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Are you fatigues by the routine exercise regime in your gym? Well, man is an animal who desires change constantly. He always gets bored by day to Day routine and wants to bring about few changes in his routine so that it keeps him motivating to do better. Same is the case with exercise routine. Today, everyone has understood the importance of keeping oneself fit with apt diet and exercise. We know how dangerous it is to cross the normal waist-hip ratio that can make us diseased. However, many people leave their good regimens half-way because they get bored of the same course of exercise daily. Then what to do?

Well, leaving exercise altogether is obviously not an option. Then how can we shed boredom associated with disciplinary exercise routine? By bringing change into it! Yes, by inculcating a variety of exercises in our day to day exercise regimen. We can have fun while exercising and also reap benefits of different exercises. It has been also found that those people who are extremely motivated towards strict exercise routines are healthy no doubt, but they are not overly fit and also lack the “fun-factor” that should be associated with your exercise pattern.

Variety of exercises-

Choose any of the 6-7 varieties of exercise routines and select each exercise for each day in a week. You can also overlap few of them or do permutation and combination if you happen to choose many forms of exercises. Let’s derive a primary list of exercises to do this week-

Monday: Yoga and Pilates- We know that different Yoga or Pilates postures give our body a flexible module and a great posture. A sense of well-being and confident gait prevails. The stresses and overt anxiousness do not trouble you. Isn’t it a great way to start off your work-week?

Tuesday: Walking- Many fitness enthusiast and experts believe that walking is the best form of exercise. No risks of any sorts and huge benefits. Walking tones all the muscles in the body. Add aerobic style walking to your regime and no need of any cardio exercise too! Get cardio-benefits by walking little faster in aerobic style. Just lift your hands little, fold them at the elbow, and move them to and fro. This makes you an aerobic walker.

Wednesday: Swimming- Those with articular problems can truly enjoy their Wednesday if they keep it aside for swimming. If you know swimming, it’s a great feeling to be in waters with similar minded people around. If you do not know swimming, it is great fun to learn also. No doubt, it gives you a good overall exercise without putting undue stress on your joints.

Thursday: Dancing- It is said that aerobic dancing or any other type of dancing is the best form of exercise for those who want to utilize the cardio-benefits from it. Also it is great fun to dance around the house on your favorite tunes. You can join a dance class if you want to have more fun and learn it from experts. Even on week days, you can definitely enjoy at least an hour of dancing in your free time and reap the unending benefits.

Friday: Tennis- Tennis or any other sport activity is a great way to burn your calories effectively and have tremendous fun. The sporting habit should also be inculcated in our children from the beginning so that they are developed into healthier adults. Not only tennis but there may be number of sports that you are interested in. give it a chance on one Friday and see the difference. Well, you need not spend the whole day. Join a class or learn it free from your friends. Enjoy your closeness with them while losing those extra bulges.

Saturday: Gym- Yeah, once a week on an off day like Saturday, you can try hitting gym and get involved in disciplined exercises as per the directions of your coach. Definitely a great way to stay cardio-fit!

Sunday: Rush your adrenalin- Its holiday and you can spice up your life and that of your children by engaging in some adrenalin activity. There are many options like skiing, parasailing, jet skiing, and surfing. Many more options can be created by searching locally in your area. Get yourself ecstatic before starting with the week next day afresh!

You can very well incorporate many other forms of exercises as per your wishes and whims. What you need most is the motivation factor to stay tuned with your exercise routine. Then only it is possible to have a tuned body!

The gravest problem for all people who have crossed the normal hip-waist ratio is lack of time to have sufficient exercise! Well, is it so? When we know that spending time for keeping your weight in check is like investing your time, why can’t we imbibe a good lifestyle regime in our day to day life? We know it’s easier said than done! But with little effort, we all can inculcate regular weight loss regime (it should be called a “healthy life” regime) in our day to day life.

Even latest Mayo Clinic research believes that it’s not your gym but your everyday activity, pacing, fidgetiness, and restlessness that count more while losing weight. The study was centered on coach potatoes and their excess weights resulting due to sedentary habits. And the study reveals that the people if comprised activity regimen while sitting, standing, walking, and talking, they can lose calories faster. As we all know, any good diet regimen has to be coupled with exercise regimen for better and long term results. You use any diet pills or weight loss regimen, there is no alternative to bodily activity while losing those extra pounds.

Is it possible to burn calories without exercising?

Kames Levin, an MD at Mayo Clinic, calls this process as NEAT (Non-exercise activity thermogenesis). But over the years, due to technological advancements, our day to day caloric burn is reduced a lot, thanks to the machinery and equipments that help us reduce our work. Therefore, he suggests if we can increase our activity time everyday even by some time, it will help us lose extra pounds with ease.

What activities can be inculcated in our day to day life to burn more calories effectively?

1)    Shopping- Yes, your favorite hobby, shopping can help you burn more calories, especially if you like to shop in a supermarket stylishly while pushing the cart up and down the aisles. Pick up the most nutritious and healthy food items, pack them in cart yourself, and take it to counter. You will burn upto 250 calories without doubt!

2)    Laundry- well, even if you use washing machines, folding your clothes everyday gives you enough exercise if you do it for 15-20 minutes. Yes, you have chance to burn around 100 calories just by folding your clothes.

3)    Wipe and make it shine- have you tried wiping your tables, drawers, shelves etc? If you do this cleaning business for 30 minutes a day, you can lose around 100 calories!

4)    Cleaning around- feeling filthy about dirty neighborhood? Why don’t you take initiative and clean it coming Sunday for 2-3 hours? Yes you have chance to lose whopping 2000 calories!

5)    Use your feet for corner shop instead of driving. If you do this every time you need something, you tend to lose calories. Also good habit to inculcate in children from young days.

6)    Using cycle at least once or twice a week is the best form of habit you can inculcate in your daily routine.

7)    Walk to bus stop- may be this sounds foolish, but walking to catch your bus or train by walking till bus stop or station burns more calories as you always are hurried to do the same.

8)    Parking your car little away from your destination can give you pretty good exercise.

9)    Start loving the stairs instead of lift at workplace or home.

10)    During lunch break, have a brisk walk for about 10-15 minutes.

11)    Do not use phone or email while contacting an office colleague. Go to him and talk. Will strengthen your bonds too while reducing bulges over long period.

12)    At home, play actively with your kids. It can be one of the greatest exercises in day to day life.

13)    Gardening once a week will give you amazing exercise.

14)    And finally, dance around the house while listening to your favorite music!

The list above is definitely not very hard to inculcate in your day to day life. Just you need the motivation to shed those extra kilos that have potential to burden you with life-threatening disorders. If you want to save yourself with the hassles later, start with the day to day activity regimen today and find the difference!