Two For The Price Of One

So we all like bargains and two for one is my personal favorite, but I never thought to translate it to fitness, Maybe because I don’t hate working out, in fact, I like it.
I do find this bargain business, especially the two for one very attractive, especially as I am so busy lately it is hard to fit in a work outs as much as I would like to, and to be able to get double value for the same amount of time and effort is an idea worth thinking about.
this wasn’t my idea to begin with and to be quite honest I haven’t mulled on it enough to be able to contribute any of my own.
Crabby, from Cranky Fitness is the inventor of this and if you are into bargain hunting you should go over and check out her ideas.
I liked this one especially:

Circuit Training Lite
Here’s how you do Circuit Training Lite:

At some point in your cardio workout, get off your treadmill/bike/elliptical/whatever, but keep it running if it’s motorized, and give yourself full credit for any time you’re away from it. Since you’re still going to be keeping your heart rate up, you get to count this time as though you were still doing cardio. Rush off and do a set of some strength-training exercise in a quick but not too half-assed manner, then hustle back to the machine again. Slog some more. Wait until you get totally bored with the cardio again, then jump off the machine and do a different strength training exercise.

It’s two-for-one! (But, alas, this only works in a home gym or fairly deserted fitness facility. Abandoning your treadmill at a busy gym is NOT recommended).

I am trying to picture what this would look like (in my minds eye I can see it with cartoon characters maybe bugs bunny or road runner…) and all of the funny miss-haps that could happen getting on and of a working treadmill…
But if you practice that for a while and get a technique that is safe and works for you - this could be a great improvemt to workouts, killing the deadtime and making every minute count.