- Tap your toes, heels and fingers while sitting and watching TV or listening to the radio.
- Move around during the adverts on television.
- Change your habits, lose the TV remote. Get up to change the TV channel or at least get up and move about each time you change the programme.
- Weed the garden or rake the lawn.
- Hang up some washing, do gentle housework.
- Try to do your housework with a bit more ‘gusto’, putting some music on can make this more fun!
- Get off the bus a stop earlier and walk a little further.
- Park the car a little further away, or leave it at home and walk.
- Take the stairs (within reason).
- Walk the dog.
Make a record of your activity. This can give you a sense of achievement and makes you more likely to keep up with regular exercise. Have a wet weather alternative so you can still be active even if the weather is bad.
