercials that really do in fact raise the bar with increased sales, are no stranger to great production work with seasoned and experienced writers. Our number one goal is to make great sounding commercials and jingles even if it costs us more in the end than originally anticipated. You don't build business on half baked productions and you won't build your business with cheaply made or in-house radio and cable made commercials. Saving a dollar almost always costs you the same dollars if not more without the increased traffic to your store front.

The number one rule when looking at broadcast media is credibility. Without the credibility you might as well throw in the towel. People like to shop and buy from companies with good reputations and they buy from who they've gotten to know first. Over 90% of consumers buy from who comes to their mind first. The next rule to follow is, consumers buy from who they've heard of first, but also with who they trust - In other words, who has driven home the credibility attribute.

Does your commercial drive home credibility? You can create credibility with credible sounding commercials. Image is everything they say and hopefully the way you do business will accommodate that image. Great sounding music with professional voice overs make the difference so much of the time that I wonder why companies will advertise on radio and TV when they throw together a cheaply made and viewed to be as cheap commercial.

Great sounding jingles and productions don't have to cost an arm and a leg. If you remember nothing else from reading this article, remember that if you want increased sales with an image that looks like number one and with a rememberable jingle that will truly put your company first in the minds of your listeners, then get your commercial done right. Get great music with great voice over and music beds and you'll be well on your way.

Mr Gauger is an accomplished TV and radio writer with too many credits to list here. You may contact the author at tgauger@reelmusicianpro.com or 615-300-5030. You may visit the author's website at http://www.reelmusicianpro.com This author works with small business to national brand names.

No More Commercials on My Television

The greatest thing to hit the television world is DVR or TiVo or what ever your dish network or cable company calls it, recorded TV. Record the shows you want and watch them at your leisure with no commercials. Ah, a perfect invention.

Life is busy, there is not enough time to do everything I would like to in a day. I wish days had about six more hours in them, but we still would probably be running behind as we would add more to our agendas. It was depressing when after getting a fulls day work done, I would sit down for a half hour before bed time to relax and watch a little television and there was never anything worth watching. The commercials also made me crazy as I hate wasting time.

The invention of recorded television is ingenious. I love it, I can watch the shows that I want, when I want with no commercials interruptions. Commercials are getting dumber and cruder and I hate watching TV with my children as you never know what will come on next. I don't want to be watching a family show and have a slasher movie trailer pop up, or male stimulant ads or disgustingly crude fast food ads. I just want to watch a show with my kids in peace. The second great thing about recorded television is a half your sitcom only last about twenty minutes! Life is good again.

There are a few fun shows to watch out there, the secret is to check our your cable or dish network channels, record a few favorites and watch them at your leisure. The greatest invention to the TV since color.

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