I actually used the weight room rather than do body weight stuff today.<\/p>\n
For all that I\u2019m in favor of body weight exercises and really think that there are dozens of paths to fitness, I gotta say I like<\/em> freeweights better.\u00a0\u00a0 Oh yes, body weight exercises travel well, what with only needing about six feet of floor and no equipment.\u00a0 But having that bar across your shoulders is cool<\/em>.\u00a0 Well, it\u2019s cool to me.<\/p>\n That\u2019s important.\u00a0 What do you like<\/em> to do?<\/p>\n I think that in our chasing fitness (or sometimes just waving cheerfully from our chairs and getting on with our blogging), we get too into the perfect workout, or what we thinking we \u201cshould\u201d be doing.<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve decided being more active is important to you, finding something that makes you feel good is important.\u00a0 I don\u2019t swim and use free weights because they\u2019re The Ultimate Exercise.\u00a0 I swim and use free weights because that\u2019s what I\u2019ll do<\/em>.\u00a0 Sure, sure, I can come up with a million reasons why I\u2019m Right to Do What I Do in terms of great exercise and Why People Who Do It Different Are Wrong. But,\u00a0 I have a friend who hates exercise for the sake of exercise.\u00a0 Oh, she\u2019ll paddle twenty miles in a kayak.\u00a0 Show her a mountain and she\u2019ll hike on up it chattering cheerfully all the way.\u00a0 Don\u2019t try to put her in a gym.\u00a0 She\u2019d be miserable.\u00a0 And I\u2019m sure if it were her way, she could come up with a million reasons why she is Right to Do What She Does and Why People Who Do It Differently Are Wrong.<\/p>\n Both of us would be wrong, too.<\/p>\n So, if you’re into being active, what do you like?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I actually used the weight room rather than do body weight stuff today. For all that I\u2019m in favor of body weight exercises and really think that there are dozens of paths to fitness, I gotta say I like freeweights better.\u00a0\u00a0 Oh yes, body weight exercises travel well, what with only needing about six feet … <\/p>\n