Are you the one at the pool with the towel oh-so-casually draped around your wideload hips? No one ever fell for that trick, clever though it is. Or what about the old I’m-just-backing-away-from-the-bed-because-I-just-don’t-feel-like-walking-forward-right-now move?Â
Nice concept. Try again.
There’s never been any way around the whole exercise thing. It’s how you get a great body. But there is a way around yourself if you hate to exercise. You just have to find the right one suited to your individual personality.
Personality type
- Lazy
Likes to veg in front of TV or movies. Lifting Cheeto to mouth is enough effort.
Ideal: exercise built around walking, not leaping. Treadmill in front of health club TV. - Competitive Viper
Not happy unless opposition lies in pulp. Likes to high-five a lot. Admiration of others critical.
Ideal: Team sports, or any individual sport where victory can be measured in a score. Soccer, volleyball, tennis, swimming, races of all kinds. - Loner
Unwilling to be watched while exerting.
Ideal: Aerobic workout tapes used at home, an empty yoga studio. - Self Starter
Enjoys competing with self, rather than others. Likes to measure own progress.
Ideal: Sports that have recognizable stages of proficiency. Yoga, kayaking, running. - Guy Magnet
Interested in meeting someone while exercising, as a side benefit.
Ideal: Go dancing. Get thee to a co-ed gym. Or continue stripping as workout.
Restating the obvious
Body benefits include reduced PMS symptoms, improved cardiovascular function, mood lifting, sense of well being, building muscle that requires a higher caloric load (you can eat more), building bone density to help ward off osteoporosis, hopped up metabolism, blah, blah, blah. You know it. Now do it.
