Julie Crl­jen

Grab a friend and get up and go!

It's no se­cret. Bod­ies love phys­i­cal ac­tiv­i­ty. How­ev­er, it's eas­i­er to think about a plan to get more ac­tive and much hard­er to start it and fol­low through. Con­trary to pop­u­lar be­lief, be­ing ac­tive does not nec­es­sar­i­ly mean join­ing an ex­pen­sive gym or a sports team. Com­mit­ting your­self to get­ting off your butt (when­ev­er pos­si­ble) is a good start. If you have a hard time fit­ting an ex­er­cise reg­i­men in­to your sched­ule, mak­ing small lifestyle changes can help you get some much need­ed cir­cu­la­tion:

1. WALK­ING

Don't dis­count good old walk­ing as a great way to get some blood flow­ing to the heart. When go­ing short dis­tances (or maybe even longer ones), leave the taxi be­hind, refuse a ride and don't reach for your car keys.

2. BIKE RID­ING

Bikes are faster than walk­ing, cheap­er than the bus or dri­ving and bike rid­ing is one of the best forms of phys­i­cal ac­tiv­i­ty avail­able. Don't for­get your hel­met.

3. DANC­ING

Find your­self alone at home? Don't get se­duced by the tube; put on your favourite tunes and let loose.

4. STRETCH­ING

Yes, stretch­ing is a low-in­ten­si­ty work­out, but so im­por­tant since peo­ple are spend­ing so much time ei­ther crouched over a desk or hunched in front of a com­put­er screen. Plus, it feels great.

5. CHANGE THE WAY

YOU HANG OUT

In­stead of sit­ting around with your friends, sug­gest oth­er ac­tiv­i­ties like run­ning, skip­ping or even tak­ing your dog out for a walk.

Just get up and get mov­ing!

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