Move your body - workout tips for working mothers

Maybe you are best mother, best wife, smart at work, but all this will continue to be so only if you take care of yourself. That should always be in our priority list. You cannot give any lame excuses like lack of time or expect others to do this for you. We must just tame our mind to accept the fact that "I must take a good care of myself".

Finding long hours to do exercise is generally not a practical solution, yes, we accept the facts.

But we can think of ways to incorporate some exercise in our daily routine and thus ensure our body muscles makes some moves and do not go stiff and hard. Here are a few tips to get started:

1. Walk whenever possible. Walking is the best exercise. 

2. Do meditation or Pranayama for 5-10 minutes in the morning, listen to your breath. Let us slow down a little and listen to ourselves.

3. Find 30 minutes in the morning or in the evening and do warm up exercises, yoga (if you are trained), Zumba, cardio, Pilates or anything that you love. Make sure you are trained in the movements and do not hurt yourself.

4.Use stairs instead of lift. Trust me, this helps a lot in building stamina. I have seen people who use stairs just to go to the very next floor and find difficulty in climbing stairs.

5. Make sure you do not sit continuously when you are at work. Just stand up and move around occasionally. Whenever I must talk to colleagues, I prefer going to their desk and talk in person rather than over Skype. That's good not just for our health, but also has professional gains.

6. Skipping - back to school days! Keep a skipping rope in an easily accessible place, you will find yourself skipping when you pass by the rope.

7. Involve your family in the workout. If you have a kid, ask them to join you. Not only the exercise is going to be fun but also your kid is going to develop a very good habit that will help him in the future.

8. Listening to your favorite songs while doing exercise can make things easier and helps to relax our mind.

9. There are various mobile applications that will help you to track the individual exercise as well as your exercise routine. You can check when was the last time you did exercise and for how long. This chart will give you some push to do more and better.

Happy exercising and take care!