How to stay in shape without training

Here and behind the May holidays, which all held in different ways. For example, I went to these so-called holidays in another city, and when I returned home and weighed, I was surprised that I had not gained weight. On holidays, as it happens: everyone celebrates, eats, mothers, grandmothers and friends feed hard – and then the guys sweat in the gym after such a saturated weekend. And on these holidays I walked, rode a bike, played frisbee – and this is the result.

My friend and I went to another city for a reason, her uncle lives there – and he is awesome cool man. He never read Men’s Health, drank protein shakes, and did not go to the gym — and with all this, he was in much better shape than many of my friends who are almost twice as young as this bro.

Sometimes, when I go to the gym, I look around and think: “Hmm, this is a strange place.” I think that if our ancestors could go back in our time and see how we sweat and strain ourselves, running along the treadmill like squirrels in a wheel, lifting weights and exercising simulators, they would think that we are slaves or prisoners. forced to do it for the sake of any experiments against their will. Previously, men were in shape due to the fact that they were engaged in daily physical labor, went on foot, repaired something. Admit it, dude, its strange that today we have to work out at least an hour a day with incredible work to keep our body in shape, while in the remaining 23 hours we barely move.

But what to do. A little ingenuity and creativity – and you can be in better shape if you skillfully build in your schedule physical activity. What does my friend’s uncle do?

Get a dog and walk with it. My uncle is so hardcore dude that she wakes up at five in the morning and walks her dog for an hour. He does the same thing before bedtime. If you have a dog, it motivates you to go out several times a day, even in the face of bad weather. In the rain, an old bro wears a poncho and heavy boots. The walk will be pleasant, because you are guaranteed to be a satellite. So get a dog and move!

Do things like the good old days. Modern technologies have made our life so simple and comfortable. They practically freed us from any work that kept people fit in the old days. Sometimes it is better to neglect the new-fashioned amenities and do the work in the classical way to stay in shape. Uncle has a cottage, where he mows grass with a scythe, removes snow from the yard with the usual hefty fir and chops wood.

Engage in volunteering that keeps your body and mind in good shape. For example, the uncle of my girlfriend is doing a very good thing – it’s not even called volunteering. I told you that he has a dacha – so, that’s where he does good deeds. Bowers love old dudes who cannot afford to buy firewood as often as they would like, but grandfathers are not the most energetic people, and they cannot cut firewood every day. Therefore, our dude collects various fallen trees, chops them up, loads them into his truck and carries them to his old neighbors. Not well done?

Active rest is our everything. It is not necessary that the training turned into a separate lesson to which you devote a certain amount of time every day. Instead of just sitting at home and watching a movie, try to go in for active rest. Several times a week my friend’s uncle and his colleagues play frisbee – it’s relaxed and fun. I also managed to play with them and was a complete loser compared to these dudes. I took a breather several times, restored my breathing, but these guys never. Are they cars? So doing sports is not as hard as it seems at first glance – just have fun.