No excuses

Lately my exercise activity has taken a nosedive as the fall semester (and football season...and TV season, etc.) picked up and I gradually found myself forgoing a trip to the gym citing lack of time.

Well, according to Yahoo News, my excuse is BS, along with any other excuse I may come up with other than, you know, a debilitating illness or losing a limb (and even then they'd probably have a solution).

The Web site offered these tips for anyone who thinks they're too good for a good work-out:

• Think you don't have time? Start out exercising about 10 minutes per day. Before you know it, you'll want to increase the time spent working out.
• If you're too tired after a long work day, exercise in the morning before work, or during your lunch break.
• You don't have to exercise with others if you're shy; take a walk by yourself, or watch an exercise class on TV or DVD.
• Exercise indoors -- at a mall or shopping center -- if bad or extreme weather is keeping you from staying active.
• Avoid boredom with exercises that you find fun and look forward to doing. Mix up your routine with different exercises.

Ugh. Fine, Yahoo, I guess I could watch Glee and work out at the same time. Maybe all their singing will give me an extra boost of energy.