i was rubbish at sports at school due to being hopelessly lacking in co-ordination and quite small compared to other boys (i was a late developer at 16 i was 5'6" tall) i also had very low self confidence and so was unable or unwilling to try the more aggressive sports like rugby. fitting exercise in around normal life can be hard. i think the actual thing is for people to stop looking at it as a chore for starters. (some of us smoke and fit that in, binge drinking etc these are all bad for your health, why not just do something good for ourselves for once) mainly i think people jump in both feet first, try to do too much to prove to themselves they are not unfit, hurt themselves and then use that excuse to avoid doing it ever again. much like many other things in life. what do i do personally? i walk to and from work, 2 miles each way, i do gym 4 days a week, splitting my workouts sensibly between different muscle groups. i also eat sensibly do not smoke and rarely drink (although when i do...) oh yeah and no money is a dire excuse, the most effective workouts can be done with no equipment other than your household furniture like chairs anyway so it's just another crappy excuse made by people who do not actually want to do it and do not want to admit it. (saw ros' excuse,(though not aimed specifically at her) but it is one i hear frequently. that one and the 'i have no time' one)
if people are not bothered they should be left to carry on as they are, so long as they don't moan to me about being fat, unfit etc...if they do then i will tell them what they're doing wrong, if that is what they want. invariably involves eating less and doing more!
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i also had very low self confidence and so was unable or unwilling to try the more aggressive sports like rugby.
fitting exercise in around normal life can be hard. i think the actual thing is for people to stop looking at it as a chore for starters. (some of us smoke and fit that in, binge drinking etc these are all bad for your health, why not just do something good for ourselves for once)
mainly i think people jump in both feet first, try to do too much to prove to themselves they are not unfit, hurt themselves and then use that excuse to avoid doing it ever again. much like many other things in life.
what do i do personally? i walk to and from work, 2 miles each way, i do gym 4 days a week, splitting my workouts sensibly between different muscle groups. i also eat sensibly do not smoke and rarely drink (although when i do...)
oh yeah and no money is a dire excuse, the most effective workouts can be done with no equipment other than your household furniture like chairs anyway so it's just another crappy excuse made by people who do not actually want to do it and do not want to admit it. (saw ros' excuse,(though not aimed specifically at her) but it is one i hear frequently. that one and the 'i have no time' one)
if people are not bothered they should be left to carry on as they are, so long as they don't moan to me about being fat, unfit etc...if they do then i will tell them what they're doing wrong, if that is what they want. invariably involves eating less and doing more!