Do you remember being a kid and being told 'You should turn off the TV and go outside and exercise'? Sadly, most Americans would rather sit down and watch 4 or more hours of television than spend 1 hour getting some exercise... it's no wonder why American's are so obese.

 

 

You may think there's no time for you to get some exercise, you don't have the energy to exercise, or you blame your children for not being able to exercise. In my opinion, you are just making excuses, and I feel no empathy or pity for you. Every other day, I do Pilates at home, and every day I walk for at least 1 hour. In the warmer months here in Chicago, I ride my bicycle for at least 1 hour a day 7 days a week. I also do at least half an hour of cardiovascular exercise every single day, and I exercise for 3 weeks on while not exercising for 1 week in order to allow my body to rest and recuperate. Over the course of each day, I exercise between 1 and 2 hours... that's not as bad as you may have initially thought; in fact, that's less than half the time a typical American sits down and watches television every day.

 

 

As for those of you that say you don't have the time to exercise every day, I say you need to follow the advice that was given when you were a child and 'turn off the TV and go outside and get some exercise'. If you feel you have no energy every day to exercise, well, you might be surprised how much more energy you might feel by getting some exercise every day. Finally, if you blame your children for you not getting any exercise, I say shame on you. You can take your child out for a walk with you, you can ride a bicycle with your child, you can put really young children in a stroller and take them for a walk, and you might even teach them a positive habit so that we can all work on not being seen as the country that's made up of a lot of fat people... an 'honor' that's truly something to be ashamed of.

 

 

This rant written by Joe Rosendorf Jr.  This is merely an opinion based on personal experiences, and is intended to inform based on those experiences.