Today's Tip: Work Exercise into Your Day

If you're anything like me, sometimes it's hard to find an hour to exercise during your day. I have found breaking up my exercise routine into small increments is the key to staying active. Try it: When you have a minute, work in a burst of activity. After all, it all adds up in the end. Consider these 10 easy ways to work exercise into your day:

1. When you go to your mailbox, take a brief walk up and down your road.
2. Take a walk around the soccer field while your daughter is practicing her goal shots.
3. If you stay at home often to care for a child or an elderly parent, invest in a stationary cycle or treadmill.
4. When waiting at your appointment for your flu shot, ask the receptionist how long the wait will be and walk around the building for that amount of time.
5. If you walk to classes or meetings in separate buildings try to leave for each a little early -- about five to 10 minutes -- and get in a few extra steps around the perimeter of the building before your appointment.
6. Go back in time and pretend there is no such thing as remote controls -- channels don't get changed by themselves!
7. At the airport, forget the "people movers" and walk instead.
8. Instead of leaving your colleague a voice mail, walk to her department to discuss the meeting's agenda.
9. Buy your own exercise step (like the ones used in aerobics classes) and step up and down during commercial breaks.
10. Join your son in his after school basketball game.

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