Is Exercise Really Necessary?

By Kathy Pihlaja

That depends, how long do you want to live? Looking forward, do you see yourself healthy, energetic & pain free or do you see yourself waiting in one doctor's office after another, barely able to walk without support, and too tired most of the time to do anything?
Do you avoid exercising? Probably, if you are like most people. Exercise does not have to be a miserable experience. The most common mistake people make is to do nothing all year and make a New Year's resolution to exercise. In January, you sign up at a gym, dive right in and hurt so much you feel like you are going to die, or maybe you just wish you were dead. Your body needs a heads up that you are about to go from a couch potato to an exercise fiend. All the pain you are feeling from "diving right in" are your muscles crying for help. Your muscles are overloaded with uric acid. You will be OK in about a week. Herein lies the problem. After a few rounds of exercise and pain, you decide to quit, rationalizing that it just isn"t worth it. It is easy to just fall back into the old couch potato routine.
A new exercise program should be started a little at a time. You really can't expect to make a drastic change without consequences. There are so many ways to get exercise without pain. You can get a great cardio workout on the dance floor. If you enjoy water, you can go swimming. You can play tennis or go golfing. While all of these activities provide some measure of exercise, none of them provides a complete workout.
There is an easy way to get all of the exercise your body needs. You get the results you want, a firm and toned body and enough energy to do anything.
Toning Tables are a series of motorized exercise machines that combine physical therapy and isometric exercise movements that take your body through a range of motion to strengthen your muscles as you firm and tone your entire body without pain or exhaustion. By laying down as you exercise on each of 5 of these toning tables for ten minutes, your exercise benefits quadruple, since you are not fighting gravity and you are able to complete hundreds of additional muscle repetitions without any discomfort. You put as much or as little effort into each exercise movement while using your own muscles at their comfortable beneficial limit. Whether you are 25, 45 or 85, Toning Tables Exercise Machines will help you get started enjoying a life of increased flexibility, mobility and energy. Salons all around the country offer toning tables exercise at an affordable price. 1 hour =7 hours of doing ANY OTHER EXERCISE. That is really a profound statement with a 30 year proven track record. Thousands of people, both men and women have literally gotten a second chance in life because of exercising on The Original Toning Tables.

What I Hate About The Fitness Industry - And What's the Best Form of Exercise for You

There's one thing I can't stand about the fitness industry:
It's full of bitches. (Ironically, I'm now going off on a bitch - ha! Hey, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em!)
Anyway, there's a ton of different forms of exercise you can do. Literally tons.
First off, you've got weight training in the gym. Then that can be broken down further into many "mini-categories". For example, you've got bodybuilding style training, you've got Olympic lifting (no prizes for guessing that's the thing they do in the... *drumroll*... Olympics!). You've also got powerlifting, too, as well as strong-man type training. Oh, and how could I forget CrossFit, too?!
And if you want to go even more in-depth, you can break these 4 categories down even further.
Anyway, we'll move on from weight lifting. Let's look at some other types of exercise...
So you've also got cardio training, which, just like weight training, can obviously be broken down further. You've got running, cycling, rowing, circuit training. Literally too many options for me to even think about, let alone actually write down.
Then you've got playing a sport.
And there's also things like yoga and pilates.
So the point is this: There's literally a TON of ways you can exercise.
But the one thing I hate about the fitness industry, is that so many people talk down upon on every other form of exercise that isn't their own. They say it's "wrong". They say their way is the best way by a mile.
Do you know what I say to these people?
Shut up!.
Blunt? Yes.

But do they deserve it? Again, yep. Look, the Western world has got overweight. It doesn't need me to tell you that. So surely we should be encouraging everyone to do any form of exercise, no matter what it is?
But to some people, seeing people exercise in a way that's different to their own actually annoys them! Pathetic isn't it. I mean, the amount of people who train in the gym bodybuilding style who look down on crossfitters is unbelievable.
See, I've never done CrossFit in my life. Is it perfect? No. There's a much higher risk of injury (especially for beginners) as opposed to most other forms of training.
But, having said that, does it look fun? Yep!
Does it get people breathing hard and sweating? Yep!
And does it get people great fitness results, whilst helping tone them up? Again, absolutely!
So why so many people speak crap about it is beyond me.
Anyway, to wrap this up, I want to say this:
Do a form of exercise you ENJOY.
That's literally it, my friend.
Don't let Bob down the gym, Steve next door, or even me tell you what form of exercise you should be doing.

Just do something you're gonna stick to.
'Course, if you want to be a bodybuilder, then you're gonna have to get in the gym and start lifting weights. Going out for long-distance runs ain't gonna get you there!
But if you just want to tone up, lose weight, and get fitter so you've got more energy and you look and feel better, then just do something you enjoy.
Simple.

Tom Andrews, "The Executive Fit Coach"
PS- If you're a busy business person, however, I strongly recommend working out at home.
You can get a fantastic workout done in just 20 minutes with no equipment. Plus, by working out at home, you'll save a ton of time travelling to and from the gym.
Heck, you can easily do it in your lunch break in the office.
It really is that simple!