Richard Bradley was head of fitness for the Department of Transportation.  He designed a program for employees that would allow them to begin an exercise program using just 15 minutes a day and stay in their work clothes.  He wrote a book entitled Quick Fit so anyone could begin to use this method. If you are already walking, or doing regular exercise, this book probably is not for you. If you have not exercised in some time, and have been considering starting, this is a good place to begin. Often we get excited, and too revved up and do too much too soon. Follow this program as you begin and that won’t happen. I have this book I am on my third or fourth copy - I keep giving them away to friends.

If you are ready and want a place to start, here is one solution to help you. Walking is a way to exercise throughout your life. Most fitness runs now include a walking portion that allow walkers to participate. If you want to step up, no pun intended, this book can help you begin and maintain a program of walking.  I love to walk and a favorite vacation diversion is a walking tour of wherever I visit. This is a good way to challenge yourself and keep track of your progress.

If you are a weekend athlete, keeping your core strong and your muscles stretched is very important. You can do this in a number of ways. I use this book by Mark Verstegen. He trains a lot of pro athletes and this is part of his info for all of us that went “Pro in Something Else”. If you are a golfer, gardener, or play ultimate Frisbee, you will find the premovement exercises and the core fitness in this book to be superb. I have included a video by Verstegen in this same type of training here also.

Beth Shaw has taken Yoga and made it fit into an American style work out. She uses English names for her moves and she combined the best of several forms of Yoga into a series of routines. She has a book and a video series that I have included examples of here.

If you like working on a ball, here is a book and a video that will make it fun and easy to begin. The book has beginner to advanced routines and the video is for novices. The idea is to take an idea - to begin to exercise and go with it. Everything I have included here is for the person who is a beginner and requires flexibility in their time. there are more rigorous routines but, these will get you started and help you to progress until you are fit enough and practiced enough to take it to the next level.

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