A lot of people wish they had
time to exercise. Today, I have
genie powers: we all have time to
exercise! Exercise does not have
to take a long time and it doesn’t all have to happen at once.
Interval training is our best
friend when it comes to saving time.
A half hour of intervals, in which we alternate segments of going as
fast and hard as we can and segments of relative rest and recovery, not only
burns more calories than an hour of steady state exercise, but it also pumps up
our metabolisms for the next 24 hours.
Mix in some weights and we are good to go!
Sometimes finding an entire half
hour is too much. Let’s find three
10-minute slots. The workout will
be just as effective.
Then there are the sneaky ways to
exercise. We can do calf raises
while we brush our teeth, improving both oral hygiene and balance. Stuck in line? Let’s do some squats; worst case, we
entertain the rest of the line.
Stuck in traffic? Remember
the trusty myofascial release duck and arrive with a much more relaxed set of
traps. Commercials during our
favorite (non-pre-recorded shows?
Time for sit ups and push ups!
(And no, the sprint to the tortilla chips doesn’t count.)
We can do it.
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