In an ideal world you’d be able to eat all you wanted, do as little exercise as you felt like and move around just by flicking a switch.
And if you chose to sit in front of the TV all day stuffing yourself with cakes and ice creams, it wouldn’t make the slightest difference to the way you looked or how you felt.
In an ideal world, you wouldn’t have to worry about your lifestyle. You’d look and feel great all the time.
Meanwhile, in the real world, huge numbers of adults and children are obese or overweight. According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Sciences, heart disease kills nearly one million people every year.
There are many reasons for this. The time spent watching TV is just one. Working for long periods at a computer and an increasing reliance on the car are others.
And if, like many, you know you’re not as active as you should be, you may come out in a cold sweat every time the dreaded word ‘exercise’ is mentioned.
But here’s the thing, you don’t need to worry. There is an activity you know only too well that offers the perfect solution to being unfit....