I'm not doing official resolutions this year, just choosing to try different things to see what will work for me.
This month (year if it works) I am trying an idea I actually did see on the internet--office squats. Twice a day (10 and 3) you stop and do X amount of squats at the office, upping the number every couple weeks. I've always done any workouts before or after work, but as I read this article (sorry, I didn't keep the link) it just made sense, considering most of us are at the day job upwards of eight or more hours a day. And since I sit on my butt in front of a computer at the day AND the night job, I figured it couldn't hurt--and the fact it doesn't take much time at all sure helps.
So, I set reminders to pop up right on my computer screen and printed off a calendar to keep track with the goal to fill in the weekdays of January. What makes me feel even better is that these are over and above the squats I do on my workouts every other day because of my bum knee. So it's like mini turbo boosts of added exercise without all the time and planning😃
Here is the calendar now, already a full week started--office was closed the first week and I took that as much needed "me" time for the holidays. I am hoping that I stick with this so that maybe in a few months I can post another picture of the calendar with months shown as marked off being extra motivation.
If anyone wants to give it a go as well, I would happily cheer for you, too!
There's a reason I play only one CD at a time--so that every 45 minutes or so, I have to trot downstairs to reload, then trot up again. Also works with laundry. While I'm at it I throw in a few stretches or curls or squats, or a hike up the drive to the mailbox.
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