$10 Device Tricks You Into Getting a Simple Workout
What if you could improve your health with little effort and the help of a little $10 device? There’s no catch and it’s as simple as can be. Ready, drum roll - buy a pedometer.
A pedometer is a little device that measures the number of steps you take while wearing it. It fits on your belt or in your pocket.
The benefits of walking have been documented for years. It makes sense that if you increase the distance you walk, you get healthier and getting a little healthier could save your life.
Trust Human Nature - Yours
What gets measured gets done. It’s human nature. Get attention, keep attention and people take action. The problem is making measurement simple. A pedometer is simple, takes no work, no assembly and no time. How’s that for simple?
A 3 Step Process
Fitness in small doses. That’s why your here. Here is an easy simple workout trick that’s disguised as part of your daily routine. Three simple steps will improve your health. You won’t be running a marathon, but you will be get more exercise without a lot more effort.
- Buy a pedometer. Find on locally or they’re available from Amazon for less than $10.00.
- Use the pedometer for a week and record the results.
- Increase the number of steps or distance you take every week. Pick a number you like. I’m thinking 5%. Do that for 10 weeks and you will increase your steps by 62.9%. You will improve your fitness with very little effort.
10 Ideas for Walking More
- Park your car and walk an extra 20 yards
- Park your car at the end of your driveway
- While waiting - pace
- At an event, like a kid’s game - stand and walk a bit rather than sitting
- Get off the elevator on the floor below and walk up a flight of stairs
- Walk down the stairs rather than taking the elevator
- Walk to colleagues office rather than calling on the phone
- Take the long route to the rest room or use a rest room further away
- Take a walking break instead of a sitting break
- At a store, walk around the store to get to what you want to buy
- Your turn….
Record your results every day. Set a goal to beat last week’s average by 5% or 10%. Before you know it you’ll be feeling better. Then you might want to move up to the The Ultimate Simple Workout Routine.
