I'm sure Einstein wasn't trying to get people to exercise, however, his "principle" is just as applicable to our exercise efforts as it is physics.
One of the programs we offer at the Omni Fitness Club, is a trade-in on home exercise equipment. We actually apply the dollar amount of the equipment trade-in towards the purchase of a membership! (No - it's NOT to buy exercise equipment for the Omni.) We actually started this program because most people don't use their home equipment! (Therein lies Einstein's principle!) Some of you may be thinking of your own lonely treadmill down in the basement or the stationary bike in your spare bedroom which serves more as a clothes hanger than it does a piece of exercise equipment.
Having equipment is only one part of the equation, using it is the other! (Since we started with Einstein, I'll use mathematics lingo.) The principle is simple, you don't have to be a genius to understand it. (You + Exercise = Improved Health and Fitness.) So why, when it comes to exercise, does it seem easier to figure out the Theory of Relativity, than it does to just get up and get moving?
For a possible answer, let's look at Isaac Newton's First Law of Motion. It states, "Everything continues in a state of rest unless it is compelled to change by forces impressed upon it." Again, I highly doubt Isaac Newton was thinking about "couch potatoes," but it's interesting that this complex physics theory can also be applied to a simple behavior pattern! Think about it, if you are not currently involved in a regular exercise program, you're in a "state of rest."
And it is going to take some sort of "force to be pressed upon you to compel you to change," right? So, what is the force going to be? Is it going to be a warning from your physician to lower your blood pressure, your cholesterol, or to lose weight? Is it going to be the aches and pains you feel from chronic stress or poor physical conditioning? Or is going to be the time you miss with your family because you just don't have any energy left at the end of the day?
We don't have to rely on complicated scientific principles to just get up and get moving. Although we can apply Newton's Law of Momentum to our lives once we do get out of the "state of rest." Once we're in motion we will remain in motion. And it won't just include exercise, your whole life will gain momentum! Just think of all things you would do right now if you had more energy, if your knees and back and neck didn't ache, if you slept better at night, and if you felt better about your body!? Wow! The possibilities are endless!
A final note; you can look at your life and exercise habits as complicated or too big to tackle, much like trying to understand the theories in physics and mathematics or you can see things in a much simpler manner and apply them to your life right now. Just move, it's that simple.
According to research there is evidence that following these suggested guidelines will help:
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