Fitting exercise in to your busy life

Do you struggle to fit exercise in to your hectic life? We have put together some simple exercises that you can do whilst you wait for your porridge to cook, clean your teeth, sit at your desk and even lie in bed!

For full details of each exercise and how to do them properly, either look them up on google,or youtube or pop into the clinic and we will show you how.

Waiting for your porridge to cook (or other meal of your choosing)

Star jumps – see how many you can fit in, aim for 50, just don’t let your food overcook

Jumping on the spot – get those knees nice and high

Burpees – okay these are hard but oh so worth it

Squats – make sure you feel the burn

Lunge – if you happen to have a watermelon kicking about in your kitchen (or other reasonably heavy item) then do some walking lunges and do an arm press above your head at the bottom of each stride

Cleaning your teeth

Wall sit/Static squat against a wall – get nice and low but don’t let you knee go beyond 90 degrees

Side—to-side stationary lunges – get down nice and low

Calf raises – get nice and high on to those tiptoes

Sitting at your desk

Scissor legs under the desk – kick like your swimming

Buttock squeeze – squeeze your glutes, hold for 10 seconds and then release

Seated leg raise – hook your handbag onto to your ankles for added difficulty

Lying in bed

Sit ups – all variations, small crunches to full seated sit ups

Leg alphabet – lying on your back with straight legs draw the alphabet

Leg twists from side to side – lying on your back with your knees pulled to your chest, roll from side to side

Side lying leg lifts – lying on your side, with straight legs, lift the top leg

Please do not perform these exercises if you have an injury and always make sure you do perform these exercises correctly otherwise you could be at danger of injuring yourself. We are more than happy to demonstrate to you if you pop in to the clinic or to discuss your injury with you and give you advice.

Hopefully some of these exercises should get your heart rate going but don’t rely solely on these for you’re your weekly dose of exercise and don’t forger to always take the stairs instead of escalators, drink lots of water, have good portion control, lead a healthy and balanced lifestyle and don’t over do it on exercise and dieting because you will never be able to maintain it. A healthy and happy medium is always best.