Drop Dead Healthy

Guerrilla Exercise

How to turn the world into your gym

Six Tips for Normal People

1. Resist the siren song of the People Mover at airports.

2. Squat down to the level of kids when you talk to them.

3. Park in the farthest corner of the parking lot.

4. Embrace stairs, avoid elevators.

5. Fidget. Or, as scientists call it, engage in Incidental Physical Activity. Even tapping your leg can help cardiovascular fitness.

6. If you are walking in New York, cross the street by walking through the subway station, forcing you to go down and up the stairs (bonus: no waiting for red lights).

Seven Tips for the Obsessed

1. Run errands. As in run them. If you’re running to any work appointments, I recommend keeping a stick of deodorant and a new shirt in your bag.

2. Have meetings like you’re a character in The West Wing, walking and talking quickly through the office corridors.

3. Have lunch while squatting.

4. Adjust the TV by actually getting up and pressing buttons on the console.

5. Wear a weight vest all day (be prepared for suicide-bomber jokes).

6. Push the stroller and/or grocery shopping cart with the brakes on.

7. Use your children as barbells.