"they pay all this money to go like this...." whilst a grade one starjump was demonstrated to me by my old eccentric singing teacher. how did we get to this conversation while a singing lesson was supposed to be taking place? well we were talking about the loud aerobics class going on in the gym upstairs.
you see we do pay alot of money and spend alot of time doing exercise that isn't natural for us too do. we shouldn't be jogging for miles and miles. did we do that when we were hunting food? no, just a lot of walking and a few quick sprints would have taken care of that. we shouldn't be doing isolated, and dare i say it boring, weights eg bicep curls. did we do that when we were having to build our own shelters? no, just lifting heavy objects around, with a few pull ups, squats and cleans to gather the supplies.
i know, i know we aren't hunting our own food and building our own shelters, but genetically we haven't changed from those days.
i love going to crossfit which incorporates alot of different strength exercises and is fun because it isn't the same thing each time i go, with a different workout each time.
other ideas: you could also walk instead of drive. throw in a few sprints along the beach. do a couple of pullups on that branch in the back yard.
the lecture on the absurdity of the aerobics class was ended with a simple "why don't they dig a vege patch and do some garden work". i couldn't agree more.