Daylight Saving Time has come again, and most of us are now adjusted to more light later in the day. I wish it were like this all year round. But since it’s only available for half of the year, take advantage of Daylight Saving Time and use it for a boost in your exercise routine.
A lot of people have felt the motivation from their New Year’s resolutions start to dwindle by now (if it hasn’t disappeared already). Everybody needs boosts at different times of the year. More hours of sunlight in the evening can help you feel happier and more motivated to be active when you come out of work into pretty, sunny weather (depending on where you live!).
Here are some ideas for exercising in the longer daylight hours:
1. Take a walk. You could go by yourself, with a friend, partner, kids, or pet. (Usually I would say walk your dog. However, I recently saw a teenage girl walking her pet lizard!) Also, take advantage of a scenic route. You can just walk around your neighborhood, or you can walk around a park, on a beach, on a trail, or in the mountains.
2. Take a bike ride. Riding a bike is not only great cardio exercise, but it can also be relaxing, especially if you have a good trail near you. It’s nice if you don’t have to worry about cars.
3. Go for a swim. Go to a heated outdoor pool (unless it’s warm enough where you live), use a pool at your gym, or swim in the ocean if you’re lucky enough to have an ocean near you. I tend to use a wetsuit if I’m going to be in the ocean for awhile, as our water in San Diego isn’t that warm. If you live somewhere like Hawaii, you might just need a swimsuit year-round.
4. Surf. Surfing is great exercise, and it can feel very peaceful.
5. Rollerblade. Rollerblading can be lots of fun with friends or family. It’s a similar workout to ice skating, but you can enjoy the sunshine at the same time.
6. Go to the gym or an exercise class. Although you might not be in the sunshine at the gym, it’s much easier to exercise when you finish work and it’s still light outside. If you feel motivated, go for it!
7. Golf. Go play some golf either on the driving range or on the course. If you have enough energy to have a pull cart and walk the course, you’ll get an even better workout.
8. Play any sport outdoors. You could play basketball, tennis, soccer, football … any sport you like. It’s even more fun when it’s light outside.
9. Take your workout outside. If you do bodyweight circuits or exercises that don’t require weights or many weights, take your workout to your local park. Some parks are now geared more toward exercise (such as Nobel Athletic Fields in the UTC area in San Diego with exercise stations around the park for pullups, pushups, dips, and other exercises.)
10. Go for a jog or a power walk around your city. Just because you live there doesn’t mean you can’t explore your city or go to your favorite areas and power walk or jog around them.
Hopefully, you’re feeling more happy and energetic with the extra sunlight in the evenings. So choose your favorite type of exercise or one of the ideas above, and try to get some exercise in every day! Enjoy your new exercise boost! 🙂
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of course gym improve my mood, a cup of green tea before exercise and protein shakes after.
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Great 10 ideas. I love playing Golf and Yoga workout.
Great ideas. I like to play golf and ride bikes myself.
All these healthy ideas makes you stronger and healthier especially swimming and Plying golf is something which we should need to adopt.
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Thanks for your great ideal! If our brain usually do something (exclude fall asleep), we have a good healthy.
i like ideal 1, 2, 3 verry much, they are verry easy and help me stronger!
Thank you again for your advise.
Awesome Ten tips to practice great post Christina keep it up thx for sharing valuable info
I see that exercising makes me feel more energetic, many people feel that it will be tiring after the whole workday, they don’t realize that regular exercise stimulate their body and generate so much extra energy
Amphitoamines that your body produces can really boost up your daily routine.
Great 10 tips there,, good blog
Marvellous ideas.Thanks for sharing. I like 3,6,8,10. I like to play cricket. Gym exercise is the best for weight loss and stay fit. I do exercise daily in the morning.
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I prefer on going to a fitness class. It’s because you will get motivated whenever you see others striving hard just to achieve a goal. That would help a lot especially for a beginner. Going to gym isn’t time consuming, it only depends on you whether to workout for an hour or even spend longer hours in the gym.
thanku so much for giving such brilliant ideas. really informative.
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