Show Get Gel Y Your ou r Heart Henrt Ready For Strenuous os Spring Work This is one of a series of health columns about your heart prepared by the Utah Heart Association and published published pub pub- b by this newspaper as ns a public service When crocuses come up can 1 spring spring cleaning be far behind The very thought makes makes- many makes many manya a n woman wish she had md an army of people working for Cor her That's pr precisely what the Heart Association mobilized to lo save the homemaker with heart disease from Crom squandering squander squander- cring cr- cr ing all her hel energies on housework housework house house- work leaving her too tired for Cor family fun These troops consisted of authorities in industrial and management engine e c r i n g come ome economics family relations relations rela rein psychiatry physic a 1 I therapy rehabilitation and home lome design They applied all nIl the knowledge and skills of their specialized fields to figuring figuring figuring fig fig- out energy and timesaving timesaving time timesaving saving ideas to help the housewife housewife house house- wife do her work as efficiently as possible WHILE their suggestions were primarily intended for Cor housewives whose docto r s swant want Vant them to limit their physical physical physical phys phys- ical activity theres there's no law that says a healthy woman cant can't take advantage of their ideas Organize your YOUl work to make the most of your time and en en- ergy But organize it according according according accord accord- ing to your own pace and personal personal personal per per- inclinations Dont Don't force yourself to follow the pattern set by Aunt Lil or your moth moth- it suit law in may not you at all And you'd oud just get frustrated angry and more quickly fatigued THINK OUT the best ways for you OU to do whatever has to tobe tobe tobe be done You can economize on steps avoid running up and down stairs or from front to back rooms if you group your jobs jobs' according to location or type whatever suits you best best Have the right tools for the job long handled brooms and dustpans can save a lot of for 1 e. e When possible have extra sets of Ocle g m materials l rials pails soaps cleaning rags a and n d sponges so that one can be kept wherever it is to be used upstairs or downstairs St ALTERNATIVELY collect all aU your equipment in one trip to th the thc utility closet and instead instead in in- stead of lugging it from room to room load everything onto a wheeling free cart your cleaning caddy I Use all the resources at nt I hand For example assign I children chores within their capacity Even five live and six year olds can an be helpful SOME women take a two- two fisted approach to dusting and polishing a dust milt mitt or rag in each hand They feel they can cover twice the terri tea tory in half hall the time You might see if this will work for you When you have to pick up or lift objects bend your our knees Let your leg muscles do the work of lowering and lifting not not your back muscles IF YOU like working to tho sound of music make it a suitable suitable suitable suit suit- able rhythm for your special pace Most 1 important perhaps is the matter of rest and tion lion Dont Don't work till youre you're ready to drop You should run the house not vice versa More frequent and short shorter r periods periods periods per per- of rest are arc better belter than one longer rest break Halt Hall early enough to lo rest and freshen up before your our husband husband hus hus- band comes home for dinner darner AS ONE HEART specialist said Most 1 jobs are a cinch compared to lo housework His studies showed that strenuous housework takes more energy per minute than digging coal He wasn't suggesting that housework be he avoided ed by healthy people its it's a good workout as long as youre you're in condition for Cor it But why use all your time and energy on housecleaning Save some for enjoyable activities with your family The Utah Heart Association has a free Cree booklet entitled Heart of the Home which lists many more mOle work saving tips |