Welcome to the 30-Day Organize-athon!
In today’s 5 minutes we’re going to declutter your exercise and sporting stuff.
OK, go! (PS That’s a witty little treadmill reference. 
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Day 26: Declutter Your Exercise and Sports Equipment
Step 1: Quickly walk around your house collecting any exercise or sports paraphernalia you’ve not used in the past 12 months. If it’s too large to move easily, make a note of it.
Check your:
- Living room (under laundry?)
- Garage
- Bedroom
- Under the bed
- At the back of your closet
- Spare room
- High-up cupboards
- Home office
- Forgotten corners
- Attic
- Basement.
Be alert for:
- Treadmills, stationary bikes, elliptical machines, rowers, Stairmasters, home gyms, etc.,
- Outdoor bikes
- Infomercial purchases, including anything in the Thigh Master or Ab Roller family
- Skipping ropes
- Boxing gloves
- Racquets
- Assorted balls
- Sport-specific shoes or outfits
- Supplies for kids’ abandoned activities
- Climbing equipment; etc.
Step 2: Depending on the size, quality and quantity of your stash, decide how you’ll dispose of it. Consider:
- Selling – if the number and quality of your items justifies the time and hassle required (unlikely)
- Donating – if the quality is good (possible)
- Discarding – if it’s really just junk (most likely – the vast majority of items will fall into this category).
If in doubt, let it go.
Step 3: Unless you have genuinely sale-worthy items, take your stash out to the trash, or out to the car for delivery to the tip or charity store. If you’re selling, make a note in your diary to organize it.
And you’re done!
Got an Extra 5 Minutes?
- Tidy the freshly liberated areas.
- Go for a walk around the block to make yourself feel good about getting rid of clutter and also getting some exercise.
Now isn’t that a good way to increase your heart rate?
The 30-Day Organize-athon Mantra
Move fast. Don’t overthink. Let it go!
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Only 5 minutes for this is impossible. I just rearranged the main stuff and prepared the ones that need a fix. Done!
Day #26 Done!!
Done! 😀
All done!
Done.
Sports equipment – me? Decided to spend the 5 minutes sorting the collection of first aid, medicines, splints and joint supports scattered around the house which have accumulated after 50+ years of hypermobile joints. Now I just walk and do my core stability exercises!
Done! I only have a couple of exercise machines, & they get used almost every day. Workout DVDs, weights, etc. have been organized.
All in a basket, nothing needed weeded, BUT I put the basket in a new home so now it looks better and I put away the workout videos in their proper containers and put those away. Also, decided to rid myself of the couple I don’t use. Woot. Done.
I really needed this one. Just a little consolidating, and tossing some packaging, and, here too..a jump rope.
We are good on the smaller items, as all four kids do spots three seasons a year. This was a good motivator on the larger items, though.
Done! 🙂
done
Exercycle junked! Done!
Not much to do on this one. All we have is all we need 🙂 – we need new bikes though…
We don’t have any! I’ll organize something else instead…
Done. But now what will I use for a clothes rack in my bedroom? 😉
Finished. I just found out that comments left on FB don’t count for the giveaway. I have finished this weeks tasks.
done
Super easy. All we have is a baseball bat and two sets of golf clubs. I just had to return one set to it’s place and I’m done!
done.