“I have no time to be active. No time to go the gym. No energy.”
Chicken and egg my friend, chicken and egg!
A sedentary lifestyle leaves you clacking over keys and glued to screens for 8 – 12 hours a day. Oh yes, there is a lot of time for engaging with your gadgets. Endless energy for this sort of work.
This screen is zapping your energy. Zapping your life!
How do we find balance in our fast-paced, commuter-laden cities? Well, in the cave days no one went to a gym and walked on a treadmill. They ran from a saber-toothed cat (commonly known as the saber-tooth tiger), rested in the cave, then went out to hunt some meat which definitely got them running and got their heart rate up. They dragged it back (sorry vegetarian readers – myself included), prepped it, ate it, slept. Then they did it all over again on Wednesday and Sunday.
Should we live like cave people? Well, yes and no. We do have this great invention called a toothbrush now, for example.
Should we train like cave people? Absolutely!
If you like your hour on your treadmill, I won’t begrudge you. However, your best chances of keeping awake, energetic and full of beans throughout the day is to train like you might have to run from a saber-toothed cat at any time!
Here’s how a modern cave day at the office might look like:
- B.C. to ban drug use in all public places in major overhaul of decriminalization
- Posters promoting ‘Steal From Loblaws Day’ are circulating. How did we get here?
- 3 women diagnosed with HIV after ‘vampire facials’ at unlicensed U.S. spa
- Canadian food banks are on the brink: ‘This is not a sustainable situation’
7:00 a.m. Wake up, do 10 sit ups, 10 push-ups, shower.
8:00 a.m. Take the train or subway to work. Get off two blocks early and power walk. Office on the 10th Floor? Take the stairs. Full suit? Take it slow.
10:30 am Are you still sitting at your computer? Stand up. Stretch your whole body.
12:00 p.m. Lunch at your desk? Sure if you want to sleep all afternoon. Go for a long walk. Your brain needs a mini-vacation at lunch.
2:30 p.m. Oooh, sugar crash. Forget about the coffee and chocolates. Run up and down the stairs a few times. Keep a pair of runners in your desk drawer.
5:00 p.m. Walk a few stations. Get on the train. Or, walk halfway home if you’re up for it.
By this point in the day, your body has exercised 1.5 – 3 hours! Look at all that time you found in your day.
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