5 Quick ways to Burn Extra Calories!

16 March, 2010 7:23 AM Posted by Albert K. Park
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                    I'm always looking for ways to get some extra exercise in, whether it's at work, going to the grocery store, or just sitting at home. I put together this list to maybe help give you some ideas on small ways to burn extra calories in your day.


1. Park further away
Okay if your a girl and it's night time than don't do this but for almost anybody else and any other situation, you should be ashamed of yourself for always looking for the closest parking spot. I've seen people circle the parking lots for up to 30 minutes trying find a closer parking spot, this is ridiculous.

Theres a guy at our gym with a prosthetic leg who comes in early before bootcamp so he can get a 20 min jog in. He comes in changes his prosthetic walking/everyday leg to his running blade and heads out. One evening when it was raining outside I asked him.....

"Are you still going out for your run in the rain? "

           "Yeah"

"Really! How does that thing do in the rain?"

           "I don't know, I guess I'm going to find out!"

      All I have to say is that is pretty awesome. I don't think I would even go for a jog when it's raining outside but the least I can do is start parking a little farther away since I got the legs to walk.

2.Take the Stairs
So at Nordstrom there is a huge stair case all the employees have to climb in order to start their day. It takes them up 3 stories. I look forward to this small challenge every time. Sometimes I will walk back down and do it 2, maybe even 3 times, yeah weird I know. But next time you press the "UP" button on the elevator think about the other option available to you.


3. Wash Your Car
Next time you decide that you need a car wash and grab your keys to drive to closest Brown Bear, Stop! You burn tons of calories washing your car. It's probably why you don't want to do it because it's hard. Just suck it up and enjoy the fact that you are getting a calorie burning activity in.

4. Walk at Lunch
I got this idea from a friend of mine. After eating her lunch at work, she will, with a co-worker, just take a walk around the area. Not only does it give you a time to get out and breathe some fresh air but you will be able to use it to relieve some stress while burning some extra calories. Take this time to recharge before you had back in to work.

5. Commercial Break Planks

Whenever I am at home and just watching some espn, buried life (a pretty good new show I like), or whatever other show you enjoy, I take the commerical breaks as prime time opportunities. Use this time to lower yourself into a plank and work on some core stability. Go 30 seconds on each side, then on the front. Usually there will be 2-3 commericals if not more each show there is 2-3 sets for you.

         I hope you can adopt some of these things into your everyday life to help you burn some extra calories. If not, maybe it can give you some more ideas on how you can find ways to burn more calories, I would love to hear your ideas, just post them or send me an email.

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