green fitness

May 20th.

" Knowing trees I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass I appreciate persistence"

Hal Broland

Warm up with Kettlebell "griptasic"

WO du jour: "Gindy" 3 rotations of 5 sets of 5 pull ups, 10 ring push ups, 15 squats, 20 abmats. then KB snatches with 24kg after each 5 sets rotations.

5 sets: Cindy

20 24kg KB snatches

5 sets of Cindy

30 24kg KB snatches.

5 sets of Cindy

40 24 kg KB snatches

24:28 min. Great WO.

The new buzz word is "Green". Everyone is trying to get on the band wagon and cash in on some way to show that they are champions of the environment. However, this is just "smoking mirrors" for if you are environmentally conscience, you don't need to put a label on it. You just live it!

Most environmentalists I despise when they promote a political agenda instead of pragmatic use of our resources and management of or real environmental needs. Most don't offer realistic solutions to managing our resources, which has to be considered world wide. If you want to go back to the stone age, like the terrorists want us, then listen to the mouthy environmentalists. "globel warming" try that for a concept. If you want to live your life, and save some for future generations, then conserve where you can and don't waste anything that comes from the environment.

When It comes to fitness, the Mega fitness or or "big box gyms" are the most "unGreen" as you can get.

• They Use large floor space gyms and facilities with high overhead costs, space requirements, and energy usage.



• They use high electrical for tanning and AC to keep clients in comfort they don't need when they should be outside to appreciate nature.



• They require expencive advanced equipment, that has to be continuously upgraded and trashed as scrap to make room for the latest models of "gerbil" fitness machines.



• Make you travel by car to some shopping center, with large parking area provided ,to be maintained year round, so you can use more gas to get to a place and receive low level fitness you can get home or outside.
  

The "green"(I hate that term) fitness solution is one that should not require a lot of non renewable energy, small space requirements or performed outside, with equipment can be purchased, made, or acquired at a low cost. A few "green" fitness solutions:

• Purchase a set of Kettlebells for less than 300 dollars that you can perform all the fitness exercises you will ever need. The kettlebells are forged from scrap iron(maybe obsolete gym machines) will last longer then you will. They don't require any energy except what you give it. You can use them anywhere inside or outside with little space requirements.



• go to the park and use the swings and equipment. The little fat kids don't use them you mind as well. Do your chin ups, fresh air boot camp routines and will cost you nothing.



• set up a small gym in your garage, cellar or under a canopy. All you need is an OL bar, some weights, dumbell bar, rope for climbing, jump rope, some wooden boxes, pullup bar, and discarded tires. You can outfit a complete gym for less that $500 or a deluxe set for about $1000 dollars, you don't need to travel across town and waste gas.

• Gas is now 4 dollars a gallon and rising. Lets say you travel to the gym and back using just one gallon at the 4 dollars per. You use the gym often, lets say 4 times a week, and that is 16 dollars a week and take a vacation and illness, so you attend for 4 times a week for 50 weeks. The total annual travel cost to your gym in gas at 4 dollars per gallon, is a whopping 2600 dollars per year. That some pretty expensive gym fee for little or no results.

Have a great day sufferning and remember the mission is sacred.