Welcome to the Get Fit Guys quick and dirty tips to get moving and shape up. My name is

Brock Armstrong and I am the Get Fit Guy. I have a question for you. Are you prepared to stay fit

after you graduate from college? Well, the average North American works more than 47 hours per week, and they sit

for an average of 9.3 hours per day. Now, you compare that to the five hours per day that

students are sitting, and the problem becomes quite clear. New grads who are moving into the workforce

need to find ways to stay active. And that's what we're going to talk about today. Let's face it,

it is a challenge to stay fit after college. When I was in college, oh so many years ago,

well, I was nearly the most physically

active that I have ever been. I had free access to a gym and a swimming pool. I had lunch hour

Ikedo classes and fencing classes, and I played hockey in the evenings. I was also regularly

spotted dancing my face off to live music on the weekends.

But when I graduated with a diploma in digital arts and media, I was almost immediately

chained to my government-issued desk for 7.25 hours per day. Now, sure, I was raking in the dough, but the only muscle that I flexed on a

regular basis was my mouse finger muscle. I envied my friends who had chosen outdoor professions

or manual labor jobs, but I also knew that envy wasn't going to solve my suddenly sedentary

lifestyle. So, after complaining for a

few months, I grabbed myself by my sports socks and took matters into my own hands. Now, sure,

I no longer had an awesomely equipped free gym to visit or unlimited access to a pool, and my haikido friends had gone their separate ways,

and again, if I wanted to keep playing hockey, I'd have to start a team of my own. But that was no

excuse to lose all the fitness, hand-eye coordination, agility, flexibility, mobility, and

general good health that I had accumulated while I was in college.

So, after some wallowing and adjusting to this new lifestyle as a work-a-day grumbler,

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