Exercise: I don’t wanna

Have you ever realised that we will succumb to even the slightest excuse not to exercise? Oh I have a slight headache, so I’ll stay home. There are only about 30 minutes til it gets dark (huh another escape clause on not to exercise. I’m going to exercise today and suddenly it rains and the most dreaded “Actually I wanted to but it rained, what to do?” is bluttered out without even a tinge of regret.

The discipline of exercising and keeping to it, are the key. Even when it rains, it is still possible for us to exercise? I’m afraid the answer is ‘yes’ though many of us will disagree. It is a matter of mind over body. Oh after working for 8 hours, how do you expect me to jog? Perhaps the only exercise you got for the entire 8 hours is actually getting up and going to the toilet! If only there was a remote control to bring the toilet to you! (hmm…imagine you splish splashing away in the office!)

The other factor is conditioning. The first time you jog after a long lay off is going to cause some soreness to the body. Are we ever ready to give up after that? Of course! When I jog, I am hurting my body so my body asked me to stop. Are we convinved that our body is telling us that? If our body could talk what would it say? I appreciate the rest and keep up the good work! Once your body is used the that particular type of exercise, it will condition itself to the movement in the exercise itself and it will hurt you no longer. In fact it will tell you, I miss doing it!