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Follow an online exercise class. Now holiday for self-care and self-improvement.
everything is online. Why don't we turn this One of the best ways to succeed in this great
too online? We can have an accountability cause is to be active daily. Daily activeness
buddy that encourages us to take steps every has proven positive effects on the progress of
day. For broken people like me, I got an personality and self-worth. We can see how
alternative. We can follow a You Tube exercising is a great way to care about
channel with home workouts. It also gives all ourselves. It is a great way to show our love to
the benefits of an online exercise plan. us.
Go for a walk. Did you know that walking is
a slow intensity cardio workout? Like this way, there are so many advantages
we can get by following an active lifestyle
Walking is the cheapest way of working out. during the COVID - 19 pandemic.
If we can walk 10 000 steps a day is more
than enough. We can walk around the house, But don't limit this to the COVID - 19
walk in the room. We can listen to music pandemic. Exercising must be a habit that you
while walking can make it more enjoyable. follow during your whole life. Let's wish great
prosperity for those who passed away due to
Stand up. Standing up can burn extra the pandemic and, let's be more cautious about
calories. We can stand up in intervals while the danger while taking care of ourselves.
working. It can prevent us being sitting down
the whole day. References

Take short active breaks during long work www.hpb.health.gov.lk.
hours. We can take short active breaks while
we are doing our day-to-day chores. Like this www.mayoclinic.org.
way, we can easily make doing some
exercise a part of our life. www.health.harvard.edu.

We can do exercise as a relaxing activity www.euro.who.int.
after a long day. Yoga is the best example.
Remember to start small. We can't hit 10 000 www.bbfp.com.au.
steps on the very first day. We can make the
task so small and easy to do. It reduces the Exercise is more than medicine. The working-
friction put by our brain to do it. Having a age population's well-being and productivity.
designated time and place is also better. As Gisela, Sioguard, Jeanette Reffstrup,
an example, 4.30 p.m, I'm going to walk in Christensen, Just Bendix, Justensen Mike
the front yard. Having a reminder habit is Journal of Sport and Health science 5(2), 139-
also important. Reminder habits must be 165, 2016.
something that we do daily without much
friction. As an example, I will do exercise
after I brush my teeth. So, you will
automatically remember to do exercise after
brushing your teeth.

COVID-19 pandemic was something we
weren't ready for and, every dark cloud has a
silver lining. How about using this long

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