Some Recommended Ways to Exercise Your Heart

 
Are you looking for ways to exercise your heart?  Do you need some ideas?  The following is a list of the many possibilities!  Start today! 

• Set fitness goals
• Carry your own groceries
• Start a walking program
• Volunteer for active chores
• Use a stationary bike at home
• Paint a mural
• Sweep or vacuum daily
• Do sit-ups while watching TV
• Shoot some hoops
• Wash your car by hand
• Ride a bike instead of drive
• On car trips, stop to stretch and stroll.
• Do pull-ups.
• Play table tennis.
• Contract your buttocks while waiting in check-out lines.
• Do salsa aerobics.
• Learn to dance.
• Roller skate.
• Tighten your stomach muscles while sitting.
• Play catch.
• Work out with fitness shows on TV.
• Do jumping jacks.
• Park away from your destination and walk.
• Wash windows.
• Lift hand weights while talking on the phone.
• Walk circuits around the shopping mall.
• Offer to help others lift and carry.
• Take a guided tour of your favorite museum.
• Redecorate.
• Go horseback riding.
• Build a snowman.
• Answer the phone that’s farthest away.
• Go swimming.
• Clean out the garage.
• Play volleyball.
• Go cross-country skiing.
• Go sledding.
• Go dancing.
• Walk your dog.
• Walk a neighbor’s dog.
• Turn your mattresses.
• Jump rope.
• Walk on coffee breaks.
• Organize office exercise breaks.
• Use the stairs, not elevators or escalators.
• Learn to juggle.
• Take up karate.
• Do step aerobics.
• Join a bowling league.
• Go on fundraising walks.
• Visit the zoo.
• Go ice skating.
• Take light weights on business trips.
• Join a gym.
• At work, arrange to have walking meetings.
• Walk before dinner.
• Walk after dinner.
• Play racquetball.
• Avoid drive up windows – walk into banks instead.
• Stretch at your desk.
• Take a brisk walk at lunchtime.
• Do the dishes by hand.
• Learn to play golf.
• Work out to fitness videos.
• Clean out your closets.
• Walk to deliver messages at work.
• Try a yoga class.
• March in place during TV shows.
• Take morning jogs with friends.
• Pack up items for donations.
• Hold a garage sale.
• Play paddle ball.
• Have a Hula Hoop contest.
• Play tag with your children.
• Dust, dust, dust.
• Walk for short errands.
• Keep track of your progress.
• Celebrate reaching your goals!