We all have things we don’t feel like doing. (Sometimes it is writing blog posts! Shh… don’t tell anyone!) I am here to help. Here are some exercises to do while we are procrastinating about other things. Or, possibly, something we want to do even less than whatever we are procrastinating about. Either way, we will end up ahead, whether we exercise or we get down to other business.
1. Squats. Squats are my favorite exercise for lots of reasons, but the one I’m going to focus on right now is that they don’t require any equipment! We just have to stand there and then get to work. Do ten or twenty.
2. Foot exercises. We don’t even have to stand up to do these. If we have a ball, we can do the push like a pedal, side to side, sink into the grass exercises in series. If we don’t, we can lift our big toes, then our little toes, then our middle toes.
3. Neck stretch. We put our right hand on the left side of our head, pull our right ear down toward our right shoulder, and press our left hand down toward the floor. We hold a while and then turn our head as if we are giving our biceps a kiss. Then we do the other side.
4. Doorway stretch. We stand in a doorway, arms stretched out against the doorframe. Then we lean forward to stretch our chests and shoulders.
Worst case, we have spent about five minutes. We might even feel a little more energized.
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