Why You Should Reconsider the “Workout” Mentality

February 5, 2015

pimg class=” size-full wp-image-54065 alignright” src=”http://cdn.marksdailyapple.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/treadmill.jpg” alt=”Why You Should Reconsider the ” width=”320″ height=”213″ /The workout. It’s funny how we talk about it. We “check in” at gyms to register our efforts with Facebook friends. We dramatically label everyday exertions as “quite the workout.” It even becomes a game of equivalents. We’ll lug ten bags of groceries to the house or mow the lawn and publicly declare, “I think that counted for my workout today!” The term is even applied to a title=”8 Health Reasons to Have Sex (As If You Needed Them)” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/sex-health-benefits/”sex/a, which we’re told is a “major calorie burner.” (Do we seriously need to quantify or justify this?) The problem, as I see it here, is we approach activity with a quota mentality. As handy as a title=”20 Ways to Set Yourself Up to Succeed in Your 21-Day Challenge” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/20-ways-to-set-yourself-up-to-succeed-in-your-21-day-challenge/”pedometers and other fitness gadgets/a can be, they […]

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