One of the biggest problems faced by entrepreneurs who work at home is a lack of exercise. The long hours often put in on the phone and computer don’t leave as much time as you would like for exercise, even if your intentions are sound. Entrepreneurship takes more time in most cases than salaried work. You bear the full load of responsibilities leaving you without a clear start or stop time every day. Making exercise fit into this busy schedule can certainly be a challenge.

Exercise Early

Rather than stumbling out of bed and falling into your chair to check emails and get started on the day, put off work for another hour in the morning. Wake up with a solid breakfast and then hit the streets for a brisk walk, a bike ride or a jog. Just twenty minutes a day can have a huge impact on your overall energy level and health in the long-term. And taking twenty or thirty minutes for a walk followed by a hot shower will leave you refreshed and ready to be productive for the rest of the day.

Work Standing Up

It is the sitting for long stretches that is so bad for your health. Solving this problem is simple – work standing up. If you have a laptop, place it on the bar in the kitchen or tall shelf and simply stand while you scroll through emails or browse various news sites, forums and blogs. Even if your computer is tied to a desk, your phone likely is not. When you make a call, stand up with your phone. If you can wander around the room while you talk, you’ll be doing even more to keep things moving and flowing correctly in your body, but even standing still is better than sitting.

Walk and Work

There is a growing movement of work stations on exercise bikes and treadmills. Rigging up a station where you can work while walking slowly will rack up huge numbers of steps and calories burned over the day. Set the treadmill to barely moving and plod along while you type emails and read through proposals on the computer. Walking slowly leaves you less prone to injury, but still keeps you on the move.

Bursts of Exercise

It’s likely you’re up from your chair at least once per hour just for ergonomic reasons. When you stand up to get a new glass of water or to stretch and use the restroom, add on a ten minute burst of activity. Jog up and down the stairs a few times or do a round of push-ups. Running in place and a series of jumping jacks can do a lot to raise your resting heart rate, pump yourself up and increase energy levels throughout the day.

Schedule a Workout

You schedule meetings and calls with clients, but you don’t take the time to schedule physical activity. You can do so easily – by making it a habit. Start including an hour long lunch break in your day to grab a power lunch after a thirty minute work-out. You get to eat, you get to exercise and you get to do all of this during a time clients don’t expect you to be available anyhow.

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