If you are on the 8 Weeks to a healthy you program right now, somewhere along Week 2 or Week 3 I will insist you have fun while exercising. We all like fun, so why not couple it with something good for us. Kind of along the lines of feeding a kid who doesn't want to eat, you "trick" him or her by airplaneing the food -with all the sound effects in tow - straight into his mouth
Fun distracts us and lets us do things longer. I have a friend who regularly attends these exercise classes known as Recess. It's basically what the name suggests. A group of people gather together to play children's games like 4 square, catch, whatever it may be that gets the body going and moving. It's imitating the fun and exercise you had as a child during recess then applying to our lives as adults.
I think this is great. I have been a fun advocate for years, and believe it or not, there are anti-fun people out there. There are people who think to be successful you must work hard, which is true, but also that you can't have fun while you do it, which is not true. Working out or working hard, neither has to be a chore.
There's a great viral video on YouTube right now about the Fun Theory. We all know that people are too lazy to take the stairs even if there is a crowded line for the escalators. These fun theorists decided to make taking the stairs fun by turning it into a walking, full-out keyboard. Watch the video, it's quite entertaining and it restored my faith in humanity a little bit. So, if things are fun, it will make people do it.
If you aren't looking forward to exercise, go find something you can enjoy.
What represents fun in your life?
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