by: John B. Excerpted from Sat.,
May 31, 2014 Daily Press “Life Health” by James Fell
All us “Couch Potatoes” need to
find realistic ways to motivate ourselves into good health. As we age and
become less energetic and in more need of ways to preserve our aging flesh, we
become less interested in real exercise in a period of life that requires some
activity to maintain a decent level of health.
James Fell, a certified strength and
conditioning specialist and founder of “sixpackabs.com” says: Your mission,
should you choose to accept it, is not to exercise but to be physically active”.
He proposes the position of “moving around doing stuff that is not sport or exercise”,
or “NEAT”.
NEAT- Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis, which
is scientist speak for “moving around doing stuff that is not sport or exercise”.
As per Fell, “NEAT has the potential
to burn substantially more calories per day then exercise for the average
person”.
Fell indicates that “Those with
Type 2 diabetes or even pre-diabetes have low lactate thresholds, meaning they’ll
be wiped out very easily from even moderate effort”.
Well, how do we do this?? Take
the stairs instead of the elevator, walk as opposed to drive.. or park further
away to force you to walk more. Set an electric calendar to remind you to get
up and away from your desk if you are desk bound. Instead of trying to finish a
task with minimum amount of steps, take the maximum amount of steps to
accomplish the task. Make housework, yard work, walking, not just work but a
low intensity type of exercise… and ALWAYS…
make it fun!!
Great post!
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