In most exercise programs, you usually see someone in one
spot doing a plethora of moves and routines whether it’s running on a
treadmill, riding the elliptical, moving weight up and down or whatever it
happens in one particular spot. As much as I admire that type of thing for
certain programs I feel one should move around in more than one spot. Why stay
in one place when you have more room than what you have?
I get it,
not many people want to move around in more than one spot and if you're in
prison, being in different places is more of privilege and you have no choice
but to be in one spot or the other but on the other hand; if you have a place
to move around and the weather is decent you have the freedom to move wherever
you want. It’s like playing as if you were a little kid again. Kids run around
all over the place, their energy is boundless and can do all sorts of things.
As adults we “grow out” of this phase of our lives and become more analytical
and focus on not getting hurt rather than just have fun. Stop that and when you
exercise, have some fun with it.
Playing and
moving your body is essential to fitness success. Sure if you’re passionate
about it and are serious about what you want to do that’s ok too but at the
same time it’s important to not take most things so serious. It’s about taking it one
step at a time. If you're new to training yes it’s important to start out
slowly but also don’t be so serious it becomes stressful, smile and be open to
things. I have a mother who is serious about line-dancing and rarely ever
really exercises but she makes the line-dancing fun with moves and music that
are just crazy to dance to but brings joy to them.
A personal
favorite type of training is moving like a wild animal or mimicking an animal.
The reason why is because it gives me freedom to move however I want and it
teaches you how to be aware of how you move and which direction you want the
body to go to. You can’t stay in one spot with this type of training unless you
imagined you’re an animal in a cage. Unleash your Animality, hone the animal
that is within you and have fun with it. My Animality is the Ape because for
some reason in my mind moving like an Ape is just fun, exciting and deeper as a
being than any other animal. I’ll bet you big time that if you practice moving
like an animal in the jungle, there will be one that you’ll find the most
exciting, the one that just has your mind on more than anything else, that’s
the animal you want to bring out and have fun with.
Be free and
put in the effort to move different ways in not feel like you’re in a cage,
move around damn it.
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