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Today is Day 8, and we are at the start of week 2 of 21DHL! How's everyone doing this week? Let us all commit to make this week better than our 1st week of 21DHL, shall we?

Our task today is to get a great workout. Just like our diet, exercising is a core aspect of living a healthy life. Even if you eat your healthiest diet and meditate regularly, you can't hope to be truly healthy without exercise. There have been countless research that shows a clear link between increased activity in life and better health. Research has also shown that exercising daily brings tremendous benefits to our health, including increase of life span, lowering of risk of diseases, higher bone density and weight loss.

Hence today, let's get out there and get a good workout! If you're already planning to exercise as part of your 21-Day Health Living Plan, that's fantastic - let's all exercise together!

Here are some tips to integrate exercise as part of your life:

1. Increase your activity level on a daily basis? Besides the standard sports and running, exercise can also come in other forms, such as brisk walking and stretching. Choose walking over transport for close distances. Climb the stairs instead of taking the lift. Go for a walk in the park.
2. Pick exercises you enjoy. When you enjoy your exercises, you’ll naturally want to do them. Exercise isn’t about suffering and pushing yourself; it’s about being healthy and having fun at the same time.
3. Have a variety of exercises to choose from. Adding variation in your exercises will keep them interesting. Have in mind 3-4 exercises that you can do for your exercise sessions, and rotate across them to keep things fresh.
4. Group exercises. Individual exercises are great but sometimes they might get a little stale. Pick some group exercises every once in a while and play with your friends. The fun will increase your enthusiasm by multiple folds and you'll naturally give them your all.
   

Home Aerobics

I've had many times when my exercise plans get cancelled due to bad weather or other reasons, and it was very frustrating. Until I found a solution to the problem - Home Aerobics. It was a godsend. I'm now able to get my fill of 30 minutes of exercise whenever I need to, regardless of the weather! In fact, I prefer this to actual class aerobics now because it's so convenient and you can do it whenever and wherever you want to.

Simply load up 3 videos (each video is 10 minutes long), and get going with what the instructor in the video says! (Here's a website that lets you download Youtube videos to your computer.)

Here, I'm going to share an aerobic video, and feel free to get more videos here.





Continue this habit for the rest of 21DHL

Remember that exercise isn't a 1-day thing - it's a lifelong process! Add exercising into your 21-Day Healthy Living Plan (if it's not there already) and follow up with your exercises when the day comes.

Day 8 of Your 21-Day Healthy Living Plan

What are your tasks listed for today? Do them with excellence and report them in your 21DHL Journal.

Also, read your group mates' 21DHL journals and cheer them along! Pick a few members' journals and make it a point to post meaningful replies there.

Update Your 21DHL Journals

Once you are done for the day, update your 21DHL Journal. You are also welcome to update your 21DHL Journal multiple times throughout the day. Post all your results for today's task and your 21-Day Healthy Living Plan directly in your journal.

If you have any questions specific to today's task, post them here.

"If you want to get something you have never gotten before, you've to do something you've never done before."
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I went for a long walk today and jogged for part of it. I felt great after. It was about 50°. I love how the weather is still warm enough to spend some time outside.

What did exercise did everyone else do today?