At home, when the cell phone rings and I know it will be a 10 minute or longer conversation, I get up from my desk and start to walk in place. It's amazing how much exercise one can fit into a day just be talking on the phone and moving, moving, moving.
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Thanks for this. It gave me an inspiration - how to catch up with my best friend who lives several hundred miles away (without the usual millions of interruptions) and how for us to exercise together. We both go on walks simultaneously and take our cells!
REACHBRENDA_27/14/2010 1:50:00 PM
good idea
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Instead of sitting on my behind when I'm on a long phone call I use that opportunity to kill two birds with one stone: I walk outside doing laps around the yard or if I'm on my cell phone I walk around the block a few times. It's amazing how fast an hour of walking goes when you're talking!
My friend called (on my cell), so rather than sit and talk (and bother my co-worker), I figured I'd get out of the office and walk while we talked. I kept up a good pace and continued after we finished for a nice bit of unexpected exercise.