Easier Ways to Exercise
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1. Join a health club where most members are heavy. Many clubs across the country cater to over weight people and you'll feel much more comfortable and will probably make some great new friends. Facilities like this downplay mirrored walls and other body-builder trappings. Check your phone book to see if there is one near you and give this idea some thought. If you find one, go visit it and get a feel for it - you'll know if you still feel uncomfortable and find this just isn't for you.
2. So, you didn't like the health club, or perhaps it was too expensive. Nothing wrong with that. You could give some thought to buying a piece of exercise equipment for your home.
This could be a treadmill, rowing machine or stationary bike or a set of weights for strength. Think this through though, and know that you will commit to using it; not letting it become a clothes hanger or a catch all.
3. Find ways to get some physical activity each day. Walk rather than drive whenever you can - with gas prices these days, this is more economical, too! If you have an option of stairs or an elevator, take those stairs. If you communicate in the office via e-mail a lot, don't! Walk to the co-worker you need to bring a message to. Apply the same to the phone.
4. If you are troubled with osteoarthritis, try swimming or water aerobics. These are very good calorie burners and are very easy on the joints.
- "We've yet to find a disease state where exercise isn't helpful". --Miriam Nelson, PhD, scientist, Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University.
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