According to President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition, less than 5 percent of U.S. adults participate in 30 minutes of physical activity daily. Many of us have good intentions and start each year off with making healthy exercise goals, like enthusiastically heading to the gym and nibbling on carrot and celery sticks. However, we often find our well intention-ed plans unraveling after just a few weeks. The problem is, for many of us, exercise can be quite boring and repetitive. But it doesn’t have to be!! Finding a way to make exercise fun is the key! If it doesn’t feel like exercise then you may be more motivated to do it!

Here are 10 ways to make exercise more fun:

1. Include a friend – Exercise is always more fun when you have someone to do it with! That person can also act as your accountability partner and help