Health & Fitness
Lend Me Your Body (For Fitness Purposes Only)
Some basic advice for taking the first steps (literally) to getting back in shape -- especially for fellow card-carrying members of the Boomer Generation.
Hi there!
I hope you are out of shape. In fact, I hope you are horribly out of shape. Why? Because if you have allowed your body to turn to mush, you need me, and I like feeling needed. Seriously though, if you happen to be reading this blog post, it probably means that you have decided to put some of that lost muscle back on your bones and burn up some of that unwanted fat that you are carrying around on your hips, your butt, your waist, or all of the above.
You made a decision to get fit. Good for you! Whether you are a true Boomer, in your 50s, 60s, or 70s, or a younger Boomer-wannabe in your 40s, you have the grand opportunity of getting your college days body back, unless your college days were spent drinking beer and eating giant size bags of Cheetos, in which case, we should focus on getting you the body you never had.
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We will get in to the specifics in future posts, but let’s begin by changing your life in a painless, but meaningful way. Are you ready? Good. Stand up. Now, move. Walk around in circle. Swing your arms and move your legs. Mentally tune in to the muscles you are using to engineer this simple exercise.
New rule: Cut down on your sitting time by standing. Improve the value of your standing time by moving around. Do this at your desk, in front of the t.v. set, or on your front porch. Every chance you get, sit less and move more. Got it?
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The next time you go to Home Depot, or Costco, or the grocery store, park in the lonely outskirts of the parking lot and take a hike to the entrance. Remember to swing your arms. Feel your blood pumping and your lungs filling with air, and feel the muscles moving in your back and legs. When you return to your car, you will notice no new dings in the doors. The careless louts who would have put them there expended all of their energy searching out the closest parking spots to the entrance. They are easy to spot. They are the ones with lousy posture, using their shopping carts as walkers.
Well that’s it for now. I think we are off to a fine start. We’ll talk later (while standing, of course).
