A few posts back we took a look at how blue cross has launched a campaign to motivate people to groove their way to better health. The idea is simple, move your body. Today I want to look a little closer at that campaign and give you all some Ideas of how you can take little steps toward better health.

Click here to get your groove on.So lets start off by looking at the goal of this program. It's pretty simple, groove your body for 10 minutes, three times a day. (And yes, that's EVERY day.) They're not talking about a workout, just get up and move.

As you can see, this post is pretty animated. (Get the hint?) I'm littering this post with ads from the do>groove campaign. Click on any of them and you'll be taken to the website that will tell you all about this program, and give you some great ways that you can groove your body at home and at work. It even has some ideas on how you can get your co-workers involved in the program. The more people you have working together towards a common goal, the better the chances are that each of you will succeed.

Come on, click here, ya know you wanna!You will see that there are a ton of little activities that you can choose from, all of them simple, every day things that we all know how to do. No fancy exercise routines, no video tapes with annoying perky trainers sweating to the oldies, just ways to move your body towards better health.

Here are a few suggestions from the website of things that you can do to get co-workers involved:

  • Create sidewalk chalking of a Hopscotch Board outside of front door of building.
  • Challenge employees to park farther away for the extra walk.
  • Encourage employees to take a 10-minute walk break during the day, or to bike or walk to work as a transportation option.
Walking! It's walking!The whole goal of this movement is to get you to move. It doesn't matter if it's walking your dog, parking at the back of the lot, gardening, taking a bicycle to work, or what ever you want, it just matters that you move. Do it for ten minutes, and do it three times a day, every day. I promise, it wont kill you.

Today's the day. Make a commitment, and stick to it. What's your groove going to be?

Start now, get up and groove for ten minutes. C'mon, you can do it! If you need a little motivation, Click here for a song to groove to!