By Chioma Umeha
The key, experts say, is to use your time more
wisely. Think about killing two birds with one stone. Take your kids to the
park or ride bikes together, and you’re getting physical activity while
enjoying family time, he says. Beyond that, go for a hike, take the kids
swimming, or play hide-and-seek, tag, softball, or horseshoes in the backyard.
At work, they say, schedule a meet¬ing on the
jogging track or on the golf course. Also, forget the idea that you have to
trudge to the gym and spend an hour or more doing a formal workout. Instead,
you can work short spurts of physical ac¬tivity into your day.
Squeezing in two or three bouts of 15 or 20
minutes of activity is just as effective as doing it all at once. Vacuuming the
house in the morning, riding bikes in the park with the kids in the afternoon,
then taking a brisk walk in the evening can add up to an active day.
