Beaver Strides -- Get Your Move On!

Office Time

• Walk to deliver messages instead of e-mailing coworkers
• Use a countdown timer set for 30-45 minutes at your desk and when the buzzer goes off, take a brief walking break
• Read your mail while pacing instead of sitting down

Television Time

• Try to move during the commercial breaks (which are approximately 10-12 minutes in a half hour show and 20 minutes in an hour program)
• Take a half hour walking break instead of watching a TV show
• Change the channel manually rather than using the remote control

Car Time

• Replace one car trip with walking each day, since over ¼ of all car trips are one mile or less
• Park your car further away from where you are going
• Walk to see your friends instead of driving

Social Time

• Meet with friends for an activity like window-shopping or a museum visit instead of meeting to talk and eat together
• Call up a friend to invite them for a walking session to chat

Phone Time

• Try moving during your phone call, by pacing with a cordless headset or as far as your cord will reach
• Get up after each phone call and move around the office

Delivery Time

• Hand-deliver campus mail or letters
• Take the long way to your destination
• Use the stairs instead of taking the elevator

Home Time

• Rake the leaves in your yard
• Clean the house; mop or sweep the floors
• Take your dog for a walk or offer to take a friends pet for a walk