The case for movement as medicine gets stronger especially over a bank holiday weekend.
Every time I start back after a bank holiday Monday, the Tuesday is filled with familiar comments.
“Why am I so tired today”
“I am so tired today from having four days off!”
“I feel terrible from lazing around all weekend”.
“I wished I trained the weekend and I feel so stiff and horrible”
“That’s the last time I’m having a few days off”.
So these are comments usually by individuals who train regularly, who take care of themselves, make a conscious effort to eat well, and their health is very high on their list of priorities in life.
What about all the people who never do any meaningful exercise?
If you exercise now, can you remember how you USED to feel? How much better do you feel now? I think it’s the one question where you are going to get a 100% positive reply. Nobody I have ever met has failed to feel a million times better once they start exercise properly.
If you didn’t feel better, then you had better examine what exercise programme you were on, you were REALLY NOT doing it right or simply overdoing it which is a big mistake.
The greatest moments are when people in their 50, 60’s and 70’s start exercising for the first time in 40 years, and realise that they can actually move better again, they can get a lot stronger and most importantly they can feel a MASSIVE amount better again.
On the other end of the scale, all those kids who feel that they don’t get what they want through their school programme, realising that they can become good athletes after all, all they need is encouragement and a very positive environment, along with a programme that’s going to get them moving in a different and natural way, just like they are supposed to move as kids so they can develop quickly.
Movement is always very powerful medicine, and we need much more of it to help everyone.
