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Find exercise you enjoy!

Exercise is key to good health.  However, if you don't enjoy it, you won't keep it up.  Sadly, the British Heart Foundation found that only 4% of people find exercise fun!  I've found a number of fun exercise options from:

  • exercise classes
  • karate classes
  • roller hockey leagues

But the one I was most consistent about was walking with a friend after work.  We walked our dogs after work every day for  about five years.  We enjoyed talking, watching the dogs and meeting the neighbors so much I don't think we noticed we were getting exercise.  Note that when we started running we were a lot more inconsistent - I think the running was work and so we made up a lot more excuses about why we couldn't go ...


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