I am fully aware of the challenges of fitting exercising into today’s insanely busy schedule. For most of us, gone are the days of leisure hours and no responsibilities. Life is demanding enough for families with both parents in residence. Children need the usual feeding and cleaning in addition to shuttling between dance and music lessons, scouting and organized sports. By the time everyone makes it home at the end of the day, there is homework and preparing for the next day before falling into bed. So when is there time to exercise?
Greta Garbo, movie star from the early days, loathed exercising and refused to go on a strenuous regimen when preparing for a movie. Instead, she tightened her tummy muscles when riding in her limousine. She practiced stretching and “movement” in her large bathtub. The result: she always looked fabulous!
Learn to maximize little snippets of time. Lots of adults with spouses, children, and full-time jobs also make it through college and graduate school by doing just that. A southern university professor was a married mother of twins and full-time stock broker when she earned her doctorate. When asked how she managed the feat, she said she made it through graduate school (twice) 15 minutes at a time.
Take a look at your schedule. What can you rearrange so you can squeeze in 15 or 20 minutes of exercise? If you have a job outside the home, try using half the lunch hour to take a brisk walk. If the weather isn’t comfortable enough, run in place or do a few minutes of step training. Surge training only takes 2 minutes. If you don’t have weights, simply grab a couple of 20 ounce water bottles and pump them while you run in place.
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