Friday Fitness FAQ
My friend Tracy who is also a writer for Family Time, emailed me this week with questions about simple ways to increase the activity level of people who aren’t quite ready for the gym. She came up with the basics like these below which are great starting points to slowly increase your daily amount of movement and calories burned.
1. Take the stairs, not the elevator
2. Walk to the bus stop to pick up your kids instead of driving
3. Park in the back of a parking lot instead of the front
Question : My goal for the article is to give sedentary people really easy, almost without thinking ways, to increase their activity level. I’ll end the article with a prod toward increasing it even more once they become adjusted. Do you have any ideas?
Answer:
Awesome I would love to help; Here is my spring theme:
1. Get your garden ready for spring – raking leaves and cleaning out planter beds believe it or not burns some calories and uses your arms and legs – Natural Cardio!
2. Pruning is great exercise for your upper body – chest and arms
3. Planting is also great for your core muscles like your abs and lower back because you are stationed so low to the ground you have to balance yourself – also when most people plant they are squatting down and standing up which is great for your legs and glutes.
4. Just drink water – quit drinking everything else – your energy will go up – you will drop at least a few pounds.
5. If you have animals – walk them they need the exercise too.
Posted in Fitness and Nutrition FAQ on March 21st, 2008 by Melissa | | Comments Off
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