{"id":257,"date":"2008-11-30T19:48:15","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T00:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noelfigart.com\/blog\/?p=257"},"modified":"2008-11-30T19:48:15","modified_gmt":"2008-12-01T00:48:15","slug":"urban-ranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelfigart.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/30\/urban-ranger\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Ranger"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have simply not felt like working out “properly” lately.\u00a0 I just am not into it for whatever reason.<\/p>\n

So, because if I don’t move I feel bad, and I get blue, I’m going to use a cute little metaphor to keep myself motivated to do a minimum.<\/p>\n

It’s called Urban Ranger<\/a> and was invented by Reinhard Engels, the same guy who wrote the No S Diet.<\/p>\n

Engels combines a serious level of geekiness with some rather down-to-earth sensibility.\u00a0 Why yes, I like his Everyday Systems<\/a>.\u00a0 Self-improvement that doesn’t take oneself so damn seriously is a Good thing.<\/p>\n

The concept of Urban Ranger is mostly a mental image to get you to walk<\/strong>1<\/sup>.\u00a0 We all know walking is great exercise.\u00a0 It’s what the human body is built for.\u00a0 While I love swimming, I did start doing it because it hurt to walk. The fitness work I’ve done in the past couple of years has built up enough of a baseline so it is no longer painful for me to walk, even when I’ve been crap about workouts.<\/p>\n

So, for the month of December, I’m going to walk.\u00a0 If I can hoof it wherever I need to go, that’s what I am going to do.\u00a0 I will walk to my job at the gym.\u00a0 I will walk to the grocery store.\u00a0 That alone will force me to walk more often because you can’t carry a week’s worth of groceries in a backpack.<\/p>\n

If I don’t have anywhere I have to go, I will make a lunch hour for myself\u00a0 and walk to the library and see if I can find some audiobooks on CD or something equally as interesting.<\/p>\n

I know, I “should” be going to the gym, ‘specially since I’m workin’ there and all.\u00a0\u00a0 There’s nothing there I’m finding more interesting than walking at the moment, so walking it is.<\/p>\n

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1<\/sup> Do check out the Urban Ranger article. His Aragorn explanation is priceless!\u00a0 I was imagining a sword strapped to my back as I went to the grocery store today.\u00a0 Don’t laugh at me. Check it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have simply not felt like working out “properly” lately.\u00a0 I just am not into it for whatever reason. So, because if I don’t move I feel bad, and I get blue, I’m going to use a cute little metaphor to keep myself motivated to do a minimum. It’s called Urban Ranger and was invented … <\/p>\n

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