Black Working Man Lifestyle Magazine BWM Lifestyle Magazine - Premier Issue | Page 11
MAKING
TIME FOR
FITNESS
IS YOUR
BUSINESS
FITNESS
by Robert L. Selders, Jr.
Robert Selders, Jr. is a health and
fitness expert, author, speaker, and
the owner of 3Q Fitness in Garland,
TX. He helps busy professionals and
business owners get the health and
fitness results they want in the time
they’ve got. For more information,
please feel free to contact him at
[email protected] or visit his
website at www.3QFitness.com.
Running a small business is time-consuming, to say the least. Finding time to eat,
sleep and breathe — let alone workout — is
a challenge when you’ve got meetings to attend, phone calls to return, clients to please,
products to make, services to render, vendors to pay, and a team to run.
Given that, most entrepreneurs know
how important it is to stay healthy and fit.
Operating a small business takes energy,
stamina and perseverance. The healthier
and fitter you are, the more mental, physical, and emotional effort you’ll be able to
put into growing the business. So when it
comes to choosing an hour at the gym or an
important phone call you need to make, how
do you make time for both? Here are a few
strategies for fitting exercise into your busy
business schedule.
Use your workout to plan your day. While
you’re running or swimming or playing tennis, start thinking about what you need to
get done that day and how you’ll approach
it. Make mental notes of people you need
to call and projects you need to check on.
When you get to the office, you’ll already
have a game plan.
Find a work-out buddy who’s as busy as
you — maybe even a business partner or
co-worker. You’ll be able to keep each other accountable for exercising, even on your
busiest weeks. Hey, if he or she can find time
to hit the gym, so can you, right?
Turn your commute into a workout. If you
live close enough to your workplace, run or
ride a bike there. A 15-mile commute can
turn into a fantastic cycling session.
We’ve mentioned this in a previous article, but turn your employee powwows into
“walking” meetings. Get out of the conference room and walk around the office or
better yet, outside for some fresh air.
Invest in a treadmill desk. It may sound
crazy, but a growing number of desk-workers are using combo desk-treadmills that let
them walk while typing away at a computer.
Look for a fitness program that gets the best
results in the least amount of time. High intensity interval training, circuit training and
CrossFit, for instance, are highly effective
fitness methodologies that include short,
intense workouts which generate great results.
Schedule your workouts like you would
a meeting. Physically put it on a calendar
and treat it like any other important appointment. Don’t cancel it or move it.
Get a list of short body-weight workouts
you can do in your office. Eight minutes of
burpees, sit-ups, pushups, and squats will
get your heart racing, your muscles quivering, and your adrenaline pumping. Consider
investing in a pull-up bar you can attach in
your office doorway.
Spend just 10 minutes of your day working out and moving, and you’ll start seeing
the results in your waistline, stamina, energy
levels, productivity and mood…and more importantly in your business performance.
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