Re: moving on to other exercise

In article <4dcn29F19kea2U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Pat in TX" <Pat@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Ah, but there's more to swimming than "exercising" just as there's more
to
cycling than "exercising." If all he does is count how much time is
spent
exercising, he's not loving what he's doing or getting any mental
satisfaction from it. it's just a number to be done with.....

Pat in TX

Absolutely agree. Martin and I have dealt with this mano a
mano. The very word *exercise* is anathema to me. I never
exercise; I only swim, bike, run, and lift. To exercise is
like eating grams of proteins, carbos, vitamins and other
obnoxious stuff. I only eat food. Never drink liquids
either. For that matter, I've never tried drinking solids
either although that would seem to be the alternative.
Anything done in the name of health goes against my
instincts. Like C.Lauper said...I mean sang..........

rtk

Pat said there *more* to swimming than exercising. If you swim, you
exercise.

Yes, of course, BUT, I don't think of it as exercising. It's all in the
outlook, isn't it?

It isn't all in the outlook. If you swim laps, you exercise, whether you
think of it as exercising or not.

I was talking to my mother-in-law about her daily
routine and she replied, "I take my exercise daily." or something similar. I
remember her using the work "take" as if she were swallowing a bitter
medicine. I don't think of swimming as something I am obligated to do or
something I "take" as if it were a check off on a list.

You aren't obligated to exercise either. You can sit on a couch and
watch tv.

As for mood
enhancing, I don't think of swimming or cycling or even hiking as something
I do to try and get some endorphins pumping. I do these activities because I
like to. I am moving toward them instead of being pushed.

That doesn't mean they aren't exercise. Primitive man exercised all the
time, but he didn't even have the word for it.
.

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