subject: Think You Can't Fit Exercise Into Your Daily Life? Think Again [print this page] If you live and work in the UK, it's easy to think that carrying out any form of regular exercise is going to be nigh on impossible.
For instance, if you wake up, shower, get ready for work, commute, have lunch, commute again, eat dinner and then go to bed, where are you supposed to fit in the time to exercise?
The truth is that almost everyone will be able to fit in at least some form of exercise to help increase their fitness levels and it can be done with just a small amount of planning.
The problem lies in the fact that as Brits, we tend to think of ourselves as being busier than we actually are.
Take your mornings as an example. You're likely to roll out of bed after hitting the snooze button on the alarm clock, take a shower, get ready, have something to eat whilst watching the TV or listening to the radio and then set off for the commute to work.
Completely packed with no time to do anything, right?
Well, that's how it might seem, but what about if you got out of bed 20 minutes earlier or simply didn't hit the snooze button? What if you got in the shower before you went to bed instead of on a morning or limited yourself to a quick 5 minute shower rather than spending 15 or 20 minutes in there? Or what about eating on the go, such as a piece of fruit or healthy cereal bar on the way to work, rather than stopping and spending 20 minutes preparing your breakfast and eating it whilst you're distracted by the TV or radio?
The same logic can be applied to your time during the day.
If you get to work, take the lift to your floor, eat your lunch at your desk and then grab the bus from outside of your office to home, when you look at how you can change your morning ritual, it becomes easier to see how you can incorporate a higher level of fitness into your routine during the day.
For example, take the stairs rather than the lift; walk to see colleagues rather than phone them; eat your lunch outside so you can carry out a 30 minute walk and take in the fresh air and walk to the next bus stop away on an evening rather than the one directly outside of your offices and your fitness levels will increase substantially.
You don't need to be a personal trainer or someone with excellent time management skills to be able to work out how to incorporate exercise into your daily life - you simply need to apply common sense.
Look at your daily tasks, see what is necessary and then see what you could amend, as chances are there aren't many parts of your day that you won't be able to change in at least a basic way to help incorporate a greater degree of fitness into your life.
