Dr. Brett Hill - Eat Think Move Chiropractic

Many people look at the requirements for ‘how much exercise people need in a day to remain healthy', and decide it all seems a bit much: ‘Where am I going to find the time to do all that?'

Well the good news is that you don't always have to set aside specific time to exercise. In fact much of your exercise requirement can be taken up whilst you are at work, while you are doing the shopping and even when you are catching up with friends. The key is to incorporate your exercise into your activities of daily living (ADL's).

For example, rather than driving round and round at the supermarket looking for that perfect park near the entrance, why not take that space at the very back of the car park? You will save yourself time and stress and you will get a nice little walk to the shops to boot. There's five minutes each way of walking!

The old cliché at work is to take the stairs rather than the lift, but it really does work (assuming you have a multi-story workplace). This simple exercise can easily add 20 minutes of exercise into every day as you head into work, out for a meeting, out for lunch and then home again. If your office doesn't have stairs, you may consider parking a little way away or getting public transport, and then walking in to get the same effect. There's another 20 minutes each day!

And instead of catching up with your friends at the coffee shop for a chin wag, why not meet them at the oval or the beach and go for a nice talk while you chat away? You can easily slide in 30 minutes of exercise and the best bit is, you will be so busy chatting you won't even notice. There's a bonus 30 mins exercise!

So start thinking about how exercise fits into your daily routine. I am sure you can come up with some good ideas too.