WEBVTT - One way to beat traffic

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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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 one way you can cut down

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<v Speaker 1>on time spent in traffic and make time for exercise too.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're ever on the roads between about seven and

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<v Speaker 1>nine am or four to six pm, you've probably noticed

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<v Speaker 1>that you're not the only one. I don't have a

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<v Speaker 1>regular daily commute, but I do drive to Philadelphia's thirtieth

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<v Speaker 1>Street station from my house quite frequently. I've learned that

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<v Speaker 1>a trip that takes sixteen minutes with no traffic can

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<v Speaker 1>take as long as forty five minutes during rush hour.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure a lot of people are listening to this

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<v Speaker 1>podcast in the car, so I don't have to tell

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<v Speaker 1>you that taking ninety minutes a day to drive something

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<v Speaker 1>that would take thirty two minutes round trip at a

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<v Speaker 1>different time is frustrating. It's particularly frustrating since one of

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<v Speaker 1>the first things people drop when they've got along comet

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<v Speaker 1>is that mood boosting activity known as exercise. One analysis

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<v Speaker 1>of data from the American Time You Survey found that

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<v Speaker 1>people who spent more time commuting consistently spent less time exercising.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it's a commuting SAPs willpower, or maybe it's a

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<v Speaker 1>simple time logistics problem. If you plan to eat dinner

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<v Speaker 1>around six thirty and the drive from work takes an hour,

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<v Speaker 1>leaving it five fifteen means there isn't really time to

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<v Speaker 1>fit in a run. If the drive takes twenty minutes, though,

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<v Speaker 1>well you'd have thirty minutes for exercise plus time for changing. Fortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes it's possible to address both problems. I received a

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<v Speaker 1>note recently from a listener who had long wanted time

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<v Speaker 1>to exercise, but wasn't sure how to fit it in

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<v Speaker 1>with his commute. But then he thought about the situation

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<v Speaker 1>and realized that the problem was that he was thinking

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<v Speaker 1>about exercising right by his house, or maybe during the

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<v Speaker 1>work day, when it was harder to fit in. So

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<v Speaker 1>if he was going to exercise by his house in

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<v Speaker 1>the morning or after work, he either had to get

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<v Speaker 1>up incredibly early to go before battling traffic, or he'd

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<v Speaker 1>be too tired to go by the time he got home.

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<v Speaker 1>So he decided to go to a gym right by

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<v Speaker 1>his office. He started leaving about an hour or so earlier.

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<v Speaker 1>He traveled to the gym and get a workout in

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<v Speaker 1>and discovered that even after doing fairly extensive workouts, he'd

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<v Speaker 1>still arrive at work before he had been getting there.

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<v Speaker 1>That's because traffic is so much better at six am

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<v Speaker 1>than at seven am, So anyone doing this will get

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<v Speaker 1>more than an extra hour in his or her life.

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<v Speaker 1>Rather than get to work frazzled at eight am, you

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<v Speaker 1>get to work at seven thirty feeling pumped up after

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<v Speaker 1>working out for thirty to forty five minutes. We could

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<v Speaker 1>picture our listener waving to his colleagues as they're coming in.

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<v Speaker 1>With everyone seeing him there early, he could possibly leave

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<v Speaker 1>a little earlier sometimes and feel no guilt about it.

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<v Speaker 1>I know he's not the only one thinking about this.

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<v Speaker 1>A friend of mine with a commute that took sixty

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<v Speaker 1>minutes or more at rush hour, started going to a

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<v Speaker 1>gym by her workplace right after work. By the time

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<v Speaker 1>her favorite fifty minute class was over, the roads had

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<v Speaker 1>cleared considerably. She figured she could leave work at six

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<v Speaker 1>and get home at seven if she was lucky, or

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<v Speaker 1>she could hit a six fifteen class, be in her

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<v Speaker 1>car by seven, and be home well before eight. Now

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<v Speaker 1>obviously shifting a drive time to build an exercise won't

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<v Speaker 1>work for everyone. Someone with a strict daycare pickup time,

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<v Speaker 1>for instance, can't just decide to get there later because

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<v Speaker 1>he or she wants to hit the gym. But if

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<v Speaker 1>you are co parenting with someone, it might be worth

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<v Speaker 1>trading off pickups or early morning coverage so each parent

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<v Speaker 1>can get at least one night a week skipping the

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<v Speaker 1>traffic and getting some exercise to or doing it before work.

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<v Speaker 1>Exercise makes people feel good and traffic makes them feel bad,

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<v Speaker 1>so anything that increases the former and decreases time spent

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<v Speaker 1>in the ladder is a win in my book. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you shift your schedule to skip traffic? What do you

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<v Speaker 1>do with this time? You can let me know at

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<v Speaker 1>Before Breakfast podcast at iHeart media dot com. In the meantime,

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<v Speaker 1>this is Laura. Thanks for listening and here's to making

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