WEBVTT - Exercise during waiting time

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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 to exercise during your downtime. If you

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<v Speaker 1>look at even busy schedules closely, there is often some

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<v Speaker 1>time for physical activity. You just have to use the

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<v Speaker 1>time when you are waiting for something else. I read

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<v Speaker 1>this episode on the sidelines of my daughter's soccer practice.

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<v Speaker 1>The practice was about ninety minutes long, and I watched

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<v Speaker 1>some of the action at the end, but I spent

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<v Speaker 1>the first forty five minutes running. There's a lovely trail

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<v Speaker 1>near the park, and I was able to enjoy some

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<v Speaker 1>fall wildflowers and a bridge over the Schuylkill River in

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<v Speaker 1>the late afternoon sun. The rest of the day was

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<v Speaker 1>packed with work and shuttling kids to and from school,

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<v Speaker 1>but I saw that I would be at the park

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<v Speaker 1>for those ninety minutes and that it was a nice day,

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<v Speaker 1>so I made sure to put on my exercise clothes

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<v Speaker 1>before going to practice, and my nice run was the result.

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<v Speaker 1>During the busy years of raising a family and building

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<v Speaker 1>a career, it can be hard to fit in regular

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<v Speaker 1>gym trips, but many of us spend an aggravating amount

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<v Speaker 1>of time waiting for things, waiting for phone calls to start,

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<v Speaker 1>waiting for appointments, waiting for kids at activities, waiting on hold,

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<v Speaker 1>waiting for dinner to cook. Sometimes we can't do anything

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<v Speaker 1>other than scroll around on our phones, but sometimes other

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<v Speaker 1>things are possible, particularly with some tweaks. For instance, instead

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<v Speaker 1>of waiting in a twenty minute car pickup line, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you could park nearby, walk to the school and pick

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<v Speaker 1>up the kids on foot. If you get to a

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<v Speaker 1>baseball field a little early, you could park and walk

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<v Speaker 1>laps around the neighborhood. Keep some dumbbells in your office

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<v Speaker 1>and you can do bicep corals while waiting for you're

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<v Speaker 1>always slightly late client to join that phone call. If

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<v Speaker 1>your city has one of those smart bus systems where

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<v Speaker 1>you can see that it is coming in ten minutes,

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<v Speaker 1>feel free to walk around the block for five. If

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<v Speaker 1>you are traveling with a companion, you can take turns

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<v Speaker 1>standing with your luggage while each of you does a

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<v Speaker 1>ten minute airport terminal walk while you are waiting to board.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the better innovations of COVID is that a

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<v Speaker 1>number of physician offices now have you wait outside until

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<v Speaker 1>your exam room is ready. If the parking lot is

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere amenable, you could walk until you get that text.

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<v Speaker 1>As for kids sports games, sure you probably want to

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<v Speaker 1>see some of the show, but none of this has

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<v Speaker 1>to be either. Or you can run for thirty minutes

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<v Speaker 1>and then watch for thirty minutes. You will see a

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<v Speaker 1>lot and you are modeling that sports aren't just for kids. Plus,

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<v Speaker 1>I find that I am in a much better mood

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<v Speaker 1>about kid activities if I can use some of that

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<v Speaker 1>time for my own pursuits too. So if you are

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<v Speaker 1>looking to exercise more, look at how you spend your

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<v Speaker 1>time for a few days or ideally a week, Look

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<v Speaker 1>at the moments when you are waiting for something else.

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<v Speaker 1>Think about whether it might be possible to use this

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<v Speaker 1>time for exercise. If so, you can both increase your

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<v Speaker 1>exercise time and be less annoyed about waiting time. That

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<v Speaker 1>is a win on both counts. In the meantime, this

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

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