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Lifelong lazy person here. I got a Fitbit. At first I just used it for counting my steps and heart rate, but after a while I decided to I crease my cardio load. Being able to see the data of my progress really helped. The steps goal is a big one too (I also work a desk job). It helped me keep mindful of how much I need to move. After a few months it was so much easier.

Being active is so important to your health. Take where you're at and just build on it. One thing I always tell myself is that things won't get better if I don't act on it. Yeah, I want to loose 10 lbs so I'll start exercising and eating less. Tomorrow. Nope, it's got to start now. And give yourself some grace. Changing habits is hard and you will backslide. Don't beat yourself up, just awknowledge the slip and say you'll try to do better.

Walking my dog, anxiety, pessimism, and existential dread mostly.

I have two huskies. If I don't walk them they get destructive. I got them to help keep myself active and they're doing their job.

Also took up Ultimate (frisbee). Such a great game, but so much running!

I break up working day with small 5 min breaks where I rest in a squat. I do this a minimum of 6 times. It helps to stretch the whole posterior chain.

First 30 days I had a 4cm block bellow my heels since I severly lack the mobility. After a month of daily practice I've been able to reduce the height of the block to 2 cm. Will continue for another month and hopefully the full squat will be available to me.

The goal is to be able to have the squat as a natural resting position that I can use on a daily basis to break the chair sitting banner.

I basically live in an M. C. Escher painting so I just go walk outside which no matter where I go it's uphill both ways.

15 minutes a day, the only thing you need is a stopwatch.

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Bicycle commuting, but it sounds like you might be WFH. I am a 100% remote worker, but I keep an office and workshop to keep the day job out of my tiny living space. When I still worked from my boat (where I live), I would go for a bike ride through varying loops before and after work just to have that separation of mental states.

When we're on a passage or anchored out, yoga, calisthenics, dumbbells, TRX (body weight training system), and swimming keep us fit. Among my peers, there is a 1:1 inverse relationship between who does yoga and who has pains of inflexibility.

Another great book for keeping your range and flexibility is "Ten Golden Exercises" by Daniel Philpot.

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I'm disabled so I spend like 16 hours a day in my chair, but I try to do 30 minutes on my exercise bike every morning.

I'm lucky to have a relatively nice bicycle lane network in my city so I use it whenever I have to get groceries or whatever. Not that I have a car, but I wouldn't want to drive anyway. Cycling is also a hell of a lot better than the bus.

Sometimes I don't need groceries and just feel like a slug or whatever, so I do a bunch of jumping jacks until I start breathing hard.

Job has a lot of walking. If can't get lucky and combine....

Do some body weight exercises in between another task. Like oh I'm about to smoke a bowl do push-ups until collapse.

Started walking to work but again this is not a universal fix for everyone.

I found a gym-quality elliptical on Craigslist a couple of years back, and if I walk/run at a pace between 50-60 rpm’s, I can walk about 2.5 miles in 30 minutes.

My dogs demanding to be walked. Which is one of the many reasons I wanted a dog in the first place. It worked. 😌

You can find instructions online for stretches and exercises, but that doesn't hold my interest. I bit the bullet and joined a gym, going a couple of times a week to keep loose. Maybe I could do the stuff I do there at home (after purchasing some equipment), but I think the environment is worth the expense. I don't talk to anyone else except to greet the staff, but I like the fact that other people are around and it's a space dedicated to working out.

I got a personal trainer at a small local gym to do strength training. I meet with them twice a week and then go by myself a third day during the week; all three days I go before work. Pros are that I'm much stronger than I was 2 years ago, cons are that it does cost money and I do have to get up earlier to be there, but it's pretty easy to get up early when you paid someone for their time to meet you there.

I bike! Both to work, general transportation (for example grocery shopping) and just for fun.

Lately by talking ~3 mile walks.

my work involves walking and carrying stuff, and i lost weight, eventhough im kinda below normal weight as it is.

A rebounder/indoor trampoline is fun and easy to use for a few minutes and then go back to what you were doing.

I bought a treadmill so that I could run even when the weather is terrible outside. That's a game-changer.

Gym, amazon warehouse, commuting by bike/scooter

Honestly decide on a goal and work towards it.