How can I find the time to exercise?
This can be tough when your schedule is already full or you have
small children at home (duh, same difference). It is terrific to
know that small bites of exercise throughout your day are an
accomplishment that can give you results. Aim for the three to five
full workouts, but understand that you will, many times, have to skip
some of them. Just be prepared with exercises you can do in the car and
at your desk, free weights in the bedroom for some back and arm exercises
for five minutes between coffee and the rest of your day or at night
while you watch that video or wait for SOME peoples pages to load.
We've all been there...
I've joined Curves to provide a consistency to my efforts; I found that exercising together with other women in a positive environment is very helpful. We all talk about how it is time that we take for ourselves, because we need it.
we are the better for taking the time and those around us are better for it, too!
Exercise Will Do You Good
You know it is sort of an overused joke that people who go to fitness clubs
jockey for the closest parking spaces. Make up your mind to do a little extra walking,
stair climbing (in real life), etc. during your day. This is a great stress reliever, as well;
instead of fuming about that creep taking the spot you were waiting for, you are actually
thinking Pollyanna thoughts of how good the exercise is since you won't have time for the
regular workout this day. REALLY.
This is a totally new way of thinking and very freeing. The workouts you do ought to pay off
in more strength for those everyday chores. All work is some sort of exercise! The reason for
structured workouts is so that you are building muscles that are somewhat neglected in your daily
activities, compensating for the fact that you overwork some muscle groups while underusing others.
Stretching exercises can be squeezed in almost anytime. Stretches, once learned, can be worked into
the day to increase flexibility
- you won't believe how much better you function after working on lengthening some of your
poor contracted muscles!
My favorite way to learn stretch exercise is through (have you guessed?) a video,
although I did take out some books from the library and magazine articles on fitness often illustrate a regimen.
It is just that I love someone else thinking up the sequence while I just follow along with music and timing
all worked out for me.
