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
