wedding workouts

       
If your engaged you are worrying about a ton of things to get done on your to-do list. One of them is probably how will you look in your wedding dress! Being a busy bride-to-be with so many tasks can make you wonder how you can get fitness in but there is always a way! Here are some tips below that will help you reach your goals even if you are not a bride-to-be.

  When you
think about physical
fitness, you probably have some pretty strong associations. You may
think of early-morning yoga enthusiasts or lunch-hour joggers. Or maybe you
think of the New Year’s Resolution crowd sweating on exercise machines in the
gym, or even bodybuilders shouting and straining under huge weights.

            These are
all certainly good fitness activities, and if you’re hoping that this article
will tell you not to run or go to the
gym, then you’re out of luck. But what this article will argue is that these are not the only way to exercise. You can
find ways to get a little exercise at a time through everyday activities that
you would never think of as “working out.” There are ways to make calorie
burning and muscle building a seamless part of your day-to-day life! These
methods work best when combined with a running schedule or gym membership, of
course, but every little bit that you do will help you.

Walk!

            We
mentioned yoga enthusiasts, joggers, and bodybuilders as fitness examples
above, and each of those are associated with a particular type of exercise. But
try to think for a moment of a group of people who you associate with physical
fitness but not with any one
particular type of exercise.

            You’re
likely to think of urban dwellers or Europeans. There’s a reason that these people
are stereotypically thinner than the rest of us, and it actually does have to
do with one type of exercise that they’re all doing – though it’s not something
we’d always think of as exercise. It’s walking.

            No, not
“walking” in the sense of exercise, with the spandex and the iPod and the
circular path around your neighborhood. Walking as a mode of transportation.
These people are more likely to walk to the grocery store or the library. They
walk to get around, and it becomes a normal part of their life. They walk at a
comfortable pace. There are no fitness goals, just a simple destination.

            You can
walk this way, too, though you may feel like you can’t. Even in car-dominated
suburbs, there is likely at least one place you visit frequently that is less than
a mile away. Do you drive to your neighbor’s home to visit? Why not walk
instead? You can try longer trips, too. And you don’t have to walk the whole
way – carry around the number of a taxi or car service. Call them when you’re tired or
have them drive you halfway and drop you off. If that’s too extreme, just park
further from the entrance of the store. Make walking a part of your daily
routine, and you’ll be burning calories constantly.

            And if it’s
really too far to walk? Maybe you should invest in a bicycle and double or
triple your range.

I’ve got it!

            America is
full of hard-working people. It’s a place where capitalism reigns and customer
service is vital. So, as Americans, we enjoy a lot of opportunities to let
other people do things for us.

            The taxi
driver takes your bags and puts them in the trunk. The bellhop gets them from
the trunk and carries them to your hotel room. Someone at your local farm and
garden center will carry plants, soil, and other purchases to your car for you.
Even grocery store employees will help you out.

            Here’s an
idea: carry more things yourself. It builds muscle and burns calories. Walking
while carrying something is a better workout than just walking. So find ways to
slowly increase the amount of times that you volunteer to carry your own
things. Maybe you don’t need to run out to your car and drop those bags off
during your mall shopping trip (though, if you’ve parked your car far away, the
extra walking will be nice!). Maybe you can handle your own groceries – on a
smaller grocery store run, you may even be able to walk home with your bags in
hand.

Fun, fun, fun

            Everyone
has activities that they enjoy. And unless you’re solely interested in video
games, you probably have at least one hobby that’s also exercise.

            Runners and
tennis players know this, of course, but even more sedentary activities can
include some exercise. You burn calories when you cast your fishing line, and
you can burn more if you walk further down the river to a better spot, or move
around a bit during the day. Choose to spend more days doing your favorite
outdoor activity, and fewer inside eating food (and when you do go fishing,
maybe bring fewer high-calorie beers).

            If you
don’t have a calorie-burning hobby yet, consider getting one. It’s the most
enjoyable way to sneak even more exercise into your daily life. If you’re
attending dancing classes multiple times a week (and walking to the grocery
store, and carrying your own bags), you may find that you get and stay thin
without as many hard hours in the gym.