This is a key aspect. If “exercise” conjures up a picture of dutifully grinding out 3 x 10 x 50kg on the bench press three times a week, or sweating away on the exercise bike longing to get it over with, that may be the wrong frame of mind. There are others worth exploring.
One is exemplified by Ido Portal and Rafe Kelley. I think it is one or other of them that observed that when children exercise they don’t call it “exercise”. They call it “fun”.
A rather different frame, also valuable, is that of Mark Twight, retired extreme mountain climber and trainer for the military and films like “300”. He said, “It doesn’t have to be fun, to be fun.”
ETA: Another name: Cyberyoga (Lamont Goode). I cannot come within a country mile of what he does, but I find him inspiring to watch.
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This is a key aspect. If “exercise” conjures up a picture of dutifully grinding out 3 x 10 x 50kg on the bench press three times a week, or sweating away on the exercise bike longing to get it over with, that may be the wrong frame of mind. There are others worth exploring.
One is exemplified by Ido Portal and Rafe Kelley. I think it is one or other of them that observed that when children exercise they don’t call it “exercise”. They call it “fun”.
A rather different frame, also valuable, is that of Mark Twight, retired extreme mountain climber and trainer for the military and films like “300”. He said, “It doesn’t have to be fun, to be fun.”
ETA: Another name: Cyberyoga (Lamont Goode). I cannot come within a country mile of what he does, but I find him inspiring to watch.