But maybe it ain't that easy.
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Good thing she's got that massive water bottle. Wouldn't want to get dehydrated. |
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"This remote control... is... so... heavy... " |
But there's a tipping point - a level of activity at where the risk of injury may actually outweigh the risk of being sedentary. Now, I think that the majority of people can definitely walk a little closer to the wild side than they currently are - but at the same time, there's a smaller, yet significant trend towards the extreme end of the scale (as there always is in the world of health and fitness) where people are taking on challenges far beyond what they're physically prepared for. Due to a lack of patience or education (or both), they jump from step 1 to step 9 without progressing through steps 2-8 beforehand. The result? Anything from burnout and/or a lack of results to outright injury.
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Methinks your spine would prefer you not do this. |
- There are no shortcuts - everything takes time, patience and dedication. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either an idiot or trying to sell you something.
- Home programs are only as effective as the person who's using them - meaning if you have no idea what your doing, the book or DVD can't correct you if you're wrong.
- Moving is better than not moving - but learn to move well (paraphrasing Gray Cook here).
- Once you learn to move well - learn to move heavy things. And then learn to move fast.
Oh, and one final note: although I acknowledged it's better than nothing, don't kid yourself - reading while you walk on the treadmill is, like, super lame. Seriously.
Now, as Mom said when you were little - get outside and do something.