Ways To Stay Fit

There are many ways to get and stay fit. Here's a few:

YMCA, adult or community education classes such as step aerobics,
aquatics, low-impact aerobics, weight training, jazz and other
forms of non-professional dance, tai chi, yoga (some teachers
combine fun, jazzy dance routines with yoga), horseback riding,
swimming and countless others.

For those of you who want to do partner activities, consider
swing, ballroom and western dance classes. Roller and ice
skating are fun couple activities. You can do a lot of
dancing on roller and ice skates.

Water sports, like rowing, kayaking, surfing, windsurfing, water
skiing, etc.

Basketball, touch football, soccer, tennis, badminton, table
tennis, base ball, softball, volleyball, running, jogging,
speed walking, bicycling, nautilus or other exercise machines,
stationary bicycling, stretching (invent your own, I learned
some great ones from my cat. Imagine your an animal and stretch
like they would.) isometric exercise. Try playing some of the
traditionally competitive games and sports without scoring.

Be creative and design your own fitness routine. If you need new
ideas, as I mentioned earlier, watch a work-out video. For those
who can - hire a personal trainer. Or, keep it simple. Take a
hike or work in your garden.

For you off-beat athletes, consider karate, aikido and other
martial arts, juggling, hackey-sack, outdoor roller skating and
roller blading (some people use ski poles while blading),
frisbee-tossing, archery, pole-vaulting, discus throwing, 50
yard dash, invent whacky relay races, white-water rafting,
rock-climbing, hang-gliding - the sky's the limit.