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Are you counting down to you-know-what??
Last week was about asking Life's Greatest Question. This week is about answering it.
Great doctors try to educate their patients on self-care.
Evidently, it's often an uphill climb over a mountain of ignorance.
On Wednesday night one such doctor told a group of us, "My patients think that there are three things that might possibly prevent them from ending up in a nursing home:
1. Genetics
2. Luck/Providence
3. Because I don't want to.
They got two of the three right.
First question for your table: What's the correct 3rd thing?
The answer, as any geriatric doctor (or probably any doctor) will tell you, is exercise.
He told us this as the intro to a class on how to do meaningful exercise at home without special equipment.
1. Do 5-10 1-minute HIIT intervals. We're talking about 5-10 minutes.
2. Work the 4 main movements:
a. Squatting
b. Pushing
c. Pulling
d. Sitting up
(Also only a few minutes each.)
Total workout, with stretching, can be as little as 20 minutes when you're short on time.
There you have it - your reason for not exercising every day just went from "because I don't have time" to "because I don't want to".
At least you're being honest. We'll give you credit for that.
2nd Question for your table - What does it take to turn "I don't want to" into "I want to", when it comes to doing something hard?
Shabbat Shalom
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Are you counting down to you-know-what??
Last week was about asking Life's Greatest Question. This week is about answering it.Great doctors try to educate their patients on self-care.
Evidently, it's often an uphill climb over a mountain of ignorance.
On Wednesday night one such doctor told a group of us, "My patients think that there are three things that might possibly prevent them from ending up in a nursing home:
1. Genetics
2. Luck/Providence
3. Because I don't want to.
They got two of the three right.
First question for your table: What's the correct 3rd thing?
The answer, as any geriatric doctor (or probably any doctor) will tell you, is exercise.
He told us this as the intro to a class on how to do meaningful exercise at home without special equipment.
1. Do 5-10 1-minute HIIT intervals. We're talking about 5-10 minutes.
2. Work the 4 main movements:
a. Squatting
b. Pushing
c. Pulling
d. Sitting up
(Also only a few minutes each.)
Total workout, with stretching, can be as little as 20 minutes when you're short on time.
There you have it - your reason for not exercising every day just went from "because I don't have time" to "because I don't want to".
At least you're being honest. We'll give you credit for that.
2nd Question for your table - What does it take to turn "I don't want to" into "I want to", when it comes to doing something hard?
Shabbat Shalom
PS - Yes, that image is clickable!
PPS - When you shop using Amazon Smile, you can designate Jewish Spiritual Literacy as your charity, and they will gift a percentage of your purchase to JSLI - for the same cost to you. To make a direct tax-deductible donation, or to learn about other JSL projects, click here.
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