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There are so many benefits to being active, but starting a workout routine can feel so daunting. Especially if you're new to working out, it's important to start with exercises that are simple and achievable. These simple exercises for beginners will help get your body moving, and before you know it, you'll be well on your way to meeting your fitness goals! Simple Exercises for Beginners Tips - Make Every Exercise Easier Walk before you Run… If you’re an absolute beginner, a full blown workout which incorporates cardio, weights, and flexibility may scare or discourage you. The idea is to start with small steps. Do one exercise segment at a time (refer to our suggestions, item 2 above). Besides, very few people can accomplish a two-hour workout more than once or twice a week. Another way of doing it would be to integrate your favorite sport (swimming, cycling or walking) during the week and say, a particular activity like yoga which doesn’t necessitate jumping into the car and making a dash for the washrooms before cardio classes start. With yoga for example, all you need is a mat and a quiet room in your house for about 20 minutes. Also Read: Benefits of Exercise Image by musculacaoMM2020 from Pixabay Time Management If your schedule gets you up and running beginning at 9 in the morning until six in the evening, this day represents 9 hours. There are 24 hours a day and we’re not recommending you get up at 2 in the morning to do your exercise. But have you ever thought that if you get up at 7 to be ready for 9, maybe you can set your alarm clock 45 minutes earlier, using these 45 minutes to engage in a physical activity? If you do this three times a week, that means you get 135 minutes that you can allocate for exercise. One easy way to do this is to do yoga in the morning (it requires only a mat and comfortable, loose clothing), or buy a treadmill (the foldable ones) that you can jump into as soon as you wake up. No excuses for not having time to workout…ever! Another time management tip: not only do busy managers have back-to-back meetings, they also have luncheons and dinner meetings to meet with clients. Assess each client. Do all of them really need to be wined and dined? Is an hour long meeting absolutely necessary? Can’t a deal be negotiated on the phone? See how many meetings you can cancel or shorten. Then fit your fitness program into those slots that have been freed up. How about this suggestion: instead of going to lunch with clients every day of the week, why don’t you schedule lunch meetings for say Monday and Tuesday? This way you can incorporate a fitness routine for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 12:00 to 1:00 pm. A brisk walk inside or outside the office building, a quick swim in the neighborhood hotel, a Pilates course in the recreational center, lifting dumb bells while on the phone? Any of these exercises is better than no exercise. Your guiding principle should be to move, move, move as frequently as you can manage it. Cubicle Fitness Just as ergonomic experts are recommending to office workers to take their eyes off their computer screen every hour or so, fitness experts are advocating getting up from your chair and taking a walk and jaunting up and down the stairs. When you feel the need to take a break, offer to pick up supplies for your colleagues, take the mail downstairs instead of waiting for the trolley, or think of something you could put in your car instead of waiting until 5 pm. That way, you force yourself to get up from your seat and walk for a few minutes. If you look into the private offices of some people, you’ll see dumb bells, mats and elastic bands – these are clues that they are doing some exercise while on the job – a good and healthy practice to adopt by busy individuals with hectic schedules. Family Exercises On the weekends when you join the family in their activities, try to integrate exercise into these activities: if the children are into cycling, join them for bike rides. Are they off to their swimming lessons or skating lessons? See if you can sign up in the adults section, or take a walk outside the recreational center while waiting for them. Chores Burn Calories! Who says you can’t burn calories while doing housework or gardening? Take a breather from your hectic schedule and devote some down time to tending to your lawn, trimming your rose bushes, scrubbing the kitchen and bathroom floors, etc. Walk, don’t Drive! And here’s another tip that is popular: park your car far away so you can walk to the front gates of the office, to the entrance of the mall, to the doctor’s office and to the post office. Conclusion: If you are just starting out, it can be helpful to make every exercise easier. This will help you stay motivated and consistent with your routine. Here are a few simple exercises for beginners that can help beginners ease into a fitness regimen. These exercises are gentle on the body and can be performed anywhere, without any special equipment. Give them a try and see how they work for you!