Overcome Any Excuse Not to Exercise
New Year resolution time is approaching. To prepare to fulfil your dream to lose weight and get healthy read this article so that you will be successful in your goal. The realities of work, school, social and family demands overwhelm the desire to get fit, and exercise gets puts on the back burner. Before you start your next fitness kick, use some new strategies to make sure you don't use "being busy" as an excuse to not get moving.
Top 1 Excuse- No one hour time for workout
I can't find a whole hour in my day to devote to exercise .Who says you have to exercise for a whole hour in order to reap the benefits of physical activity? Studies show that even 10 minutes of consistent activity are beneficial to health and help with weight management. And even if you want to fit in 60 minutes of exercise, you don't have to do it all at once. Instead, you can break that hour up throughout the day, fitting in a little here and there, whenever you do have time. For example, you can start the day by taking the dog for a 20-minute walk around the neighborhood. At lunch, you can take 15 minutes to do laps around the office parking lot. And then you can hit the gym for 25 minutes of strength training on your way home. Even just one of those shorter exercise bouts has major benefits. It's all about doing something rather than nothing. Add in a little interval training or even Tabata training, and you can get a major calorie burn in just a few minutes.
Top 2 Excuse- too exhausted to exercise
I'm too tired to exercise when I get home from work or school. If you typically crash on the couch after a long day (and can't seem to get back up again), there are several potential solutions. First, try bringing exercise clothes with you to change into right before you leave for the day. That way, you can either head straight to the gym or out for a walk immediately when you get home—without ever letting yourself succumbed the siren song of your comfy couch. If you typically have more energy in the morning than in the afternoon, try an a.m. workout. Many gyms offer early-morning classes and provide showers so you can get ready for work without going all the way back home. You can also just roll out of bed, throw on a ball cap and a pair gym shoes and go for a walk in your PJs if that's what it takes! Hit the shower when you get home and you'll be good to go.
Top 3 Excuse- Gym is far
The gym isn't close to home, so I never manage to get there. Who says you have to go to the gym to exercise? Netflix has a small selection of workout videos and your computer or Internet-connected TV or game console can access free workouts from YouTube. And don't forget about the many great workout DVDs available to purchase—and from your local library! But even if working out at home doesn't sound like fun, you can still get some serious exercise without going to the gym. Go to the park and mix intervals of walking and sprinting with sets of push-ups, broad jumps and triceps dips on a park bench. You can also turn household chores into a workout. Has your spouse been nagging you to clean out the basement? Going up and down the stairs carrying heavy boxes definitely counts as exercise!
Top 4 Excuse- Traveling for work no time
I travel too much to have time for exercise. Even when you're on the road, you can still find time for fitness. Most major hotel chains offer small gyms with treadmills and elliptical machines and even some free weights. Barring that, you can always ask the front desk for a map and some advice for choosing a good walking route. Throw a travel yoga mat in your suitcase and you can exercise almost anywhere. Other fitness tools that are easy to pack include resistance bands or a jump rope. At a loss for what to do? Pull up YouTube on your computer and check out the fitness channel for lots of fitness videos you can do wherever you happen to be—including several that require no equipment at all.
