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My Grandmother was born in 1900. She  actually went  through the events described in the modern history text books I used in  middle  school. Imagine being born before television, ball point pens, air conditioning, frozen foods and penicillin. And what would your life look like if everything made of plastic disappeared? That was everyday  reality  for people of my Grandmother’s era.

If someone gave you an 8-Track tape player and an electric typewriter for your  next birthday  ,  you would probably   question  why anyone would think to give you  such obsolete  items as a gift . Yet these were technological advancements unimagined by those born before 1945. And can you imagine life without a computer? Yet the cell phone you likely have in your pocket has infinitely more technology than that used in sending men to walk on the moon, another human achievement that my Grandmother watched in utter amazement. Indeed, we live in a marvelous time.

An upside of technology is that it allows us to be more efficient and productive. The  smart mobile phones  of today can send and receive text messages, play music, access the Internet, tell you where you are on the planet (which you might should know anyway), locate and navigate to destinations, play  apps  with friends in other states or around the world, allow you to pay bills and do your banking , check the weather , and with the proper applications, trade stocks and open or close your garage door from anywhere on the globe. Oh, your smart phone can also make an old fashioned phone call, too.

A downside of technology is that in our quest to find the shortest path and most efficient route and method, we tend to develop a ”path of least resistance” thinking . This can be especially  negative  when it comes to our level of physical activity. San Angelo Self Storage would like you consider how you can increase your level of physical activity in your high tech world.

Because they didn’t have our current level of technology, those of my Grandmother’s era had to engage in more physical work. Farmers had to shovel and carry feed to their animals.  Manual labor requiring movement  was inherent in their every day. These activities kept their bodies  stronger and more physically fit  .

Today,  by making use of  modern equipment and technology a farmer can feed a thousand head of livestock by flipping a few toggle switches. Irrigation equipment can be programmed from a smart phone while the farmer sits in his  literal Lazy-Boy on a Sunday afternoon while he watches a football game. While we  would not  want to return to the days of farming with horses instead of tractors, our ability to be efficient while sedentary is negatively impacting our physical health and strength.

For those growing up before video games , we spent more time outside playing . Today’s youth have aerobic thumbs from  their multiple hours  of gaming. Their hand eye coordination may be superior, but according to the Center For Disease Control, over  thirty percent  of kids age 13 and under are considered overweight. And plaque induced artery disease has been found in children as young as age  seven  . 

San Angelo Self Storage offers these simple tips to help you become more active in this age of high-tech and low-movement.

* Walk more. Often when we think about  starting  a new health routine we envision signing up for gym memberships and  tiresome  workouts. Yet one of the best things we can do for our health is to go for a  simple outdoor walk  . Regular brisk walking is  excellent   for our heart health and is easy on our joints like knees and hips. Plus it’s something easily done with a friend or companion. Walking and talking are good therapy . 

Many health experts suggest practicing  ”ten thousand steps”  . Each day commit to walking 10,000 steps.  Pedometers are inexpensive and valuable tools to keep track of how many steps we’re walking each day. Keeping a visual reminder on our person is a good motivator. If it looks like we’ll be stuck in meetings all afternoon, then maybe we’ll walk during our lunch hour and crank out a couple thousand steps.  (Or maybe we can give some sort of impromptu motivational speech at the meeting where we walk briskly around the conference table a few hundred times, throwing in some jumping jacks and kickboxing moves.)

* Park and walk. Have you ever noticed how drivers in a store parking lot will sit for minutes just to squeeze into a parking spot close to the building? Certainly if it’s waiting for a handicap space because of a disability that makes it difficult to walk, it makes sense. Yet for able bodied people, it’s not  intelligent  . It’s not good fortune to get that front row, it is plain lazy.

In the  amount of time  we sit waiting for that space, we could have parked further out and walked into the store. The extra steps will do us good. So next time, park at the end of the lot and walk. Others will thank you for leaving the closer space (plus they will die sooner than you of heart problems and you can gloat at their lazy misfortune, which is not a recommendation, but has been done before by friends of mine) and your heart will thank you for the healthy physical activity.

* Take the steps instead of the elevator. Or the escalator. Walking is great. Climbing stairs is even better. It uses a different set of muscles. Think of the steps you take climbing stairs as “extra credit” on your 10,000 step plan. It will boost your heart rate and help strengthen your core .

* If your job requires you to sit at a desk, stop and stretch. God didn’t design us to sit for 40+ hours a week. We were meant to be active. If yours is a desk job, be sure to take regular breaks to stand and stretch. Do arms curls with your staplers.  Bench press your colleagues.  There are other even simple exercises you can do that will strengthen your body and make you more alert when you return to the task at hand.

* Sit on a ball, not a chair. When my office chair broke, I replaced it with a simple exercise ball. Find one that allows you to sit at the proper angle at your desk (Tennis and racquet balls are not adequate). It looks goofy and quite unconventional at first, but by sitting on an exercise ball you force yourself to balance. This improves your core strength while you work. It also forces your body into a better and more healthy posture. 

To better health from your friends at:
San Angelo Storage