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At Home
At home you can combine
exercise with other activities. It is more convenient for those who
can’t go outside the home. If you purchase exercise equipment, it's a
one-time but worth having expense and other family members can also use
it. Try following tips:
• Do housework yourself instead of hiring maid-servant else to do it.
• Work in the garden or trim the grass.
• Go out for a walk according to your stamina before breakfast, after taking meal or both
• Try to walk briskly until sweating become star from the lower back.
• Go for walk with someone or listening music
• Spend a few minutes pedaling on your stationary bicycle while watching TV.
• Stand up while conversing on the telephone.
• Avoid the use of elevators and escalators, use stairs to keep you more fit.
At the workplace
Most of the people have sedentary jobs. Work takes up a considerable
part of the day. Here are few tips to increase your physical activity
during the work day...:
• Brainstorm project ideas with a colleague while taking a walk.
• Stand up talking on the telephone.
• Avoid intercoms for little things.
• Take the stairs instead of the lift.
• Walk while waiting for someone.
• Stay at hotels with fitness centers or swimming pools and make use of them while on business trips.
• Join a fitness center, Jim or Y near your job.
• Schedule exercise time on your business calendar and take it as any other important appointment.
• Walk around your building for a break during the work day or during lunch or tea break.
At recreation
Play and recreation are important for good fitness. Look for prospects
such as these to be active and have fun at the same time:
• Prefer outdoor games instead of indoor games.
• Plan family trips and vacations that include physical activity like swimming, hiking, backpacking etc.
• See the sights in new cities by jogging, walking or bicycling.
• Make a rendezvous with a friend to enjoy your favorite physical activities.
• Play your favorite melody while exercising, something that encourage you.
• Dance on fast numbers instead of slow ones with someone or by yourself.
• Join a recreational club that stresses physical activity.
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