How to Squeeze in That Last Ten Minutes of Exercise by Lou Haskins

If you read the last post, you've upped your metabolic rate and have done some beneficial exercises in the car on the way home.

Instead of feeling sluggish and wanting to rest, you're ready to do something more!

The key here, is to fit some body motion into what you need to do for the rest of the day.

Exercise should not be considered a disruption, but rather a integral part of your routine.

A simple way to do that is with a stepper.

 They are: small, inexpensive and have many variations. Some have a stand up handle bar instead of bands. They have counters and timers.

If you're busy with family, preparing a meal, or doing chores, you're expending energy.  If not, jump on the stepper.

Almost everyone watches TV, so put it behind a couch or favorite chair.
It's a great way to get moving if you want to watch the watch the tube.

Keep a chart and record the minutes.
This IS doable!
You'll be piling up exercise minutes before you know it, without wrecking your routine.

Need Exercise? by Lou Haskins

That 30 minutes of moderate to intense exercise each day, recommended  by the experts, seems impossible to many of us.

That is, until you remember it can be broken down into ten minute segments.
By spacing it out throughout the day, it gets more manageable.

Previous posts gave some suggestions for morning and noon time, here are some ideas for the time after work.
First, get ready for some activity when you get home by priming your body during the drive home.

Just remember to be safe and use common sense.

  

 During drive time, you can do more than just sit at traffic lights.

You can use the steering wheel to flex your arms and shoulders.
Squeeze as hard as you can and relax.
Push and pull on it. The steering wheel can take it.

Twist your trunk in the seat. Core strength and flexibility is the benefit.

Have you ever heard of a doctor named Kegel? Look him up.   .
Once you start doing Kegel exercises, you may consider him your best friend!
Women and men can strengthen connective tissue and internal muscles (especially the pubococcygeus) in the pelvic floor. .
Among the benefits; improved sexual function (that's always a biggie for me) and increased  support for all those internal organs that require strong connective tissue.

Biggest benefit -  for  many, incontinence is greatly reduced or eliminated!
It's easy to do, so what's not not like?
You can do hundreds of these exercises during drive time, all you have to do is bear down as if squeezing off your urine flow.

Your legs can benefit too! Just flex your butt, thighs  and calves when your stopped.

But! You have to REMEMBER to do them! Visual cues in your car really help.


Put up a picture of some kind, or a chart you can check off, or a reminder.
    Edison had it right.

What's all this doing for you?
Glad you asked! All this in the car provides muscle warm up, raises your metabolism and gets you mentally ready to be active when you get to your destination.

No more feeling exhausted and flopping with a snack! You'll want to move! 

And you thought you were too busy to exercise!