We sit in the car on the way to work.
We sit at work all day.
We sit in the car on the way home from work.
Then we sit our asses down on the couch when we get home.
If we don’t plan some type of movement into our day, there might not be any movement at all.
Our body is made to move, It’s not made to sit in a scrunched up ball and type away at the computer.
Find time in your day for yourself. Use that time to give your body what It wants, movement, blood flow, any action will be a positive one.
I try to ask people to carve out 15 minutes every single day to do any type of movement they can think of; Walk, stretch, jog, jump around, clean, swim, run, bike, anything at all. No matter the day or the weather we CAN find 15 minutes to just move.
If you are already doing a daily walk, workout routine, yoga, exercise class then you are ahead of the game. You found something that works for you to get yourself moving at least once a day.
So, you started giving yourself that time, but can we build on it?
Do you have another 10 minutes before your workout to walk a bit?
Do you have 5 minutes a day to just stretch or walk?
What about another 15 minutes during the week for a bike ride?
The more we do the better things will be. Our body responds well to being active, and we are not asking you to drive to the gym and give us an hour every single day.
All we are asking for is 15 MINUTES!
These small wins build up over time. If that 15 minutes is all you do, that is over 5,000 hours of activity you built up over the year. Now think of how you feel after you move your body, you feel energized and in some cases want to do a little extra.
Maybe one day you were out for a 15 minute walk and the sun was shining so you went for a 30 minute walk instead. Then you felt really happy about that which led to you choosing a salad over a sub at lunch. Now, you loved that day so much that you decided to do the same thing later in the week, and more often moving forward.
Good patterns compound on top of one another. Let your positive actions lead to more positive actions.
But It all starts with your initial action. Can you get yourself to commit a small chunk of time every single day?
In good health,
Jeff
