Exercise and fitness is a state of mind.  For example, when I was a kid, I would walk several blocks to school every day.  I had siblings and friends that did the same thing.  During the summers, we would run around the playground from dawn to dusk.  That output of energy wasn’t even considered a workout.  We just did it.  A bit of that attitude could be useful for us now, at a time in our lives when we actually NEED to exercise to enhance our quality of life.

As we got older, we got jobs and responsibilities.  Instead of doing the pillar to post running of teenagers, we went to meetings and sat at desks.  Exercise became something we had to plan for.   People joined gyms to do that, along with having to arrange to have their gym shorts ready and to decide whether to do it before work, after the PTA meeting, or at the end of a busy day.  Every aspect had to fall into place in order for the workout to actually happen.

In order to fit exercise in our daily schedules, we have to do away with the rituals.  Park far enough away from your destination for a walk that will wake you up and do some good.  Clench and unclench your stomach muscles while sitting at your desk.  Remove the formality of having to have your gym clothes at the ready in order for you to work out.  Get runs in those stockings or invest in having to take those clothes to the cleaners after one wear.  When you get an hour, work out!  Walk to the supermarket instead of driving and carry the groceries back.  Fall on the floor and do ten pushups as soon as you walk in your front door.  Race your child, even if it might be a little embarrassing at first.

Use your imagination and think out of the box.  As these impromptu and minute workouts increase in frequency, so will your overall fitness.