Sunday Story…Exercise Hygiene
Speaking for myself, exercise is a habit. When I don’t
exercise my day is incomplete. How would you feel if you didn’t brush your
teeth today? What if you didn’t brush for a week? A month? A year? I suspect we
all know people who have not moved with intention for a very long time.
We are humans. We are designed to move. Ancient
humans moved a lot. They didn’t need to set apart movement or exercise from the
rest of their activities. Today we need to plan our movement. We have
transitioned from lots of movement and physical exertion to minimizing our
movement and avoiding physical exertion.
This transition is being proven to be hazardous to
our health. Although it may have increased our life span, the cost of not moving has far outweighed the benefits of modern comforts. Diabetes and obesity are rampant, immunocompromised conditions are common, and neurodegenerative diseases
all compromise our quality of life as we age.
One of the answers to solving this problem is
exercise or intentional movement. Changing our attitudes toward exercise needs
to shift from something we do when we have time or energy to something like brushing our teeth. This shift will increase your likely health span
outcome.
How are you going to create an environment where
exercise becomes part and parcel of your existence? How will you ensure that movement is as important as eating is to your existence? This is going to require a shift in your thinking and a reordering of your priorities. Exercise or intentional movement needs to become part of your daily life. Movement is medicine.
John Mariotti
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