{"id":27061,"date":"2017-01-31T16:43:05","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T14:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/afrocentric\/active-at-home-at-work-at-play\/"},"modified":"2020-07-02T17:57:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T15:57:10","slug":"active-at-home-at-work-at-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/active-at-home-at-work-at-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Active: At Home At Work At Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14062 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/55v-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"55v\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>So many of us have so many excuses for not being active. Here&#8217;s a look at three specific areas where you can perhaps stop the procrastinating and get busy being active.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>At home<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Car-washing, gardening and even housework can all be active and energetic activities (think speed). You can do some sit-ups or ride your exercise bike while watching TV. An early morning walk round the neighbourhood is a great start to the day and how about a sunset stroll too? Ditch the car, ride your bike. Seek out distant rather than close parking bays.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>At work<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here it can sometimes be a bit tricky but there are still active opportunities. Use the stairs not the lift. Email less, and walk to your colleagues for a chat. Try stand-up meetings. How hard would it be to walk to your lunch venue? Always choose hotels with gyms. Try taking walking shoes or a skipping rope on your next business trip. Use your diary for exercise appointments, and stick to those appointments!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>At Play<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Exercise is fun, or it can be. Plan family hikes or bike rides. Make walking part of your sight-seeing schedule. Beaches are not just for lying on: try walking, running, playing with bats and balls, etc. Invite friends for active-times (walks, rides, tennis, lawn bowls, etc.) and not just the usual eat-too-much-drink-too-much social sessions.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You need to be active. You want to be active. You can be active. Almost anywhere and almost everywhere.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":26246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-active-living"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-25 21:12:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27061"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27482,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27061\/revisions\/27482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}