Almost everyone is aware of the importance of regular exercise to maintain or lose weight, to build stamina, and to make people more generally healthy. While it is difficult to disagree with any of this, it seems that research and insights into the value of not exercising is an overlooked topic of study and thought. Sure, exercising can be a good way to burn a few calories but there are hidden dangers and drawbacks to exercising that we really must explore before we can make a truly informed decision about this whole exercising business.
People who do not exercise have certain advantages that those who exercise are forbidden. For example, they are less likely to obsess about body image because they spend less time per day chained to a routine aimed directly at improving body image. This may sound strange but there is valid science to back it up. Aside from this, people who do not exercise have the benefit of remaining out of the hospital while they’re young and can “make up” for this long time without hospitalization later in life when there is less to do. People who exercise, on the other hand, risk going to the hospital for knees, joint, and other problems. In short, the American people have been sold a line of complete nonsense. Exercising is dangerous and not worth the trouble and people need to learn how to just take it easy… they’ll be thankful for it later in life.
Everyone will tell you that if you want to feel good it’s important to look good. Chances are that if you mope about the way you look the first thing anyone will advise you to do is exercise to improve your self-esteem and confidence. This, however, is flawed thinking. Consider some recent evidence which suggests the opposite of what everyone’s been telling you for years. In one study, “Researchers have found that individuals who exercise have a more positive body image than non-exercisers, others have found that exercisers have worse body image than non-exercisers” (Henry 281). This may seem to be a little strange, but just think about it: people who exercise spend the time that they’re exercising simply thinking about how great their body will look when they’re finally done working out. That means that this time is spend obsessing about the body they will have as a result of the exercise and leads to a growing obsession with body image.
In other words, exercise itself is dangerous to one’s self-perception since it causes the exerciser to perform long acts during which they are focused on body image. On the other hand, consider someone who does not exercise. This person may be sitting on his or her couch, comfortably nestled in front of the television with a bag of chips. Because he or she is not exercising and is distracted by something else (the chips and the boob tube) this person is not actively engaging with the self and is thus not concerned, at least for the moment, with body image. In other words, exercise, because it is so closely associated with body image, actually makes one feel worse about the body than no exercise because it creates an obsession about the body that would not have existed if all that time weren’t being spent trying to sculpt a perfect body. It would be easier and better for one’s self esteem to simply enjoy the couch, the chips, and of course, the television.
Related Articles
5 Fun Fitness Classes Anyone Will Love
Fish Oil and Weight Loss : A Brief Guide to Better Health
How to Choose the Right Fitness Instructor
Easy Tips To Lower Your Blood Pressure Today
What to Consider When Choosing a Fitness Club
Sources
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/sarc/sar_whatis.html
www.pulmonologychannel.com/sarcoidosis/causes.shtml
