Over the past year, I have really come to enjoy working from home. One of the things that has helped me transition is the simple home office workout that I have developed.  First and foremost, I believe fitness needs to be integrated into your daily lives.  Going to the gym for 30 minutes a day, 3 times a week and going through the motions isn’t going to do much, I don’t think.  Most people, in my experience, actually work out for about 10 of those 30 minutes, spending the other 20 minutes talking or resting.   Thus, being home allows you to focus more and to integrate short workouts into your day.  So, for my home-based workouts, I bought some basic hand weights (25, 30 and 35 lbs).  Next I setup my calender system to alert me every two hours that it is time for a quick workout.

So, my typical day is something like this:

1. Walk son to bus stop, then go for a run, some where between 3-5 miles (3-4 days per week)
2. Every two hours, starting at 9 am, take a break from working and do: 25 pushups, 40 high quality situps, set of curls or shoulder rows, and a set of goblet squats

It serves a lot of purposes:  it makes me take a break from work and helps my eyes and hands not be strained, it keeps up my strength, etc., it provides a good workout in the span of 5 or so minutes, and it occurs right about the time I typically get hungry, so it reminds me to have a good healthy snack instead of giving into my cravings.  Plus, it doesn’t prevent me from doing my regular cardio type workouts like running, swimming or biking.

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