A study by Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center found that for some people increased lifestyle activity is just as beneficial for improved fitness as aerobic exercise. I do not want this to discourage you from your exercise routines but to encourage you to incorporate some of these everyday kinds of physical activities into your day as well.

• Park on the opposite side of the mall from your destination.
• Walk every aisle of the grocery store- even if you do not need anything in some aisles.
• At work, deliver things personally instead of using interoffice mail.
• Go for a five-minute walk around the block when others take their smoking break.
• Throw away the television remote control.
• Play catch with the dog and take the dog for more walks.
• Baby-sit a toddler.
• Get up from your desk and take a three-minute walk around the halls every hour.
• Walk to your neighbor's house instead of driving.
• Play catch or hide-and-seek with your kids.
• Hang laundry outside.
• Vacuum the house more often.
• Plant and tend a vegetable garden.
• Get up and walk between meal courses.
• Iron while you watch TV.
• Go to the bathroom on a different floor than the one you are on.
• Don't combine errands; do them one at a time.
• Cut your grass twice a week and use a push mower.
• Use a cordless phone or a cell and walk while you talk.