The Common Sense Approach to Fitness and Wellness
Common Sense Approach to Fitness and Wellness:
"Common sense is not so common."
Voltaire
Do you ever wonder why people behave as they do? I am
constantly amazed at the behavior of people and the things they
do.
As I get older I get more and more curious and spend much more
time thinking about things than I did in my twenties. It just
seems we have swung the pendulum so far from common sense that
it may never come back.
I don't think it's because we're stupid, but I do believe that
we are time constrained and we don't take time to think for
ourselves.
I also believe that there is a conscious effort to "dumb down
Americans" by the media and the advertising industries.
We rely too much on these sources of "information" for our own
good. Perhaps it's the threat of lawsuits that make us so scary
of allowing people to be responsible for their actions. I have
some recent examples of "warning labels" that make me feel
somebody thinks I'm stupid. * My new lawnmower warned me not to
pick it up while it's running and use it as a hedge trimmer. *
Or the makers of my windshield sunscreen told me not to operate
the vehicle while it was in place.
We have become oblivious to things like this and have also
become accustomed to not being responsible for our actions.
For example we want to sue the fast food industries for making
us fat. Hey, we know it's bad and we eat the stuff....
I do have a point to all of this and it is simply that we are,
as a nation are large and growing larger. I read an article in
yesterday's newspaper that they are going to begin weight checks
on cruise ships and airlines because average passenger weights
are getting heavier. Seats are being widened, even coffins are
being 'super sized".
Obesity has increased by 20% in the last decade and the diet
industry has grown to over $35 billion annually. Hey, Ever think
maybe the stuff they're selling isn't working?
We keep going down the same path however, looking for positive
results without trying to understand the fundamentals of how the
body works and what we need to provide it to allow it to be fit
and well.