Movement Ideas for your Lifestyle

  • Park far away from the restaurant for dinner
  • Do an outdoor family activity on Sunday
  • Explore a new place you haven't been to in the city each weekend
  • Hike on weekends in the mountains
  • Join a gym/fitness program
  • At the movies, sit at the top of the theater
  • Take a walk around the grocery store before you shop
  • At the mall, take the stairs instead of the escalator
  • Walk around the mall before you start to shop
  • Learn a new sport or physical activity
  • Walk or bike as much as possible to your destination
  • Use a pedometer and strive for 10,000 steps each day
  • Take a walk after every meal
  • Put things you use daily on the lowest shelf
  • Set a weekly activity schedule
  • Go to the farmers' market
  • Build a snowman if it snows and ride a Slip-and-Slide if it's hot
  • Walk the golf course rather than using a cart
  • Substitute activities: Go hiking rather than to the movies
  • Schedule a picnic and volleyball game with family or friends
  • Keep pacing if you attend athletic games of your family and friends
  • Replace your Sunday drive with a Sunday walk
  • Try interval walking wherever you walk: walk fast for 30 seconds and regular pace for one minute and keep alternating