Recently, I had an important work event for which I had to put on personal protective equipment (PPE). We had guests who were flying in from another country and had to make sure that we were protecting ourselves and our work environment. There was a lot of waiting around first of all, since there were quite a number of people that we were accounting for and managing. Large gaps of wait time is already an IMMEDIATE signal to me to start getting my creative exercise juices flowing. It’s sort of like a switch that goes on in my mind–how will I make exercise work in THIS situation. I looked at my day from the perspective of, where can I fit in exercise and how can I reduce wasted time? I knew this scenario would be a challenge. I identified the waiting around–standing around–sitting around periods of time throughout the day and knew that I would use those as opportunities to get the blood flowing. But I also knew that my PPE would make it trickier–more complicated–to do some of my normal exercises. So, I compromised. The periods of time I wasn’t wearing the PPE but waiting around, I went harder on the cardio (like jumping jacks and boxing in place). Success. I had five different segments of time where I was able to do that, amounting to about 40 minutes of good cardio. A number of my colleagues even joined in (doing exercise inspires OTHERS to do exercise, after all!). Of course after each cardio segment, I cleaned up a little to stay as fresh and hygienic as possible. Then during the periods of time I was in my PPE, I focused on exercises that would cause less intense sweating (as I didn’t want to overheat). PPEs, in the middle of the day, during the summer–not FUN. So while in my gear, I did squats–a few sets here and there. I used a chair to do some triceps dips. And I walked around in small laps –around the room I was in –to avoid just sitting. Sure, the amount of calorie-burning wasn’t as intense, but the exercise was still useful. I was stretching my muscles, strengthening my arms and quads, and even did some core (stomach) exercises when I did finally sit for a few minutes. All in all, I got 1.5 hours of exercise by just taking those wasted minutes and CHOOSING to do something more productive. My Apple Watch showed me that I actually did burn quite a few calories, much more than if I had decided to just wait idly. This was another new moment and opportunity for me to show myself (and you all) that with a bit of creativity and planning and thinking outside the box, you really can exercise anywhere. Contact me, and let’s talk about how you can easily do this too!!