Easy Exercises Even Couch Potatoes Can Handle

With a hectic work schedule followed by demands at home, it may be hard to squeeze in a trip to the gym. The good news is you can incorporate smaller changes in your daily routine to boost your overall day-to-day fitness requirements. The Canadian Health Guide now states that you should have at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day to maintain health and healthy weight.

Follow these tips to incorporate your total 60 daily minutes:

1. Park in the back of the parking lot so that you have to walk a little farther to your destination. If you're shopping. Carry your groceries, instead of using a cart. Beef up those biceps, and get rid of 'Tank-Arm'!
2. Give your house a really good cleaning. To burn even more calories, sing and dance while you work.

3. When you have a choice, use stairs instead of an escalator or elevator. Try to climb stairs quickly instead of taking your time.
4. When feasible, walk instead of driving to work, the store, or the mall.
5. Use an Swiss (exercise) ball instead of a chair. It forces you to continually contract your core muscles in the abdomen and back to stay balanced.
6. Play with your kids (or pets) — tag is a great game to get the heart pumping. Or a good old fashion game of fetch. It's so fetch.
7. Laugh, jump up and down, dance, and just enjoy life!!