| You're busy. How can you fit exercise into the day? | | | | tag in the backyard. |
| Fortunately, exercise doesn't have to be a long | | | | Other ideas for home fitness include turning |
| formal workout, and you can find dozens of ways to | | | | housework into aerobic exercise. Get the vacuum |
| get more fitness into your life. Use the following | | | | cleaner going and use your arm, back, and core |
| suggestions to incorporate more exercise into your | | | | muscles to move it back and forth. Load the |
| day-to-day life. | | | | dishwasher and maintain proper posture as you bend |
| 1. Fitness at Work | | | | and straighten, keeping your abdominal muscles tight. |
| You can exercise at the office without anyone | | | | For a quick aerobic workout, sweep the driveway as |
| knowing. Use the stairs rather than the elevator. | | | | fast as you can. |
| Take that idea a little further and walk around as | | | | 3. Out and About |
| much as possible. Walk over to a co-worker's desk | | | | Incorporate fitness into your errands. When you're |
| rather than sending an e-mail or instant message. | | | | standing in line, contract your buttocks for a count of |
| Instead of using the bathroom on your floor, go to | | | | 15 and then release. Another good exercise to |
| one a few floors away - and take the stairs. | | | | strengthen your calf muscles is to stand on your |
| Other ideas include doing simple exercises and | | | | tiptoes for a count of 10 and then relax. |
| stretches right at your desk, in your office, or in the | | | | When you're sitting in traffic, do some arm exercises |
| bathroom. Four five-minute exercise breaks | | | | and stretches while you wait. |
| throughout the day can do wonders for you. | | | | At the mall? Walk briskly around all levels at least |
| 2. Fitness at Home | | | | twice. Or stop by the park for a walk on the way |
| An easy way to add fitness at home is to get the | | | | home. |
| whole family involved. Kids don't view exercise as | | | | You can find hundreds of options for brief fitness |
| work, and you can make it a special time to share | | | | moments, so just take a minute to figure out what |
| with your children. Take a walk with your family | | | | you can do wherever you happen to be. |
| before or after dinner or organize a family game of | | | | |