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We play a lot of board games in our house.
Particularly at the moment.
We have a large side board full of them and more on plastic shelves in the basement.
I went down the other day to do a bit of ‘stock rotation’.
As I was getting tired of getting hammered at RummiKub by my step-daughter (currently 12-4) 😉
And found one we got for Christmas that we hadn’t even opened yet.
8 Out Of 10 Cats.
From the TV show.
We’ve played it several times since.
The answers to all the questions are percentages.
And you have to guess (in various ways for each round) what they are.
One came up the other day.
“The percentage of people that admit they avoid exercise”.
The answer (as the blog title and, if you can see it, the featured image, have given away) is…………. 90%.
Initially I was surprised.
Higher than I thought it would be.
I’m not daft (well………..).
I didn’t think 10%.
But maybe 50 or 60.
Having let it ferment (in my head) for a while……………
I actually realised I’m surprised it wasn’t higher.
Partly the wording of the question I suppose.
If it was “What percentage of people have ever avoided exercise?” it might be higher.
Because, when I stop and think about it, I have.
Many, many times.
Not indefinitely.
But it’s very easy to push back.
To do something else.
And it not quite happen.
Running out of time and / or energy.
Not quite ‘feeling it’ at the point I’d originally planned to do it.
And despite the impression they give on social media, I’d imagine most FitPros are the same.
We maybe enjoy exercise more than average.
But it’s still a means to an end.
A way to feel better immediately.
To look and feel better in the future.
To get better at stuff that is important to us.
But, would we do it without those benefits?
I wouldn’t.
There’s plenty of stuff I’d happily do daily purely for enjoyment.
Mainlining ice cream, chocolate and gin would be up there 😉
But if there was no benefits and exercise was only done because “I enjoy it”…………
I definitely wouldn’t do it.
When we think others exercise for enjoyment………….
And we don’t enjoy it all that much…………..
We’re setting ourselves up for failure.
Make it as enjoyable as you can, of course.
Find stuff you enjoy doing to some degree…………..
With people you like hanging out with…………..
But accept it’s something we do for the benefits it brings.
Immediately (feel better, better mood, more energy, etc) and longer term (losing weight, toning up, better health, etc).
Much love,
Jon ‘Dodger’ Hall
