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Fight Flab with Your Computer
Published Oct 1, 2007
Thighs and hips feeling jiggly? Back side making a dent in your chair? Don't lose hope because there's a computer pastime that fights desk-chair flab: interactive exercise programs. In a study, people who enrolled in a personalized Internet-based exercise program reported a significant bump in their activity levels at the end of a year.
There are lots of free online options for exercise tracking, so get Googling! Here's what you want in an online exercise program: educational and motivational materials (think fitness how-to's and success stories), goal-setting options, a physical activity log where you can track your workouts, and an occasional e-mail that prompts you to use the program. People who joined an online group with these elements reported 90 minutes of physical activity per week at the one-year mark.
Need more motivation? Find a buddy on the RealAge community boards. Reporting to your buddy every day on what exercises you tackled is a surprisingly motivational way to keep yourself focused on your goal.
