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tabular_rasa) wrote2010-01-26 04:18 pm
tabular_rasa) wrote2010-01-26 04:18 pm
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Writer's Block: Thoughts on Exercising
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I like some forms of exercise. I like walking and biking, especially when they're fluidly incorporated into my day as a commute or something so I'm killing two birds with one stone. I like swimming, boating (it takes upper-body strength to paddle a canoe or kayak, even on a placid lake), and waterskiing as recreation-with-an-exercise-component. I don't like many organized sports, but I enjoy physical activities that resemble them without the competitive element, like my version of tennis, volleyball, and ping-pong: Rather than try to trip up your partner, see how long you can keep a volley going.
I don't, however, like running on a track or, worse, a treadmill; using other gym machines like stair-steppers and ellipticals; lifting weights; or aerobics or dance-exercise classes. Even yoga classes would probably just make me feel bad about myself because I am the least flexible and worst coordinated person in the universe.
I think the defining factor is I like exercise that isn't explicit. I don't want my exercise to be an explicit chunk of time in my day with an explicit location. I don't want it to feel like I could be better spending my time on something more enjoyable; I don't want it to require further time-consuming rituals of donning yoga pants, a sports bra, and sweat bands and showering afterward; and I don't want to spend money on a gym membership and have to get myself to the gym every time I want to exercise. (Even my daily calisthenic routine is done while watching TV or talking to Robert on Skype; I'm not taking time away from anything else I'd rather be doing). I want exercise that I can do in my backyard or my neighborhood at any time, exercise that feels instead like a fun activity, enjoying the scenery, or just living my life.
That being said, I sure don't exercise much during winter, because the exercise I like is best enjoyed outdoors. In the summer I take a daily walk and have near-daily waterskiing sessions at the lake, if not an additional round of tubing, swimming, or taking out the canoe or kayak. This is yet another reason where I need to live someplace warm (and ideally someday again near water). I'm disgusted with how much of a couch potato I've been since October.
This was sponsored by My Fitness Coach, apparently. I used My Fitness Coach for our Wii last summer, it was kind of fun. (Even though my poor Mii was underweight and kept crying O.o). I doubt I could keep it up forever, but it was way more tolerable than, say, playing a sport.
I like some forms of exercise. I like walking and biking, especially when they're fluidly incorporated into my day as a commute or something so I'm killing two birds with one stone. I like swimming, boating (it takes upper-body strength to paddle a canoe or kayak, even on a placid lake), and waterskiing as recreation-with-an-exercise-component. I don't like many organized sports, but I enjoy physical activities that resemble them without the competitive element, like my version of tennis, volleyball, and ping-pong: Rather than try to trip up your partner, see how long you can keep a volley going.
I don't, however, like running on a track or, worse, a treadmill; using other gym machines like stair-steppers and ellipticals; lifting weights; or aerobics or dance-exercise classes. Even yoga classes would probably just make me feel bad about myself because I am the least flexible and worst coordinated person in the universe.
I think the defining factor is I like exercise that isn't explicit. I don't want my exercise to be an explicit chunk of time in my day with an explicit location. I don't want it to feel like I could be better spending my time on something more enjoyable; I don't want it to require further time-consuming rituals of donning yoga pants, a sports bra, and sweat bands and showering afterward; and I don't want to spend money on a gym membership and have to get myself to the gym every time I want to exercise. (Even my daily calisthenic routine is done while watching TV or talking to Robert on Skype; I'm not taking time away from anything else I'd rather be doing). I want exercise that I can do in my backyard or my neighborhood at any time, exercise that feels instead like a fun activity, enjoying the scenery, or just living my life.
That being said, I sure don't exercise much during winter, because the exercise I like is best enjoyed outdoors. In the summer I take a daily walk and have near-daily waterskiing sessions at the lake, if not an additional round of tubing, swimming, or taking out the canoe or kayak. This is yet another reason where I need to live someplace warm (and ideally someday again near water). I'm disgusted with how much of a couch potato I've been since October.
This was sponsored by My Fitness Coach, apparently. I used My Fitness Coach for our Wii last summer, it was kind of fun. (Even though my poor Mii was underweight and kept crying O.o). I doubt I could keep it up forever, but it was way more tolerable than, say, playing a sport.