Tri-C Quarantine Tips: Working Out With Household Items

Water-filled jug serves as kettlebell substitute in video by Sport and Exercise Studies program manager

The simplest of household items can help you stay in shape while staying at home.

A water-filled jug serves as the main piece of equipment in an online workout posted by Chris Faciana, manager of the Sport and Exercise Studies program at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C^®).

The weighted jug essentially serves as a convenient and low-cost substitute for a kettlebell in a series of exercises focused on strength, flexibility and cardiovascular training.

Faciana emphasizes that you don’t need “fancy weights” to break a sweat. He demonstrates by using an old milk container for exercises such as a two-armed kettlebell swing, squats, reverse lunges and planks. (Some of the exercises also require a hand towel.)

As an added bonus, Faciana even shows parents how they can do a bench press routine using young children. (His giggling son serves as the live weight.)

Click here to watch the 10-minute YouTube video. Click here to watch Faciana's April 13 appearance on the Fox 8 Morning Show to share his home workout tips.

April 07, 2020

John Horton, 216-987-4281 john.horton@tri-c.edu