WEBVTT - How to exercise during the work day

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is about how to find time to exercise

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<v Speaker 1>during the work day. Lots of people want to exercise more.

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<v Speaker 1>We know it would be good for our health and

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<v Speaker 1>for our energy. Some people exercise before work or after work,

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<v Speaker 1>and both of these are great options. But sometimes family

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<v Speaker 1>or community commitments make this challenging. Or sometimes people know

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<v Speaker 1>they can only get to the gym one evening or

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<v Speaker 1>morning a week and they want to add more physical

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<v Speaker 1>activity to their lives. So I hear this question a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it possible to exercise during the work day. I

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<v Speaker 1>think it is, even if you work in a normal

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<v Speaker 1>office from nine to five. You just need to get

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<v Speaker 1>a little creative about your time and about how you exercise.

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<v Speaker 1>The first thing to change is your definition of exercise.

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<v Speaker 1>You do not have to change into workout clothes. You

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<v Speaker 1>do not need to sweat hard enough to require a shower,

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<v Speaker 1>You do not need a full hour. Any physical activity

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<v Speaker 1>is better than nothing, and the easiest thing to do

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<v Speaker 1>is walk. If you can take thirty minutes for lunch,

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<v Speaker 1>bring your lunch three days a week and spend twenty

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<v Speaker 1>minutes of your break walking outside I'm also a big

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<v Speaker 1>fan of the walking meeting. A lot of one on

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<v Speaker 1>one meetings could be taken on a walking path or

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<v Speaker 1>a sidewalk near your office. Yes, you'll need to walk

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<v Speaker 1>slowly enough to converse, and you also need to warn

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<v Speaker 1>people at least a day ahead of time so they

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<v Speaker 1>know to bring comfortable shoes, but this is a great

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<v Speaker 1>way to build extra activity into your life. Just as

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<v Speaker 1>a side note, I think it's easier to have challenging

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<v Speaker 1>conversations while walking than if you're staring at the person

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<v Speaker 1>across the conference room table. You can also sneak in

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<v Speaker 1>strength training during bits of downtime. Keep a kettlebell or

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<v Speaker 1>some resistance bands at your desk and do some bicep

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<v Speaker 1>curls in between phone calls. If you've got an office door,

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<v Speaker 1>you might close it and do a few push ups

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<v Speaker 1>or plank poses. If you've got a little bit of

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<v Speaker 1>flexibility in your job and access to changing facilities, then

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<v Speaker 1>a lot more possibilities open up. If you can take

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<v Speaker 1>a thirty minute lunch break five days a week, that

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<v Speaker 1>adds up to a hundred fifty minutes, So maybe your

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<v Speaker 1>boss would let you take forty minutes on three days

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<v Speaker 1>and fifteen minutes on two. That also adds up to

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<v Speaker 1>a hundred fifty minutes. With forty minutes, you could spend

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<v Speaker 1>five minutes changing, twenty five minutes running, and then ten

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<v Speaker 1>minutes making yourself presentable again. That could mean renting off

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<v Speaker 1>if there's a shower, using a shower cap if you

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<v Speaker 1>have long hair so it doesn't get wet, or just

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<v Speaker 1>using some wipes at a little towel. Maybe you don't

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<v Speaker 1>do this on the day you're presenting to the CEO

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<v Speaker 1>in the afternoon, but on a normal Tuesday it could

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<v Speaker 1>be fine. Or maybe you take those hundred fifty minutes

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<v Speaker 1>and to sixty minute chunks and three ten minute chunks.

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<v Speaker 1>In sixty minutes, you could take a forty five minute

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<v Speaker 1>class at a gym next door and still make it

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<v Speaker 1>back for your next call, although it's possible you might

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<v Speaker 1>have to dial in from the elevator. You could also

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<v Speaker 1>just take one long lunch during the week, say sixty

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<v Speaker 1>to seventy minutes, and planned to stay a little later

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<v Speaker 1>or come a little earlier that day. If you combine

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<v Speaker 1>that with a few walking meetings and working out on

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<v Speaker 1>each of the weekend days, you'd still be getting way

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<v Speaker 1>more physical activity than the average person, or you could

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<v Speaker 1>just decide to be bold. People sometimes tell me, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not the kind of person who can just leave

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<v Speaker 1>for an hour at lunch every day to exercise. But

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<v Speaker 1>once a lady told me that she had decided to

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<v Speaker 1>become the kind of person who could leave for an

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<v Speaker 1>hour every day at lunch to exercise. She decided that

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<v Speaker 1>she had built up enough career capital to start going

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<v Speaker 1>to this fifty minute boot camp at one pm at

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<v Speaker 1>a gym next door to her office about four days

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<v Speaker 1>per week, so technically she was gone from her desk

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<v Speaker 1>a lot more than before. But she said, you know what,

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<v Speaker 1>I had my best year ever. She returned from boot

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<v Speaker 1>camp with enough energy to focus for the afternoon. She

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<v Speaker 1>was in better shape, and her company was getting better

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<v Speaker 1>work out of her. I call that win win. If

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<v Speaker 1>you exercise during the work day, I'd love to hear

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<v Speaker 1>how you make it work. You can email me at

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<v Speaker 1>Before Breakfast Podcast at iHeart media dot com, or let

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<v Speaker 1>b E the number four Breakfast p o D. In

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<v Speaker 1>the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's

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<v Speaker 1>to making the most of our time,