Exercise For Non Jocks

In my submission Moderation is the Key to Everything I spoke to y'all about moderation in eatin'. Today I wanna address the dreaded exercise issue. Yes we all need moderation in that too.

I'm sorry if I offend all the jocks in the world but ya don't have to sweat to make exercise work. Any kind of movin' the body around will move some calories into the negative column. If y'all make it fun it does wonders fer your emotional good health too.

When I was eighteen, just too many years ago, I felt that I need big numbers of repetitions. "I'll do fifty sit ups everyday." Forty years later if I could do five sit ups I'd take out a full page add in the Wall Street Journal. I didn't reach my top weight of 365# by exercisin' daily.

Today I recognize that small amount of exercise daily will add up quickly. Ten minuets of walkin' three times a day will equal a 30 minuet walk. If y'all do it at WalMart, K-Mart, or even the grocery store it maybe a bit more pleasant and kin be a bit more productive. You're multi taskin' if you choose to be.

You will find displays at the end of every isle. Bend down and pick up whatever is on the bottom shelf, read the label and bend down to return it to it's original place, this will add twenty or thirty bend over to touch your toes type exercises every time you walk the store. Personally I like flea markets. I figure at the normal amble includin' stoppin' to look at this or that I kin walk thirty minuets in about an hour. There are always many things on the ground to bend over and pick up to look at. Call it vertical sit ups if ya feel better about it.

I did suffer fer many years when I walked at my top weight. My dear cuzzin the Snow Queen was the Manager at a local motel. She offered to allow me to walk in the pool. This eliminates the jarrin' of the knees and ankles. I could walk fer over an hour straight with no pain. I also could use the time fer meditation most days since I'd be alone in the pool. Check with the manager of your local motel it may be available fer a small fee.