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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Don’t have much to declutter. I have the treadmill in one room and in living room I have my stair stepper and stretch bands. That was easy. 🙂
Done!
Done.
Did this. Only 4 more days to go 🙁
done
Dont have any. Clea.Ned. the. Coffee table off
All. Done
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All the sporting goods stuff was sorted and organized when the garage was cleaned. Finally I’m seeing the light at the endo of the tunnel!
Well….that was almost TOO easy….as I have no sport or exercise paraphernalia. I have health problems that limit what I am able to do in the way of exercise…and anything requiring more vigor than walking and/or stretching have long since been banished. But…it did put to mind the necessity of once more getting myself into a more “deliberate” routine…versus one of “happenstance”!
Funny, I just decided yesterday that I would get rid of the Nordic Track which had served me well for many years but an injury a year ago made it difficult/ uncomfortable to use and a new back injury has made it unlikely that I will use it in the future. It hasn’t left the building yet (5 flights of steps) but will when I get helpers to do it for me.
I’d decluttered the exercise room in August to make it over into a guest bedroom. Got rid of 100’s of kg of weights and the bars and bench I was keeping for my cousin, who no longer wants them.
That one was really easy!
Done!
Whoohoo! Easy one done…all I have is the Wii 🙂
This turned into a pretty major basement clean-out, and a trip to Goodwill and the recycling center. Busy day!
26 tasks done
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bring on the final four
Easy one for me — I use all of my equipment! Organized it and done.
Done. =))
Yay!! Done
All I had was 2 hand weights and they have been put into the donation bin. Done!
Done.
done deal.. whoo hooo…. looking very decluttered now.