6 Easy Exercises for When You’re Too Tired to Exercise

Exercise can be exciting and rewarding—for some of us. For the rest of us, it can sometimes feel too much like work. I fluctuate between the two, especially after a long day at work, and often say that when the garage door goes down, so does my motivation to exercise.

We all know how important exercise is for our physical and mental well-being, yet more than two-thirds of Americans aren’t getting enough, according to the 2020 National Health Interview Survey.

About half of American adults have at least one preventable chronic disease. Regular exercise can favorably affect seven of the 10 most common chronic diseases, including diabetes and heart disease.

Yet what can we do to break the cycle of being too tired and unmotivated to exercise?

Over the years, I’ve found that starting my rehab patients on simple, easy-to-perform exercises can be a practical first step. After all, Newton’s first law of motion states that an object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion—unless another force acts upon it. By taking small steps, we can create momentum.

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