Consider these easy and
fun ways to get in the exercise that you need.
- Workout with a partner. You are 80 percent more likely to be successful if you don’t try to do it alone! Recruit someone to work with you.
- After dinner, head out for a walk with your spouse for a few minutes. If you can’t leave the kids, take them with you. This is a great way to get in some quality time away from the television and internet too.
- If you can’t leave the television, use a stationary bike. During your favorite show, ride the bike. You get the exercise you need without missing your television program and time will fly by.
- Work out to music. Music is a great motivator. You can try to work out to the beat of the music. Obviously it has to be fairly fast, classical music doesn’t work as well. Time your repetitions to the length of a song.
- Do sports and other physical activities that you enjoy. Swimming, playing a game with the kids and even joining a sports team or a martial arts class is a great way to get in exercise without it feeling like exercise.
Your overall body fitness means exercise and movement. When you begin to add these into your day, you’ll probably find every excuse not to do them. With perseverance, you will come to enjoy exercising. You will probably begin to look forward to exercising. For many it’s a great stress relief and it can be a lot of fun. Your body will release chemicals (serotonin) that actually make you feel good.
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thanks for the tips! i do walk after dinner with the husband and sometimes with the kids. its also great for bonding!
we do that also Dinah, specially during the weekends starting on Friday night together with our 2 young boys.
thanks for the visit!
You know what this is what I’m trying to achieve right now. The buddy system does work coz it makes you accountable. Great tips! Great to find another Pinay mom!
it does Maricris! thanks for visiting Pinaymom.org!