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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Tips, they are free so do what you will:

How to add more exercise in your day:

We ALL have very busy lives. Adding exercise is just ONE MORE THING, ugh....so hard....but the cold hard facts people, is that it is necessary!! According to the USDA, to be healthy, it is necessary to be physically active for at least 30 minutes most days of the week. About 6o minutes a day of physical activity may be needed to prevent weight gain. For sustaining weight loss, at least 60-90 minutes a day of physical activity may be required. Stay within your daily calorie needs, and children and teenagers should be physically active for 6o minutes everyday, or most days. (mypyramid.gov steps to a healthier you) With this information it can be somewhat daunting and discouraging... First what comes to mind is HOW IN THE HOLY HECK AM I SUPPOSED TO GET A FULL 30-60 MINUTES OF EXERCISE IN IN A DAY?????? but their IS hope my fellow blogger checkers!!! Who has said you need to do the exercises for a full 30-60 minutes at a time? I have thought of some good ideas (at least I think they are) that may help us all to get in those minutes of daily exercise that are so needed! Broken up, not a full 30-60 minutes at a time, but 10 minutes here, 5 minutes there, 8 minutes...etc. you get it right?
Scenero:
Woke up late and you usually exercise in the morning, bummer have to wait till tomorrow...right? Wrong!! Add it in through out the day.

(These should only take up to 20 minutes to do them)

*Do 15 pushups..manly or female style
*Jog in place for 1 min.
*Jump rope 100 jumps
*Do 20 Crunches/situps
*Walk around your house while the commercials are on while watching Opera, or ESPN
*Dance in your living room with the radio on for 1 song
*Skip to your car
*Park far away from the store so you have to walk further (BONUS: then your car doesnt get door dinged if you are in the boonies)
*Do toe/calf raises while doing the dishes
*Vacuume your house or at least one room at a time (BONUS: then your house is cleaner, and that always feels nice)
*Jog to the mail box and back to the house (If you have to go to the Post office, this one may not work for you)
*Do 50 Jumping Jacks (up and down is 1)

Now, if you are really motivated, have more time, and you have the necassary gear (and good weather) you can implament these nice tips:

(These should take ~ a minimum of 20 minutes)

*Bike to work (all the while keeping our earth beautiful) (make sure you wear a helmet)
*Run around your block (call a friend to go with, it makes for good fun)
*Do a work out video (Pilates, P90X, Yoga, or other)
*Combine any 2 of the above (ie. Vacuume house, and do dishes while doing toe/calf raises)
*Strech (ohhh sooo relaxing)

Anyway, I know that there are so many more that we can do, we just have to WANT it. Please! Add more to this list, share your thoughts, the more the better.

Good luck guys.

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