Dear Sugar
I know that I am supposed to get in at least 20-30 minutes of exercise (preferably cardio) at least three times a week. The problem is that I have a super busy schedule and by the time I actually get home from my long day of work and client meetings all I want to do is chill out and unwind. Can you give me any suggestions to get motivated? Lazy Mazie

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Dear Lazy Mazie
Everyone is on a time crunch these days but you've got to get that heart rate up to have a healthy mind and body. Don't make me list the myriad of correlations between health benefits and physical fitness. You all know them and ignoring them any longer is putting you that much more at risk for illness and a shorter life.

I know that it's hard to get yourself going again just when you walk in the door from a long and weary day, but here's an idea ... Load up your ipod with songs that move you. Let the music do what's it's meant to do. When that one song that gets you going is blasting loudly, you aren't going to be able to fight the urge to dance (...I mean jog).

While on my trip out here to San Francisco visiting Sugar Publishing HQ, I asked Home Team Sugar what inspires them to shake it like a Polaroid picture. Here's the list:

1. Lose Control - Missy Elliott
2. Black Eyed Peas - Pump It
3. Beyonce - Crazy In Love
4. AC/DC - Shook Me All Night Long
5. Fall Out Boy - Dance, Dance
6. Paradise City - Guns N' Roses
7. LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
8. Ray Of Light - Madonna
9. Jennifer Lopez - Let's Get Loud
10. Shake It - Eminem

If this doesn't do it for you, you can always check out JennaV's August Workout Play List for more tunes.

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