This time is all very new and scary for all of us. Since most people are working from home and gyms are closed, everyone is having a hard time finding the best ways to stay active and safe. We want to give you some indoor and outdoor activities and exercises during this time.
- If you are working from home
- Get up and walk around your house every 1 hour for 5-10 minutes
- Create a stand up desk area at your kitchen counter
- Use cookbooks and other items to prop your laptop up for proper eye height
- Set a timer every 30 minutes to address your posture
- Perform seated calf raises under your desk to keep blood flowing in your legs
- Drink lots of water
- Exercising indoors
- There are a lot of free work out videos online right now
- We will be posting some home exercises on Facebook and Instragram
- If you have stairs and no knee/hip pain, walk up and down the stairs for 5-10 minutes at a time
- Find 3-4 exercises that you enjoy doing and perform those for 15-20 minutes for a quick circuit work out
- There are a lot of free work out videos online right now
- Exercising outdoors
- Walk, bike or run for up to 30 minutes, 5x/week
- Gardening or yard work
These are stressful times so find activities that you enjoy and make you feel happy.
Find a virtual buddy to motivate you to do some exercises every day.
We look forward to helping everyone again soon! Stay healthy!