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Can I Be Healthy Without Working Out?

 

ILAN

Yes, no, mmm maybe. Well, This one is a tricky question to ask, but totally fair. Most people hate working out, hate even the thought of working out, and I get it, it might be good for everyone, but not everyone will find it good for them.

Just like in my previous post, healthy life as a concept. I like looking at “workout” as a concept instead of a specific definition. It is helpful to break the paradigm we might have about it. Thanks to google dictionary, work-out by definition means:
“a session of vigorous physical exercise or training.”

For me, the above sentence is the paradigm of workout. And my life got much easier and really more active when I started exploring workout / fitness as a concept. That gave me the ability to break some dogmas (
a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true.) For example, the person I was when I was in my 20s who was high energy, quick mover who needed tons of weight lifting and spinning to feel that he is working out, is a totally different person then who I am today in my 40s. who is mellower and attracted more to yoga and movement (just as an example), but even with those examples one should consider exploring and experiencing vs simply following instructions as given, I am not saying don’t follow instructions, or teacher, or your trainer, follow, but at the same time, question your physical feelings and abilities, dive dipper with every choice of physical activity you make to answer yourself if that could be your workout or not.

My point here is simple, most people have have a way of thinking about workout, looking at it as a concept brings up some questions that can help you find what is your type of “work-out”:

What will be a good reason for me to work-out? What kind of activities I like doing? How do I feel when I increase my heart rate? Do I like playing with or in groups, if so what kind of games I like that might make me move? Would I like to feel that I am strong, if so what kind of activity will make me feel stronger? Is it possible that I am rigid and too tight, could stretching be useful for me? Those are just some examples I chose to give, but!

  1. The first question is probably the most valuable one, choosing an activity based on specific goal could be highly motivating to make a life long commitment.
  2. If you will do the work to find the activity you like doing, and truly understand that this is your “work-out” nothing will move you away from it.
  3. Allow yourself to have fun with it.
  4. forget all the rules and restrictions you have about work-out
  5. forget everything you think you know about fitness and start experiencing them one by one till you have the list that works for you.
  6. Read this post again and question everything you just read, it will help you practicing listening to yourself more and more.

At the end of the day, with every post that I share, I have one goal: Educate my readers to elevate their lives true wellness. If you find this post elevating and useful. Please share it.

With Love and Gratitude

Ilan Halfon.

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