Too busy at work and don t have time to exercise? 10 tips for the US Cancer Association

 8:59am, 28 August 2025

Maintaining good sports habits can help your body be healthy. However, modern people are busy with life and there are always many excuses to not exercise. The American Cancer Society suggests that integrating sports into daily activities and finding empty sports to accumulate sports time is the most suitable sports method for busy people. Come and see how to plan sports time.

The American Cancer Association recommends that adults should perform at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity exercise or 75 minutes of dramatic exercise (or a mixture of two). Planning exercise time is very important, especially using daily activities, which can be used without planning additional time, which is a very good exercise method.

1. After work or after get off work, walk more stairs and build less elevators, which will help accumulate movement.

2. If you start driving, park the car farther away from your destination, and walk to move more and more.

3. If you take public transportation, you can also get off one stop early and walk to your destination.

4. You can also consider walking or riding on your own to work, and you can go out for shopping or visiting friends. Or focus your work in one area, so you can park your car and walk to each destination one by one.

5. Walk a short walk and take a walk during lunch, after dinner, or even during afternoon coffee breaks.

6. When you go home to watch the TV and relax at night, it is better to watch and do some simple stretching exercises or exercises, or order new rules: Do not sit, get up and move, or walk around at home during the advertising period.

7. Stand up or go for a walk when calling. It is better to take a walk with colleagues and work hard together to increase your workload.

8. Do more housework and don’t pile up your family. Garden or lawn maintenance are good opportunities for sports, or cleaning up warehouses, floors, mopping floors, etc., will help increase the amount of sports.

9. Find ways to gain more movement from your current interest, love and activities. For example, if you play golf, don't do a car and go down and walk to the next hole. If your child has physical activities, it’s better to walk around the court where the child practices.

10. Arrange family tours that must be exercised, such as swimming, sports, family suburbs, etc., and include outdoor activities in family tours, which is an opportunity to try new things.