Top 3 Good Ways To Exercise

The inevitable has come.

The school year is upon us.

Whether you have already started or are starting soon, September is here, and school is getting back into swing.

Maybe you are doing online school, or maybe you are wearing a mask as you go to in-person classes. Or perhaps you are homeschooled, so you aren't much affected throughout the whole school transition. 

Whatever your situation, your school year is here, and you are trying to get back into the swing of things. You're probably pretty busy around this time of year, and maybe neglecting a few things you need to do to keep life flowing. Like exercise! Exercise is important for day-to-day life, and to keep yourself active can be hard sometimes.

And that's why I'm here to bring you my top three ways to get some exercise when you feel like your day (or week, month, life...) can't get any busier. 

1. Wheels

This is probably my favorite way of staying active. Whether it is a bike ride, skateboard, roller blades, or scooter, wheels are a good way of motivating yourself to stay fit in a fun way. 

Here are three tips and tricks to use when exercising with wheels.

1. Set a time daily, every other day, or a couple times a week to go for a ride. I like to go for no longer than thirty minutes, and I ride around my neighborhood.

2. Figure out your preferences. Do you like to ride alone, or with a friend? Do you like music to accompany you, or would you rather have peace and quiet? Do you like to ride when it is cool and dark out, or bright and warmer? Find out for yourself!

3. Don't stress it! This isn't a workout that you have to do on a strict schedule, and you won't lose motivation to get back into it if you forget a couple days in a row. For goodness sake, you could simply ride up and down the street a few times to get your blood pumping! This is only a fun, motivating way to keep up the moral, so you don't have to turn it into a serious matter. Have fun with it!

2. Sprints

I love to run, or just sprint. In fact, I went running this very morning. Sprints are something I rather enjoy for the simple fact that they don't last very long. Have you ever done a workout where it seemed to take forever, and maybe you just quit because you couldn't see the end and would rather just sit and eat a bowl of ice cream? I feel you there.

Sprinting isn't like that. No way. With sprinting, you only go for a few minutes, sometimes seconds, and you just run your top speed, and try to get a good number on your time.

To help you better understand sprinting, here is the difference from sprinting and running:

Running is having a set time to jog, run, or sprint to a certain distance. For instance, Jerry decided to run around his whole neighborhood, equivalent to 5 miles. He has a set time of 35 minutes, and he ran until his timer was up, or until he finished the course. 

Sprinting is timing yourself to a certain distance to see how fast you can get there. For instance, Ally wanted to see how fast she could run a mile, so she got her stopwatch ready and sprinted around the block four times. She got a minute count of 8:37. Then she did it again, building more pace. She beat her record and got 8:23.

3. Home workouts

These ones are fun, because you can get creative and make a workout out of anything! Maybe it's running up and down your stairs at top speed ten times in a row, or maybe it's setting up a relay race in your backyard to challenge a sibling. However you do it, you have so much freedom and choice when you do it this way. You can change up your options, you can get competitive with a family member, you can even get the dog in on it!

Here are a few exercises you can practice around the house a couple times a day/week:

- up/down the stairs 20x                                                               IN ADDITION . . . .

- 30x pushups/burpees against your bed/couch                    - Fill a backpack with things and put it on 

- pullups using two parallel counters 20x                               your chest to add weight.

- burpees in the mirror 15x                                                   - Balance a younger sibling/child on back 

- plank for 1 minute using four chairs                                    when doing pushups. 

- handstands against the wall 20 secs                                   - Use laundry detergent with handles as

- balance 2/3/4 books on head and do 10x pushups               weights. Do this 30x.

What do you think? Comment your favorite way to keep your blood moving!

-Rachel W.

Creator and Editor In Chief of TQC