Get your move on in March

Get your move on

By Sue Johnston, LifeStar® Creator

Let's start with what we can all agree: exercise and movement are good for us and part of a healthy lifestyle. So why can it feel so hard to keep up with good exercise habits?

Well, our lives are full. We have deadlines, responsibilities, and distractions that get in the way of our best-laid plans to focus our attention on getting some exercise into our day.  It often seems easiest to push aside the exercise and get on with the day-to-day grind.  However, this impacts our performance, capacity to deal with uncertainty and longevity.

Let's look at the what, why and how of making movement more realistic and achievable in your busy life.

Variety is the spice of life

Your body thrives when you mix up the type of exercise you do. Sticking to one type of exercise may become less interesting and motivating. As your body gets used to moving in that one way, it won't have the same impact. That's why personal trainers encourage you to mix up the type of exercise you do.

The variety of activities that your body thrives on include movements that:

1. get your heart rate up (like dancing, running, walking)
2. stretch your muscles (like yoga and Pilates)
3. Strengthen your ability to perform everyday movements like bending and twisting, moving side to side, squatting, pushing, and pulling (bodyweight or additional weight exercises).

Why bother?

Moving has countless positive benefits for the connected human you are—a mix of body, mind, emotional, and spiritual goodness.

Moving your body helps you:

• deal with stress and anxiety, low mood and overwhelm
• move emotions through your body
• get a break from everyday stressors
• experience meaningful connection when you exercise with others.

How to make movement part of your everyday

When we are low on time and energy, getting to our favourite yoga class or running with our mates can feel impossible. Here's the secret: Build as much movement as possible into your busy day.

And some ideas to get you started...

• The most important thing is to do movement and exercise that you enjoy. It will feel less like a task and more like a reset.
• Try 'exercise snacking.'  For example, those are mini moments between meetings, before or after work.  If you like increasing your heart rate, how about 10-star jumps between meetings?  If stretching is more your thing, do some stretches at your desk. And functional movement-wise, how about taking the stairs instead of the lift?
• Make exercise and movement incidental to your day—like standing or walking meetings.

Commit to adding mini moments of exercise to your daily routine. The challenge will be making a purposeful mindset shift to say 'yes' to prioritising movement for your long-term sustainable well-being. If you do, you will have better energy levels to have the impact you want to have in your work and life. 

A Shortcut to living with more impact and energy.

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