I am a SAHM to two little kids. I don't have the time or money for a gym membership, and even if I did, I doubt I'd go. (I've got a full gym setup in my basement that I never use because it's too dangerous to take the kids down there.)
Anyhoo, here's what I do: I do bodyweight exercises (squats, pushups, lunges, calf raises, tricep dips off a chair, etc.). For a good book about it, read You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises.
Then I set a reminder app on my phone. Mondays and Wednesdays are for upper body exercises, Tuesdays and Fridays are for lower body exercises, and Thursdays are for abs. Every hour between 9AM and 4PM, my phone dings and tells me which exercises to do. It's always a short set--they never take any more than 4 minutes tops. For example, at 9AM on Monday I do a set of pushups. Then at 10AM I do a set of tricep dips. I will mix it up by adding "cardio" type bodyweight exercises like mountain climbers and burpees. Also, I will change it up by "laddering" my exercises (1 pushup, rest, 2 pushups, rest, 3 pushups, etc. until failure, and then back down the "ladder" again.)
Since it only takes me a few minutes at the top of every hour, and since I can just drop and do them no matter what room of the house I'm in, it's very convenient.
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