Ravings of a Mad Man: vol. 6.38
It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid then open it and remove all doubt
-Mark Twain
Well the holidays are over now we move into January, for me January – May means birthdays. It seems like every other week there is a mom, dad, brother, sister, niece/nephew, cousin, aunt, uncle, grandma, grandpa or me birthday. So if only there were some way to get those dates specified as state or federal holidays then I could get those days off work. I wonder who I have to contact. I saw this 13 year old kid that pointed out what people already knew to Utah's legislature (this is necessary because Utah's legislature is somewhat hopeless, I digress) about daylight savings time. I for one understand that we don't save as much energy as we would like to by switching our time back and forth. However, I hope they never eliminate daylight savings time because once a year I love feeling like I am stealing time by sleeping an extra hour without repercussions of being late for stuff. On the other hand I don't really like springing forward an hour once a year. If only we could just fall back and spring back an hour every six months. That would be cool because at some point, with my idea in place people would visit from let's say, California and they would be like let's go out and get lunch. But when they go out, at her lunch time, they will realize that it was really evening (according to our Utah clocks) and lunch time offers were no longer accepted so these Californians would have to pay double for their lunch. Oh think of the additional income for the state. Where was I? Oh yeah, January brings out the best in humans. For at least one or two days or possibly weeks people live more kindly, more healthily, more vivaciously, (my new year's resolution was to use the word vivacious more often). But soon thereafter their resolve dissolves into normal life and their hope of being better is squashed by the big feet of daily routine and peer pressure. My point here is I would like to inform those that have resolved to be better at exercising there are several exercises you can do that will make you feel good about yourselves and are simple enough to do that you can do them all year round.
1) Chair Pilates or yoga. This involves you sitting in a chair (any chair will work just fine, probably should avoid recliners) and stretching your legs in unusual ways. Unusual can be defined as any direction not directly related to getting in and out of the chair. You probably won't see any physical improvement as far as muscle tone or increased flexibility. However you will feel good about yourself because you are exercising!
2) 2) Commute Jogging. This might seem like jogging for part of your commute but instead it is jogging while commuting. You ask, what is the difference? There is a huge difference. In the first case you are outside jogging towards your place of work, (very healthy also very energy consumptive). The second case you are just "jogging" while inside your car or public transport. If you have seen Dumb and Dumber then you know what I am talking about. "It feels like you are running at an incredible rate." – Lloyd Christmas This exercise may annoy other people so it is recommended that you only do this one while commuting by yourself. Depending on how fast you move your arms you probably won't see any physical improvement. You could add weights and other resistance mechanisms but this not recommended while you are driving.
3) 3)Blanket Wrestling. This exercise can be done solo or with a multiple players. Now kids get your minds out of the gutters. If you are doing this exercise solo it will more than likely be a leg workout. It is accomplished by trying to get the blanket to fully cover your feet by kicking you legs wildly until the desired coverage is achieved. If you are playing with 2 or more it is the same idea but arms can be used to fully cover your body while removing the blanket from other participants. The other variation of this game is for 2 people and is accomplished while sleeping. The key to the game is to make sure the room is cold. That way when the other player takes the blanket off of you, you will wake up and try and pull it off of them.
So those are 3 simple exercises you can do in order to feel good about your resolve to exercise more in 2012.
Trivia Time: What smells drive you crazy (good or bad)?
Quote of the Week: "People say that Grayson looks like Eric, but I still think he is cute." – Jenny Jones
Have a good week I know I will
Eric Jones
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