Originally Posted by veloGeezer
alot of chores can help you out. I chop wood all winter to heat my house. In the spring, I have to till my gardens and clear blown down trees out of my forest and stack the wood for next winter. throughout the year I have stalls to clean and animals to look after. In the fall, I buck hay with some of my neighbors.
So why not try doing some work for a change?
Of course if you live in the city, you won't be strong enough to be much use to anybody, but maybe you can pick up your laundry or something?
I agree that the chores are the best exercise. Not only better for developing real strength and conditioning, but also more interesting to do, and you get some practical work done. More and more fitness experts are emphasizing "functional training", but people like Denny Koll are slow to catch on to the latest developments. Also, I think the value of physical labor is lost on some people--maybe it is "beneath" them?
One problem is that us city slickers don't get a lot of chances to do chores like you do, so we're stuck with the boring old exercises. One thing I do is not drive a car in the city, so I get exercise from riding my bike and walking everywhere, often with heavy loads (like my laundry or groceries) on my back.
