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100 Ways to Get Up and Go

This is our 100th blog post! To celebrate, we’ve compiled a list of 100 thoughts you can use to Get Up and Go right now. Delight in!

1. Select one of our categories on the right-hand page of the blog, under “GET UP AND GO!” and see what interests you.

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2. Take a hike!

3. Go outside and play football! Or just toss a ball around.

4. Go take a brisk walk and bring a camera to photograph your journey.

5. Set a fitness goal for six months from today. Write down the steps to achieving it and get started on the first one.

6. Gather some friends for a rousing game of boogalah

7. … or kemari

8. … or Hooverball, a sport named after a President!

9. Go bowling with some friends.

10. Find a place to play near you, and go there.

11. Play a game that was made by Native Americans, such as hoop-and-pole. (Or lacrosse!)

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12. Did you see our 99th post? It was about judo, a martial art that people of all sizes delight in.

13. Kickball, hopscotch, Simon Says … ancient-fashioned playground games are still fun.

14. Perhaps you’ll get an thought from these ways to take advantage of winter.

15. Go to the batting cage and hit some baseballs or softballs.

16. Go to the driving range and hit some golf balls.

17. Go for a walk, a jog, or a run.

18. New to running? Check out these tips for getting started.

19. Grab a pool noodle and make up an active game to play with it.

20. Print out the pledge to Get Up and Go, fill it out, and place it somewhere that motivates you to exercise.

21. Then print out our weekly Activity Log. You can fill it in with your exercise every day for a week—then print out another one, and keep going!

22. Go for a bike ride.

23. Can’t ride a bike? Learn how!

24. Learn about synchronized swimming.

25. Pick up a wicket and try cricket!

Photo: C.S. Manish

26. Try one of these ways to exercise with friends.

27. Get in the swing with golf.

28. Meet The Workout Kid.

29. Curious about Korfball? You may already have all the equipment you need.

30. Just hang out.

31. Play an active video game, such as Dance Dance Revolution, Dance Central, or Wii Sports Plus.

32. Do you normally get exercise using a treadmill or other machine that plugs into the wall? Go green by finding an electricity-free way to work out.

33. Choose one of these “outdoor sports for one.”

34. Like movies? Check out the art of film dance.

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35. Shoot some hoops!

36. Or use a basketball to play one of these games.

37. Two words: Scavenger hunt!

38. Surf the Web. (No, really: you can watch how-to videos about surfing and learn some key moves from the comfort of your home.)

39. Try this “boot camp”-style routine.

40. Try a sport from Ireland, such as Gaelic football.

41. Or learn about the Irish sports hurling or camogie. People call them “the fastest field team sports” around.

42. Ready for the 2012 Summer Olympics? One well loved sport is beach volleyball.

43. Get Up and Go with people you know.

44. Organize a hoop jam.

45. Go fishing. It can be active as well as relaxing.

46. Stop whatever you are doing and get everyone in your house (or classroom) to exercise for five minutes.

47. “Go Your Body!”

48. Add some exercise to your chores.

49. What is the wildest sport you can possibly imagine? Is it this?

50. Go swimming!

51. (Or diving or kayaking or sailing).

52. Earth Day is in April, but you can help the Earth while you get moving any day of the year.

53. Make like it’s spring year-round by trying these thoughts we offered in March 2011.

54. Or pretend it’s summer.

55. See whether there is a Play Day near you. If not, figure out what you’d need to do to start one!

Yosemite National Park. Photo by Richard E. Ellis, www.spinics.net/Yosemite, via Wikimedia Commons

56. Visit a national park.

57. Reckon differently about getting active. Be creative.

58. PLAY BALL! (Baseball or softball, that is.)

59. Set up an indoor circuit training area.

60. Learn about track and field events.

61. Make yourself a Get Up and Go Tote.

62. Work on your flexibility.

63. Design the perfect playground. Find out whether any play places near you fit the bill.

64. Find out what a burpee is.

65. Start a walking club.

66. Go for a ride on a pogo stick!

67. Take the stairs.

68. Find some examples of cardiovascular exercise and try one of them.

69. Rollerskate! (Or try jamskating.)

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70. Got snow? Go out and play in it.

71. No snow? Grab a flying disc and play a game of Ultimate Frisbee.

72. Add a stability ball to your workout.

73. Place on a pedometer and take a walk.

74. Or try Nordic walking (also known as ski walking).

75. Go for yoga.

76. If you’ve read this far, you must be a very motivated person. Here are more hints for you.

77. Find a dance class near you and sign up for it.

78. Jump rope!

79. The sport of curling got a lot of attention during the 2010 Olympics. Not sure what it is? Learn more about it.

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80. Grab a broom and play Quidditch, featured in the Harry Potter books.

81. Is there a game or sport played in a book you like? Go and play it.

82. Pick a board game you like and make up new rules that get players moving. (For instance, have players do something after each turn – jumping jacks are an simple one.)

83. Play a game of bocce.

84. Make an obstacle course and give it a run-through.

85. Read about cross-training and choose some ways to do it.

86. Make plans to go somewhere—the library, the store, a friend’s house – and walk, run, bike, or skate there.

87. Juggling + running = joggling.

88. Learn what functional fitness is and try a new way to play musical chairs or tag.

89. Turn on your radio and dance.

90. Learn to ride a skateboard. (Already know how? Go outside and ride!)