Live Positively. Live Actively (Part IV)

25 Ideas at Home

1. If you have use of a swimming pool, do some lengths or dive.
2. Wash your pet.
3. Plant a small garden.
4. Dedicate less than 2 hours a day to television and videogames.
5. Stretch before and after sleeping.
6. Do some gardening, or tend your houseplants.
7. Make household chores fun.
8. Walk up and down stairs.
9. Try to make your games active.
10. Hide things and play treasure hunt with your children.
11. Pedal on an exercise bike with you read a book.
12. Tidy your cupboards or that old chest.
13. Put on music, sing and dance.
14. Get up an hour earlier to do physical exercise at home or go running.
15. Do sit-ups.
16. Forget about the remote control and get up to change channels.
17. Do flexibility exercises.
18. Go for a walk after lunch or dinner.
19. Play hide and seek with your children in the house.
20. Clean out the storage room or garage.
21. Get a Pilates ball and do exercises with it.
22. Make a date with your neighbours to go for a walk or play in the park.
23. Re-decorate your home.
24. Paint the walls or doors yourself.
25. If your have space, create your own gym.

Live Positively. Live Actively (Part III)

25 Ideas for Your Free Time

1. Go roller-skating.
2. Jog through the park.
3. Spend the day in the country with your family.
4. Take a walk with your grandparents.
5. Go for a bike ride with the kids.
6. Sign up for dance classes.
7. Teach your children traditional games, the one you used to play and play with them.
8. Go out to buy bread or newspaper on foot.
9. Walk to the supermarket a few times a week.
10. Go for walks around your city and get to know its streets and history.
11. Walk instead of taking the car.
12. Travel by skateboard.
13. Walk the dog.
14. Use children's parks and parks for adult.
15. Organise an adventure trip.
16. Use sport facilities.
17. Go to museums, to the zoo, to the botanic garden, etc.
18. Sign up for a sport, get in the habit.
19. Go and have a walk in the country.
20. Look for a public swimming pool and do aquatic sports.
21. Dance to your favourite songs when you go out at night.
22. Add music to any physical activity you do.
23. Play paddleball, tennis, badminton, tennis beach or any other racket game.
24. Build sand castles.
25. When you visit another city, travel by foot.

Live Positively. Live Actively (Part I)

25 Ideas for the Workplace

1. Get off the bus one stop early and walk the rest of the way to your destination.
2. Park a little further away from the door.
3. Go by bike in your city or town.
4. Take the stairs instead of the lift.
5. Get up to get your coffee instead of having someone bring it to you.
6. Use an anti-stress ball to move your hands.
7. Change positive every 20 minutes.
8. Hold meetings with colleagues standing up.
9. Get up and walk while talking on the phone.  Have meetings with one or two colleagues that are "walking meetings".
10. Send fewer emails and visit your colleagues' desk more.
11. Take a walk with your colleagues during lunch-time.  Walk down to the nearest restaurant and be active at midday.
12. Stretch your legs, rotate your ankles and contract and stretch your feet while you are seated.
13. Do neck and shoulder exercises when you're at the computer.
14. For your back, move your spine forward, backward and to the sides.
15. Raise your knees when you are sitting down.
16. Rest your forearms on the table and raise your body, without getting up.
17. Relax your eyes by first looking at something close and then at something far away.  Repeat this 5 times.
18. Contract your abdomen for a few seconds once in a while - it will help you maintain better posture.
19. Change position and weight of your feet if you work standing up.
20. Walk around the office or hallway while a large file is downloading.
21. Clean out your office files and cupboards once every three months.
22. Arrange your workspace so that you have more freedom of movement.
23. Organise an internal sports tournament for Christmas.
24. Form a team with colleagues to play a sport.
25. Form a free time activities group with your workmates.