Welcome to the Get Fit Guys quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

My name is Ben Greenfield and I'm the Get Fit Guy.

This week, Australian researchers reported that watching an hour of TV after the age of 25

can shorten the viewer's life by just under 22 minutes.

And for the past decade, multiple studies have been discovering direct correlations

between hours of TV viewing and adult and childhood obesity.

But I have to confess that despite these studies, I watch TV almost every day,

and I'm particularly fond of any cooking shows or reality TV

shows that involve talent competitions. In this episode, you'll learn three exercise routines that you

can do while you're watching television, whether you want to add an extra 22 minutes to your life,

or just have a convenient way to improve your fitness and your body. So in the episode

seven ways to burn calories by standing more, I taught you the perils of sitting, primarily a drop in

metabolism, pressure on your low back, and a decrease in the activity of your fat-burning enzymes.

So it's no wonder that there are weight gain problems among people

who sit and watch high amounts of TV. While there are certainly times in your life when you simply

need the relaxing feeling of curling up on the couch with a bowl of popcorn in your favorite movie,

there are other times when there may be a TV show, movie, or sporting event that you really want

to watch despite your need to

squeeze in an exercise session. Why not have the best of both worlds? I'm going to give you

three TV workout routines to get you fit while you're catching your favorite episode. Let's start

with a TV show exercise session. Most TV shows, especially typical sitcoms or dramas, have anywhere from three to five

primary characters in a show. Begin by choosing an exercise for each of those major characters.

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