Whether you like to take a lot of vacations with your family, or have a lot of hobbies that keep you busy throughout the week, it's totally possible to incorporate regular exercise into your day to day life to help you meet your goal of 30-minutes of physical activity every day.
A good workout routine doesn’t have to be anything complicated, just a few quick and easy 5 to 10 minute options that you can sprinkle into your every day life.
Here are our top 5 tips to help you build a solid workout routine that will fit any lifestyle:
#1. Track your progress
Whether you want to lose weight, bulk up, or simply maintain a routine that works for you, tracking your fitness progress will help keep you on the path to success.
#2. Consistency is key
From wake times to sleep times, stretching and cardio, time of day is very important.
Simply waking up and going to bed at the same time every day, even on the weekends, will help you maintain a consistent sleep schedule. It actually stabilizes your body’s internal clock and overall quality of life.
Having a set of workout clothes washed and ready to go, as well as a designated workout space in your home that feels accessible and inviting will also help things flow.
#3. Keep it simple
Starting with the 4 types of basic exercises and including them all in your weekly workout routine will help you reach your fitness goals by breaking your daily goals into just 5 to 10-minutes per day of each type!
Endurance: (10 mins)
Walking, Jogging, Dancing, and Swimming are all great forms of cardio that will help you build endurance. Remember! Climbing stairs and hills, house work and yard work such as vacuuming, raking, mowing the lawn, and gardening, definitely count too!
Strength: (10 mins)
Lifting weights, using a resistance band, and doing body-weight exercises such as push-ups, dips and crunches are all great ways to help you build muscle.
Balance: (5 mins)
From simply standing on one foot at a time, to walking heel-to-toe, to practising Tai Chi and yoga, balance training will help you create core strength to increase your overall stability, which will help prevent potentially lethal falls.
Flexibility: (5 mins)
Investing time in stretching and doing yoga will help you not only improve your overall physical performance, it will help your joints move through their full range of motion and reduce your overall risk of injury.
Adding a variety of workout options to your weekly workout routine will help keep you interested and engaged in your workout, maximizing your overall workout results.
#4. Active Rest
Rest and recovery are very important aspects of maintaining a healthy lifestyle, but you shouldn't be completely sedentary on a day that you're not scheduled for a workout.
Instead, doing a bit of light stretching and walking in on your days off, will help keep your body ready and primed for your next workout day.
Listen to your body, and rest when you need to.
#5. Mix it up
Our bodies easily adapt to an exercise program after about six to eight weeks. You need to modify your exercise routine to avoid reaching a plateau once your body adapts to the repetitive training stimulus.
So while you maintain consistency in your times of day, clothes and space; mixing up what your workouts consist of every 1 to 2 months is very important.
The most important thing to remember is that you can and should maintain a flexible workout schedule by having a few go-to routines to choose from, not only to help with your schedule rotation, but also to help keep things interesting!
The trajectory of staying fit and healthy doesn’t need to overwhelm you with fitness goals, especially if you create a plan that’s loose, yet structured.
Have fun with it, and see what happens.
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