This is why, whether we go to the gym or not, or go sporadically,
at home workouts, and office workouts, are so important. Yes computer time,
desk time does make it challenging to get physical activity. However, as
someone who has designed thousands of in home training routines, it is very
possible to live a physically active life, exercise, train, without stepping
foot into a gym. Not integrating the activity into our daily lives is our
weakest link of health. Here we discourse about health and fitness.
A Huge part of the problem is the association we make
between exercise and the gym, we can't exercise because we can't make it to a
gym for whatever reason - and yes this is being said by a hard core gym rat
herself! Regularly I hear " I have no time for the gym so I can't
exercise" or "I went to the gym 3 times this week (please note going
to the gym and actually working out are noticeably different... walking around
kicking the machines is not a workout!)". Going to the gym is NOT
synonymous with getting sufficient physical activity. Have you ever told someone
who runs for a couple of hours a week or goes to the gym a couple of times per
week they are physically inactive? It’s not pretty! Physical activity should be
every hour. Pump your circulation, keep the metabolism humming and refresh your
brain, no marathon metabolic comatosity.10 simple ideas for office or home
fitness program:
1) Wear a pedometer - no excuses. This is a true measure of
physical activity.
2) Keep weights or an exercise band a desk. I have a 10
pound dumbbell on my desk on which I have written in black permanent marker
"Use me dummy" - regularly I pick it up - chest presses, bicep curls,
shoulder presses.
3) Desk cycling - pick up your legs and cycle
4) Get up move around. Pump your arms above your head. Go to
a washroom or printer on another floor; go get some water or tea.
5) Watching television at night? Jog with light weights in
hand - pump overhead
6) Kids learn so much more from watching what we do rather
than what we tell them - don't sit and watch television with them - get up and move,
jump, jog.
7) Find excuses to run the stairs (please not in high heels)
- they are one of the best pieces of home or office exercise equipment.
8) Set reminders on your phone, leave love notes to yourself
on your desk to get up and move.
9) Stand up and do some squats.
10) Watching television or before bed, do some core
exercises. Please no setups and crunches - lousy for the back. Give the
metabolism a light nudge before sleep.
Even if we went to the gym, or a morning workout - this does
not give us a get out of jail for free card. The beauty of home or office
workouts is we can do them at anytime, anywhere.
And it is very aggravating to hear people say “I tried
exercise and I didn't lose weight." With this paradigm of workouts X
number of times per week, and being physically inactive the rest of the time -
it is completely unrealistic to expect fat loss. The metabolism needs to be
revved, rebooted regularly throughout the day. So whether you play hockey once
a week, soccer, run, gym rat - keep the metabolism pumping throughout the day
and avoid metabolic comatosely. And remember exercise & nutrition are the
greatest love affair of all time - one just cannot live without the other! So,
here we get a clear idea about healthand fitness.
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