No one needs to be reminded that the fitness craze has arrived in full bloom and hints to us that it’s not going away anytime soon.
For the more, shall we say, “leisurely” type of person, this can cause a lot of guilt. “I’m going to start walking — next week.” “How hard can it be to just walk for 30 minutes? I can do that. I just haven’t had time.” We’ve all heard (and sometimes used) one of these excuses.
The one reason people don’t do what they don’t absolutely have to do is simple: They don’t want to, and they don’t have to. We grow up learning that death and taxes are the only two inevitables. Now they want us to exercise?
Exercise is thought of by many people as a forced kind of event, and walking hovers near the top of the list in the “boring” category. “I don’t want to just WALK! What’s the point, where’s the destination?” we ask.
Well, just like everything else, there are loopholes here aplenty; it’s up to the individual to make something so intolerably “boring” pretty interesting. It’s...