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Find Creative Ways to Exercise at Work
This idea is excerpted from Barbara's new book Balancing Acts: More Than
250 Guilt Free, Creative Ideas to Blend Your Work and Your Life (Dearborn
Trade Publishing, 2003) $14.95
Everything we read these days stresses
the importance of exercise in our lives. Since we must spend at least
eight hours of our day at work, why not find ways to get physical exercise
during those hours in order to free up hours we can spend with our
families in the evenings.
- Work out during the lunch hour. You might even
choose one colleague to exercise with at least three times a week. This
blends work, health
AND
friends!
- Depending upon your work situation, walk with a friend, a child,
or a co-worker for part of each lunch hour. Walking during half
your lunch
hour
with a friend or colleague is an easy way to maintain fitness as
well as catch up on their lives. If you are like my friends and me, your
mouth will get as much exercise as your legs!
- Walk or run on a treadmill or exercise bike while reading work-related
materials. This will also work if you have work-related videos
to watch. Any time you can accomplish some work while you are
also improving
your health, you deserve accolades!
- Bring your bike to work with you. When Bonnie Michaels, the
founder of Managing Work and Family, couldn1t find a place
to exercise
when she was
working at Keebler, she discovered she could take her bike
in the car and she could ride at lunch!
- Work out at your desk. Many companies are offering classes
in Yoga, and some of these exercises to relieve stress can
be done
at your desk.
Other
people use large, stretchy rubber bands to quietly exercise
in their workspaces when they can1t get away.
- Start a walking club. Susan Donnett of QVC in Port St.
Lucie, FL, started a walking club where employees can log
their miles.
After they
have walked
120 miles, the equivalent of walking to Disneyworld, they
receive an award. She also started onsite Yoga classes.
They are sponsored
by
QVC and are
free to employees.
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