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How doctors get their physical activity

Wall Street Journal reported on a survey of "top doctors" - "How do you get your exercise into your busy schedule?"

 

1.  Exercise early - means getting up earlier.  "Provides me with an energy boost throughout the day"

 

2.  Stay close to home - walk/jog around your neighborhood and use simple home equipment such as weights.  "Takes me too much time to get to 'gym'".

 

3.  Combine work, family and exercise time - "I would accompany my kids to their practices and walked when they were there" and "I use the treadmill during long phone conference calls"

 

4. Do a weekend workout - " two 3 mile walks each day" or "one or two tennis games" or "practice my Pilates each Saturday".

 

5.  Mix exercise into your day - "I skip email and walk to co-workers desks" . . . "bicycle to work each day".

 

6.  Be committed - "All the doctors saw firsthand the perils of not exercising.  'You can always tell when you're examining someone who exercises.  You feel their muscle tone or they have a slower pulse.  If I don't exercise, I feel like I've done something wrong with my week."

 

Hope there's some inspiration for you here. 

 

Have a great day.

 

Dr. Mike 

 

Published Jan 22 2007, 11:51 AM by mparkinson

Comments

 

Tavish19 said:

I work for a group of radiologists and the majority of them start their day with exercise. It seems like the busier a person is, the more he/she is able to get done. I too strive to fit exercise into my life by doing short segments throughout the day.
January 22, 2007 9:16 PM
 

PrettyMonke03 said:

I've been trying to develop better habits by going to bed earlier so I can wake up earlier and squeeze the exercise in the morning.  #6 is definitely one to live by.  Thanks for the tips.  
January 22, 2007 9:49 PM
 

HornJM said:

Amazing concept to think about...

So, let me get this straight.  Are you saying that doctors are real people too???
January 23, 2007 8:38 AM
 

Pingu said:

I'm impressed that many of them can fit it in.  When I get home from work I'm usually exhausted.  I usually do pilates because it requires  a lot of laying on the floor and somehow I equate laying down as not being all that strenous
January 23, 2007 10:16 AM
 

Irish1 said:

I like to walk through the neighborhood.  I agree it saves time.
January 23, 2007 8:53 PM
 

mamag said:

I agree with the early  morning workout.  The busy-ness of everyday's activities always seem to get in the way of fitting in a workout.  Get it done early and you feel great all day.
January 23, 2007 9:06 PM

About mparkinson

Dr. Mike, EVP and Chief Health and Medical Officer, is responsible for the strategic direction and health care management at Lumenos. Formerly Director of Medical Programs and Resources for the U.S. Air Force, he was responsible for policy and planning for the Medical Service with over 2 million beneficiaries, 70 facilities and a $4 billion budget. A retired colonel, he served as deputy director of Air Force Medical Operations and chief of preventive medicine. He is President-Elect of the American College of Preventive Medicine and a member of the Institute of Medicine Committee reviewing NASA prevention programs, the Armed Forces Epidemiological Board. Mike is a recipient of the Air Force Legion of Merit, the Distinguished Service Award of the American College of Preventive Medicine and Distinguished Recent Graduate Award from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He received his A.B. from Cornell University, M.D. from George Washington University, family practice training at the UCLA and his M.P.H., preventive medicine residency and chief residency at the Johns Hopkins University.

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