Today I want to chat about 3 ways you can prioritize movement. Let’s get away from the word exercise for a moment, as the health benefits of simple activities such as walking or gardening can be significant. I hear from many of my patients about exercise challenges, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic.
You know that aerobic activities can jumpstart your cardiovascular health. Slower approaches (such as yoga or meditation) may help you to improve health measures such as your blood pressure. Here is a post I wrote for Medium.com showing some of the evidence:
Daily movement can help your physical and psychological well-being. I am a fan of movement. Here are three ways that I make it easier to incorporate physical activity into my daily routine.
Here are the 3 ways you can prioritize movement:
- Get in your physical activity in the morning. On a dreary Seattle winter day, it is easy for me to skip my daily walks. Get in your physical activity first thing in the morning and you can spark your creativity, metabolism, and more.
- Find joy. If you don’t find your physical activity enjoyable, it will be much more challenging to keep it up. I mix it up, hiking on my days off, walking on all days, doing HIIT workouts in the gym, or doing some mindfulness practice. Play and dance your way to health and well-being.
- Put it on your schedule. Make it easier to do what you should do. For many, if it is not a scheduled part of the day, physical activity won’t happen.
Find a way to move more during the day. Even getting up every 30 minutes to walk 75 steps can advance your health in meaningful ways. Whatever you do, try to avoid being sedentary. Just move – You’ve got this.
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I hope you enjoyed reading about 3 ways you can prioritize movement. I’m Dr. Michael Hunter.
