Achieving better fitness and health is high on the list of “things to do someday” for most people. The overall health benefits of exercise are wide-ranging and impressive. However, it is easy to let our busy multi-tasking lives get in the way of doing what is necessary to achieve optimal health.
The new year brings new resolutions to commit to exercising; however, many of us allow other life obligations fill up our time available for achieving better health. This is normal, but not the ideal approach if you hope to live a longer and healthier life.
The key to exercising to achieve better fitness and health is to find ways to exercise even with a busy schedule and wherever we are.
The following are four tips to help you fit exercise into your busy schedule:
1. Exercise Wherever You Are – it is possible for you to exercise wherever you are. If there is a chair available, for example, you can use it to do elevated push-ups, or dips. You can even grab a full can of soup, one for each hand, to add a little weight to virtually any workout. A rolled up towel is an excellent aid to stretching exercises. But the best piece of exercise equipment is with you wherever you go, and that’s you. If you are motivated you can exercise anywhere with a little creativity.
2. Small Things Add Up – you cannot go from flab to fit in a few days even though many fad diets try to convince you otherwise. The good news is that you can start to see big results from small changes. Everything you do will either benefit or impair your ability to get in shape. Simple things like taking the stairs instead of the elevator, choosing a parking spot that is farther away than usual, or walking to complete nearby errands will have a cumulative effect.
3. Discuss With Your Employer - You may be surprised to find that your employer already has an exercise area, or perhaps free passes to a nearby gym. If not, suggest adding an exercise room. Some companies have a health or wellness director; use them as a go-between. If you feel emboldened enough, you could also suggest a brief part of each day when the entire company takes a 5 minute exercise break.
4. Keep Moving – The whole idea here is to keep your body moving. Do leg lifts before you get out of bed, get a telephone headset so you can walk around the room while talking, practice isometrics if you are stuck in traffic. Anything you can do to add some movement into your routine will help. Any time throughout the day that you notice you’re sitting still, get moving.
All it takes is motivation and a little creativity to find a way to fit exercise into your busy schedule. Take action with the above tips and come up with some of your own. No matter what your situation, if you stop and look around you will find many ways that you can add exercise to your day to help you achieve better fitness and health.
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