Question:
have found that exercise to be a stress reliever, and a great way to meet
people. I just wanted to make a suggestion to you'all about exercise. I go to
a friendly gym, and I love meeting people there. The only problem is it isn't
a large gym, it doesn't have a wide selection of exercise machines.
Answer:
hate exercise and try to aovoid it at all costs. The only exercise I
currently get is walking my daughter to school (about 300 meters),
occasional shopping, and a lot of finger exercise (typing). I know I should
do more, but I hate it so much it's really hard to get motivated. I might
ride my bike more in the spring and summer if I get a baby seat and fix the
pedals.
Going to a gym really does'n't appeal to me at all. It seems awfully boring,
for one thing. I have a friend who really enjoys going to the gym and says
it helps her depression.
I adore exercise and try to avoid missing it at all costs.
If I don't get it, after 3 or 4 days I get cranky - probably the effects of
endorphin-addiction.
The only exercise I
Failing to exercise (particularly for non-younger women) carries a very
significant risk of osteoporosis (brittle bone disease), the best insurance
against which is anaerobic (strength) exercises - which increase bone
density by stressing the bones.
Exercise also causes the release of growth hormone - a "wonder drug" which
has many magical properties, many of them cerebral/mood enhancing.
Exercise (aerobic) also significantly reduces the risk of stroke - every
time you exercise, your brain sprouts new capillaries which helps prevent
the formation of brain plaques which are strongly associated with stroke
pathology.
Gyms are all very well and good, but they require the hassle of
time-budgeting to get there, change, shower, yada yada yada.
Much better is to get a stand-up step-machine, some dumbells and a
chest-compressor (multi-exercise), then all you have to do is get on and go.
It also has the advantage of being able to watch the TV program of your
selection and the comfort of your own shower, etc - and it's green 'cos it
saves fuel, unless your gunna cycle there of course
Plus you can micro-tailor it to your own schedule.
I think that all the varieties of the "healthy" and "good for
you" arguments do _nothing_ to motivate people that really hates
exercise to do more of it, especially on a regular basis.
Do I detect the same problem I often have with things, that you
tend to "ration" adding needed things in a kind of priority
order?
This has been a big problem for me, and I'm trying to get away
from it - now I try to take everything on an individual basis. I
find that this way the chance of *anything* getting done is much
greater => more chance of feeling I have accomplished something.
I have found that - apart from dancing - practical stuff like
transportation is about the _only_ way for me to get exercise.
Exercise for its own sake is just boring and stupid.
In Finnish they have invented a nice word for it: hyöty-liikunta,
litterally "useful" or "practical gain" physical exercise (the
Finnish word for physical exercise is derived from the word for
movement, moving). Meaning everything that you physically do that
