Whether its 10,000 steps a day, going for a bike ride or hopping on the rower, being active is important.
We don’t need to overdo it, and it doesn’t need to be in huge chunks or even for a specific distance or time.
Little and often, building ourselves up and enjoying it should be the main focus.
Starting off, we could walk around the block 1-2 times a day, aim for an extra 1000 steps or use the stairs at work.
Once we start to increase our distance or time, we can look at how to improve ourselves in slightly different ways:
Speed
Hills
Mixed activities
Again, adding in activities that we like will make it that much easier to stick to, so, if we are time bound we could add some short bursts of speed in, or a little hill in our route.
We can also introduce other activities to enhance what we are doing, maybe our current routine becomes the start of our own little circuit, something like a 10 minute walk then a few squats or press-ups or even a bit of skipping!
This list is endless, if you like targets then you could aim to get 10,000 steps in before 5pm, then each month shave an hour off! Or even completing them in as few outings as possible.
Adding some strength work in, will help to support your goals and help increase your targets, as per normal we’ll drop into that next week.
Speaking of targets and increases, one of the easiest ways to work it out is to use the 10% rule, it works really well for starting out, however, be aware that adding 10% continuously can result in some very large times/distances!
Start off and make small steps, because if we finish by thinking I could have done a little more, we are likely to want to go back….
Lastly, not every day is the same. We have golden days when everything falls into line, and days when someone has attached an anchor! The goal is to move and be active, if that means a shorter distance or less speed, so be it!
If you would like to find out how to best to be more active in your daily routine speak to a member of Team SF on info@spikefitness.co.uk or 07597215652.