I really like that post from shovelglove. I walk. More than I bike actually. Especially now that I work from home because riding to and from work was a big part of my riding. I have come to really love it. I get up and go walking first thing in the morning and then spend the rest of the day getting to at least 10,000 steps(more than that most days). I like the idea of being a few miles from home and knowing I have the gumption to walk home. I like the idea of keeping my body in basic working order. And, my youngest is in college, majoring in Environmental studies with an emphasis in Outdoor Education. I want to be ready to go for a long backpacking trip when he graduates. I used to do stuff like that when I was younger and I am excited to have a knowledgeable partner for adventures. Being able to walk is an important part of my life plans.
On Monday, November 16, 2020 at 6:24:53 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: > From a "Shovelglove" post. > > *Exertion vs. Exercise* > > *It's idiotic. We've invented one class of machine to spare us physical > exertion, and another class of machine to inflict it back on us again, but > in an infinitely more boring, painful, and useless manner. We view it as > the triumph of our age that work no longer means labor, that we can burn > fossil fuel instead of living muscle. And yet we berate ourselves that we > do not labor in our leisure time, that we do not spend our freed hours in > the gym, that torture chamber that is only possible because the automobile > and the escalator have saved us so much labor that the surfeit is killing > us.* > > *It's offensive. Work, dammit, and you won't have to play work later. No, > you probably can't kill a caribou for dinner, or plow a field, or do most > of the useful work that your ancestors did for thousands of generations. > But you can still walk. And believe it or not, walking is enough (more on > that below).* > > *Let me guess: you don't go to the gym, or strap yourself to the bike > machine, or grind the cartilage off your joints jogging around the track, > as often as you think you should, if at all. Maybe you go for six months, > plateau, get bored, quit for a year, get disgusted, and start up again. > Maybe you haven't exercised in ages. You suspect that your problem is a > deficiency of willpower. Well, you're off. Your problem is you are > squandering willpower on a hopeless task: exercise divorced from purpose. > The solution: purposeful exertion; in particular, walking.* > > *Walking is still useful. It is interesting and pleasant. You can think > and observe while you walk. You get somewhere. You don't need any special > equipment or outfits. It provides great health returns on very little > investment, without the risk associated with high impact activities. And > you can do it for the rest of your life.* > > On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 10:55 AM Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> ... Can anyone comment on walking for general health and, in particular, >> to keep your core in basic tone? >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f4799ff9-29ca-4ba0-b55e-c62e55b1e9abn%40googlegroups.com.
