Is Your Exercise Healing Your Body?

I watch people running and walking on the roadsides in their communities. It used to amaze me that so many people have it wrong. I stopped being amazed nearly ten years ago. I remember stopping to talk to a man who was doing some calisthenics after a run. He seemed to be having difficulty finding the correct extension for stretching the hamstring. I showed him how to prop his leg up on the back of a nearby park bench instead of the waste receptacle he was using.I thought I would ask if he had ever worked with a trainer or read a book on exercise. I wasn't surprised by his response.

"Any fool can get out and walk," he said. "It doesn't take a whole lot of studying."

The man was partly right. There are literally thousands of people on the roads of their towns who apparently want to be in better health but don't have a clue. On our website, Vitality Peaks, we point out that exercise can be damaging to the body if not done correctly. Think of it as driving your car all over town in first gear or with your brake shoes dragging against the discs. Some people seem to understand the importance of wearing good walking shoes, rather than ordinary street shoes. That's a start.

Most of the problem seems to be the manner in which the uninformed person exercises. Since there are so many physiques that respond to exercise in different ways, the technique for exercise has to be personalized. If I am sauntering down the street, it does not mean you can do it without harming your joints or spine. We are all different to some degree, and it's important, perhaps, to know why.

For details about how to exercise and for how long, please see our new page on that subject at Vitality Peaks.com.

Here's to your health!

Hudster