Get more out of your day
Everybody is talking about getting active, making time for exercise in our life and getting healthy. We are told that we should exercise for Thirty minutes every day in order to keep active and lead a healthier lifestyle. Many of us cringe at the idea of this.
I hear you saying “that’s alright if you don’t have young kids” or “my career comes first” or generally a simple “I just don’t have the time”.
What a load of rubbish! Thirty minutes a day exercise every day does not have to be a five kilometer run or lunging full force at a complete (and generally overpriced) equipped gym. Find something different to do each day, anything, as long as it gets your heart rate up and you at least break a little sweat.
This can be the usual walking the dog, taking the kids to the pool for a few lengths, brisk walking with your next door neighbour in the evenings etc. or it can be something a little less obvious.
Get out of your gym gear and into your old clothes you wouldn’t be seen dead in past the front door and kick off your shoes. Put some upbeat music which YOU enjoy and start scrubbing.
Yes, housework is an excellent form of exercise. Cleaning the windows or washing the dishes for half an hour burns an average of one hundred and forty four calories. Dusting burns an average of one hundred and twenty calories, while doing the grocery shopping alone burns an average of one hundred and ninety calories!
Now I wonder if regular retail therapy qualifies.. Possibly not. Ironing clothes burns a whopping hundred and ninety calories, and that’s just in half an hour. I’m sure you have at least that a day to tackle. If you want to be really harsh on yourself, turn up the central heating and sweat a little extra. Think of it as Bikram style housework.
If housework isn’t really your thing and you prefer to be outside breathing in the lovely fresh air ( which is clearly better for you anyway) play with the kids. Running around playing with the kids in the garden for half an hour burns approximately one hundred and ninety five calories. Now that’s Childs play.
Instead of sending the kids to the shop for bread and milk, get off your possibly slightly expanded bottom and briskly walk to the shop yourself. Furthermore walk back with shopping in each hand. Try to balance the weight of the bags so you carry an even amount in both hands.
So as wonderful as lavish gyms and fitness regimes are, they often are not always at hand for everyone but that pile of ironing certainly is. Following the thirty minutes, every day plan will help you lead a healthier lifestyle. You will look good and feel great!
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