Active living is not just about sweaty gym sessions (those are good of course). There are two types of “exercise”: strenuous exercise and incidental activity. Most of what people talk about has to do with strenuous, or formal, exercise. Let’s consider activity... Just MOVE. It is certainly true that we should all get our heart [...]
Keeping it up. It’s such a familiar story: we start with great enthusiasm and good intentions, but after a few weeks we find that we’ve reverted back to the couch, the running shoes are gathering dust, and our bellies are expanding alarmingly. It can be so very hard to develop long-standing exercise habits and this [...]
So what’s in it for me? A lot. An awful lot. Exercise is one of the healthiest things you can do for yourself. Just to offer a short list of the main benefits of exercise: Energy. Active people are more energetic. They get more done in a day, more easily. Happiness. Active people feel happier [...]
But I can’t because… Let’s get onto this thorny issue. Given that you already know exercise is good for you (you do don't you?), the real issue is WHY do you not exercise like you know you should, and even want to? The reason we do not exercise is not because we don't know about [...]
