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by yummyfajitas
4089 days ago
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The average American spends 3 hours per day watching TV. To find 6 hours/week, it's just a matter of turning off the TV for 2 hours, 3x/week. http://www.bls.gov/tus/tables/a1_2013.pdf As for not affording a gym, that's nonsense. Bodyweight fitness exists and it works great. Last year I met a super skinny tall Indian dude. He asked my help on how to get in shape (I'm tall but not so skinny), so I invited him to join me for a bodyweight workout in the free public park. He joined me, stuck with the program ("if you do 7 pushups today, try 8 tomorrow"), and got into considerably better shape. He works 6 days/week and probably earns about 10,000rs/month ($150, maybe $300-400 after adjusting for cost of living). He can't even afford an internet-capable phone to visit the /r/fitness FAQ. Rather than making excuses, he just decided that fitness was more important than TV and made it happen. |
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Damn right it does. I struggle with weight, and have done so all my life. After my divorce 7 years ago i piled on the kilo's. Combination of overeating, and being lazy. I started a gym a few times, and got personal trainers involved at some point. All the same thing: pound the treadmill and stairmaster for an hour, and go home.
I have been on and off diets and few, if any, are long term doable for me.
Last October, I hooked up with a personal trainer who is totally awesome, and got me into the "if you do 7 today, try 8 tomorrow" perspective. The first weeks were brutal, and very, very hard, but his approach was to find my limit, and push me ever so slightly over it. I used to go 3 times a week, half an hour, early morning. Now I also join in with evening sessions.
Everything we do is bodyweight training, boxing, kickboxing, and some cardio workout. No running (it would destroy my knees anyway), just simple stuff: squats, pushups, pull ups (from a horizontal position, working to "proper" pull ups), etc. His mantra is "small victories, every day".
It works. Although he does give me gentle nudges about my eating habits every now and then ("eat less meat, more green veg. Drink water with lemon") he emphatically doesn't want me to worry about dieting. "Get fit, and the weightloss will follow".
I have lost about 20 kilo's so far, feel better than I have in a very long time, and have an unbelievable amount of fun doing it (I am lazy, and I hate working out)
Bodyweight training is where it's at.