So I’m standing around the other day chatting with the nice ladies in our Occupational Health department when I, quite absentmindedly, I rubbed my hands over my belly (which seems to have come from nowhere) and exclaimed, “I’m getting fat!” Always one for a little self-deprecation I was taken aback when the nurse I was speaking with looked me right in the face and said, “yup!, I was just noticing”…sigh…
I’ve been out of shape and overweight for far too long, and well, it’s just laziness on my part. What else can I say?
Now, I’m not going to give advice on how to get fit or drop weight, I am far from an expert on such things. If I did, you’d surely laugh this blog post of the internet and right into my trashcan. I will comment on how important it is to keep at least a minimum level of fitness and health for our own survival if it came down to it. being fit and healthly will make dealing with stresses that much easier. Dealing with almost everything c an be easier when fit and healthy.
As a husband and father, my family relies on me for many things. Would it be a let down because I didn’t have the physical strength for something? What about the stamina to get home on foot within a reasonable time? What if I lacked the ability to defend myself or my family if it came down to just my hands? I can go into what if’s all day, what I want is for you to think about what are some of the things you may fail at because you were too fat and too out of shape?
I now view fitness as any other prep and the need to pay attention and maintain it is just important and all my other preps.
-Mike
Tags: Fitness, Preparedness
Being in the military we get embelished everyday with the fit for fight attitude and quarterly fitness test. Make sense to defend the country but even for the average joe it should be somewhat of a priority to keep some fitness level. You can spend a life time prepping and have all the cool toys and gear but cant make it a mile with any of it being out of shape what good was it all for.
Good post Mike. The cool thing is that it doesn’t really take much to start getting into decent condition, even little workouts help quite a bit. Not to mention – it’s cheap. Just simply walking at a fast pace can be quite a workout, especially if you do it as a targeted workout.