Step out in the sunshine and walk to work
How did you get to work this morning? Were you sat in traffic for 45 minutes, on the bus for 30 or on the train for 20?
Figures from the Office for National Statisitcs (ONS) reveal that 75 per cent of workers throughout the UK live up to 30 minutes away from work and one third live even closer, taking them a maximum of 15 minutes to get to work.
Yet it seems that we are insistent on using public transport or the car to get us into the working day.
"Summer is the perfect time to start a routine of walking or cycling to work, allowing individuals to get used to travelling withough the shelter of their car or public transport. While we haven't had the best of weather this year, cooler temperatures can make exercising on the way to work much more pleasant," says Kelston Chorley, Head of Professional Development, from the British Osteopathic Association (BOA).
So to those of you who work within 30 minutes of home you are being encouraged to walk or cycle to work to improve your health and also your finances - as research suggests that those with shorter commutes generally earn significantly less, so you'll save moeny on petrol, bus or train fare.
Kelston continues: "Travelling to work is generally 'dead-time' when we could be exercising and protecting our general health. We all know how easy it is to become stiff after sitting for long periods whether on the journey to work, at your desk or on a long flight.
"Keeping mobile is the essential foundation to maintaining you health."
Can you make small changes to your daily routine that will help benefit your health, as well as your purse/wallet?
After my 30 minute train journey in the morning, I have a brisk 20 minute walk to the office - which I can feel help toning my legs and saves me £1.90 from the bus journey.
Femalefirst Taryn Davies
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