Fitness Afloat!Mention exercise … and my body squirms! Fitness afloat … I agree it’s necessary!!
Exercise and fitness are not really on your mind! And what about the clambering up and down stairs, maneuvering and balancing on a tilting constantly moving deck, trimming sails, dragging a dingy up a sandy beach, doesn’t that count as exercise? I would like to think so!! I hope it gives us a bit of isometric toning and flexibility.
As we get older ... and lets face it when you look around at the sailing clubs these days a large percentage of sailors are
over 50’s
… there’s all the more reason for looking after our health and trying to keep fit!
• When ashore and we need to provision, ‘foot power’ is the norm, finding the shopping centre and then getting the supplies back to the boat can take a few hours of walking and lugging heavy loads. If we have to get it into a dingy and then aboard that takes even more energy.
• Exploring a new destination, maybe tropical islands, never seems like exercise as you walk pristine beaches, hiking lush mountains for amazing views to take yet another photo for those back home, and swimming in waterholes with cascading waterfalls. • Rowing ashore at times or better still kayaking around a bay while at anchor would be great for the upper body. I have an inflatable wind surfer that if I could get the hang of it I’m sure would be an excellent way of keeping fit afloat.
• Snorkeling and
Scuba Diving
around the Great Barrier Reef where I live is not just good exercise, but is so amazing with technicolor coral and a huge variety of fish, time just flies when you’re in the water. Even in stinger season, we are not put off and wear specially designed stinger suits.
And hand in hand with fitness is great health to keep on keeping on with what we love! And enough money to enjoy it all! What we all desire is a life of abundance , isn't it? For me none of these seem like that dreaded word ...exercise! When you are feeling fit and energized ... you look great ...
It beats sweating it out in an aerobics class, huffing and puffing and showing evidence of my fitness level or lack of it! How can you compare being on a treadmill and gazing at a full length mirror reflecting your not too in shape bod bouncing around to a disco beat?
Fitness afloat can be fun .... so what about the whole package … what about your skin … your hair … dare I say …..beauty afloat???
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