I once visited a brand new huge health club that had two floors. The biggest surprise was that up on the second floor they had their stepper machines right at the top of the escalator that people rode to get there! That’s when I noticed that most of the spaces in the parking lot that were close to the building were the fullest.
Look for ways to add activity to your day. Park as far from the store as you can rather than looking for the closest space. Carry your grocery bags instead of using a cart. Use the stairs, not the escalator. You get the idea. It’s the easy way to burn more calories and get exercise.
TODAY: PARK WAY OUT IN THE PARKING LOT.
It’s Sunday. Relax and clear your head while burning calories and strengthening your body by taking a good long walk. A study I just read today also says that we should be doing different new things regularly to stimulate our brains. So take the weekend and go someplace completely new or where you haven’t visited in a long while and walk there. The exploration will benefit you in many ways.
TODAY: WALK SOMEPLACE NEW.
I’ve told you about setting small goals. It starts you on your way to success and feeds your self esteem without feeding your belly. With the weekend here, take an hour today and go to the park. Any park will do, but maybe try one you haven’t been to in a long time… or ever. It will be good exercise and good for your brain as well. Explore, exercise and enjoy. It’s good for you in more ways than one.
TODAY: GO TO A PARK AND WALK.
Take today to plan a walking route for the weekend and each day in the coming week. Nothing elaborate. Just set a schedule of locations and write it down to check off each day. If you plan for it and anticipate doing it you will get more satisfaction and be more likely to carry through with it.
TODAY: PLAN YOUR WALK DESTINATIONS FOR THE COMING WEEK.
I’ve got one big reason for you to walk. If you don’t do it you will die sooner. Does that shock you? It has a different lasting effect if you are male or female, but both are positive. A study of over 72,000 nurses showed that women who walk three hours or more per week reduce their risk of a heart attack by 35%. For men the difference can be bigger. In one study of retired men, mortality rates of men who walk less than one mile a day was actually twice that (100% higher) of those who walk more than two miles a day.
Just be careful crossing the street.
TODAY DO THREE THINGS: 1) WALK A ROUTE THAT YOU THINK IS TWO MILES 2) DRIVE IT TO SEE HOW FAR IT REALLY WAS. 3) MEASURE OUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TWO MILE ROUTES TO WALK.
I saw a report today from a university study in Ontario that a half hour of bicycling had the same effect as an hour and a half of moderate pedaling by simply doing 30 second “power bursts” followed by 4 minutes of slow pace cycling. It seems the same might work for other aerobic exercise like walking. Sounds like a great way to get more for less.
TODAY: TRY A POWER BURST WHEN YOU EXERCISE.
A common problem when you are carrying some extra weight is knee pain. I know you understand that carrying extra weight around takes more work, but your knees really suffer. Even a little extra weight triples your chances of developing arthritis. Here’s why. Every extra pound puts five pounds of stress on your knees. So being just 10 pounds overweight is like 50 pounds to your joints. Also, research shows that losing 11 pounds may cut the risk of osteoarthritis of the knee by half.
Losing weight may be a pain but it will eventually reduce even more pain in your knees. Otherwise you don’t have a prayer.
TODAY: REMEMBER TO DO STRETCHING EXERCISES BEFORE YOUR WALKS TO LIMBER UP THOSE MUSCLES AND JOINTS.
Daily Nag, Exercise | Diet Nag | 
October 15, 2013 6:02 am | 
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