Exercise For The Busy Woman

Exercise For The Busy Woman

Thomasville Magazine Fall 2016

School is in full swing, homework and laundry piling up, practice, games, bills, groceries, and the list goes on. For working moms, stay-at-home moms, or the businesswoman, finding time to work out is essential and quite honestly missing!

Being in the fitness industry for over nine years, one of the most common excuses I hear for not exercising: “I just don’t have the time”.

I want to get straight to the point -- there IS time to work out. The key is finding the little things to do and adding them all together. You can do small things every day that will keep you working better, looking better, handling life better (eh huh… kids), and most importantly feeling better.

If you can dedicate only 10 minutes a day to exercising, aka exercise, your mind and body will thank you for it. By the end of the week, that’s over an hour of exercise you would not have done! Simple exercises like:

·      Jumping Jacks

·      Running up and down the stairs (whoo that’s a tough one!)

·      Squats

·      Split squats

·      Burpies

·      Goodmornings

·      Push-ups

·      Reptile plank

The list can go on and on. Great news is we have so many resources at our fingertips for on-the-go women. Pinterest, exercise blogs, and even Instagram have some great workouts you can follow daily. Here’s my only request; seek professional help first to make sure you won’t injure yourself.

Now for the rest of you out there… those who say you don’t even have 10 minutes. So what am I to do for you? This is when the little things really add up. If you have kids, this is a fun game for everyone. Make a calendar of exercises, each day of the month you have to do the same repetitions as the date. So, on August 15, you do 15 squats; September 3, three burpies.

Sample Calendar:

Sept 15 15 Squats

Sept 16 16 Burpies

Sept 17 17 Walking Lunges

Sept 18 18 Toe Touches

Sept 19 19 Plank Toes Taps

Sept 20 20 Good-mornings

Sept 21 21 sec Mountain Climbers

OR do two exercises a week in September. At the start of each week do five push-ups, and five squats. Add one a day, and by the end of the week you’ll be doing 12 push-ups and 12 squats. Then pick two new exercises the next week.

Remember, every bit counts. Take the stairs, park farther away from the grocery store, go for a walk after lunch or dinner, wake up five minutes earlier and stretch. Believe me, all these little exercises will make you feel more energized and possibly find more time for exercise! Or, maybe you will even begin to like exercise! That is your main goal, didn’t you know?