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Sneaking In Extra Steps At Work

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I work as a sales clerk in a store , and to sneak in some extra steps while at work ,I have moved the behind- the- counter trash can further away from where it used to be .This makes me take two extra steps to get to it after each transaction, as our customers usually never want their reciept and it gets thrown away .This has been adding an average of 150 extra steps to my daily count.Extra steps add up !Keep moving any way you can !

- Submitted by GUILDWARSGIRL 2/5/2011 in Exercise | 2 Comments

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I work a lot of odd shifts, going back and forth between nightshift and daylight. When I am working a shift I'm not going to be able to workout, I sneak some in with an extra flight of stairs. There's a stairwell at work that I use all the time, I normally only have to go to the 2nd floor, but I sneak in some extra steps by climbing to the 3rd before I go back down to the floor I need to be on.

- Submitted by GRETCHENC16 2/5/2011 | 0 Comments | View Secret

Adding Steps

Park further away. Whether shopping, at work, or running errands, those extra steps add up. You can easily add a few hundred extra steps per day just by parking at the far end of the parking lot and if you are someplace where you have to pay for parking you may save money too. Those extra calories burned by those extra steps will add up to extra weight lost.

- Submitted by SHARJOPAUL 2/5/2011 | 23 Comments | View Secret

Sneaking in exercise

Whenever I blowdry my hair I do calf raises or squats to sneak in a few extra exercises.

- Submitted by 8MORE2GO1 2/5/2011 | 1 Comments | View Secret

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