The
hottest new exercise to get fit
By Greg
Landry (Sincere thanks to Greg for letting me reprint this
article here!)
Now wait a
minute! I know what you're thinking. You're thinking I'm
going to write about some new fancy smancy exercise that
will magically tone you up and trim you down in five minutes
a day. Right? :)
Folks, give it up... caloric expenditure is directly related to your exertion. There are no
magical new exercises or exercise gadgets! You've just got
to do the work. There are no short cuts!
But, I do want to talk about a long forgotten
"exercise"... good old hard work! Here's what led
me to thinking about this. I'm helping a friend tear down an
old shed and we're working pretty hard at it!
He's a daily
exerciser, yet he's constantly complaining about having to
do this work and always looking for ways to make it
easier... like moving the wood with a truck rather than
carrying it 50 yards.
My point in all this is that we have had to develop
"artificial activity" (exercise) because most
people's daily lives no longer require enough physical work.
But, the ironic thing is that we will avoid as much work as
possible not realizing that it's "exercise".
For example, my yard is big enough that many people would
use a riding lawn mower to cut the grass. But wouldn't it be
silly for me to ride a lawn mower rather than push one and
then go out and walk or jog for exercise?
I think we've forgotten the best "exercise" of
all, the original "exercise", work! Think about
ways that you incorporate physical work into your daily
life. plant a garden with a shovel instead of a tiller, rake
your leaves, push your lawn mower, sweep, swing a hammer,
cut some wood with a hand saw, chop with an ax rather than a
chain saw, walk as many places as you can, park way out in
the parking lot at Wal Mart and hike to the store, climb ten
flights of stairs, etc. Look for the difficult way to do
things... the way that requires the most physical effort!
Also, don't forget that you can get physical activity
"playing". Get out and run around with your kids,
play some full court basketball, play tag, ride your bike,
dance, etc.
We obviously don't have the need to do as much work as our
ancestors did, but do as much as you can and then supplement
it with "artificial work"... exercise. :)
Author and
exercise physiologist, Greg Landry, offers his free, "Fast,
Healthy Weight Loss" newsletter at his site:
http://www.Landry.com
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