You Are NOT Into Fitness
12 reasons why you shouldn’t exercise
- You can eat what you want as long as you don’t move around. It’s all about the mindset.
- A little bit of alcohol is OK in any quantities. There’s so much research that says alcohol is beneficial for you. Plus, raising your hand to drink is already an exercise!
- The weigh-in scale is always wrong. Change it to the one that shows less weight like Sir Churchill did.
- People who exercise and manage to lose weight get too much attention from the opposite sex. It can be very stressful.
- High blood pressure is not dangerous. You can always take some medicine to lower it. If you have side effects, you take another medicine that deals with them.
- You have no time to exercise. There’s so much you need to do.
- Even when you have some time, you are too tired to move.
- Sometimes you can have both time and energy. But no motivation.
- Exercise is boring. Yawning…
- Are you a parent? Kids are always around, how can you train?
- You are too heavy/weak/uncoordinated/shy to work out
- You don’t like sweating. It’s unattractive.
Do any of these resonate with you?
Churchill on fitness
They asked Sir Winston Churchill once:
Mr Churchill, to what do you attribute your success in life?
Conservation of energy. Never stand up when you can sit down. And never sit down when you can lie down.
Churchill led the UK through World War II, He smoked and drank alcohol daily, and his BMI was well above 30. He suffered several strokes yet lived until 90 years of age.
Are you feeling the same as Sir Churchill?
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