#ReadyRoomTips: Sweat a Bit

We naturally sweat throughout the day. What this post means is to exercise and push your body to sweat a bit more (or a lot more) daily.

It’s an extension of Tip 1 (Move Often). Moving/exercising to a sweat means you have increased your body’s temperature, heart rate and movement which all leads to good benefits for the body, such as:

Improves efficiency of cardiovascular system

Improves thermoregulation

Releases body’s natural pain killer (endorphins)

Improves overall mood

Helps detoxify your body

Helps prevents kidney stones

Helps with healing of injuries

and much more!

Here are some tips on how to exercise/sweat daily:

[1] Start with short bouts of exercise

Quick 5-15 min workouts are still beneficial. If you don’t exercise a lot currently, start with shorter times to make it more tolerable. Increase the time as you feel more comfortable. We have some quick 5 min body weight exercise programs here: Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced

[2] Do circuits to vary motions

Doing one exercise (running, elliptical, biking) can get repetitive and boring. Putting different exercises together back to back (in a circuit) makes things more interesting and also varies the motions of your body to not build stress in only one area of the body. Circuits can be cardio-based, strength-training based or a mixture of both. Ask a healthcare practitioner or trainer that specializes in movement to help you set up a circuit program.

[3] Or just walk, hike, dance, run, play sports, etc.

Just find something you like to do that gets you sweating! The more you like the exercise, the more it won’t feel like exercise.

[4] If not daily, then at least a combined 150 mins of exercise per week is recommended

It can be 30 mins, 5 days a week. It can also be 50 mins, 3 days a week. Just exercise/sweat for at least 150 mins a week.