Fitness is important to me. I plan to be alive for quite a while and remain active and lets face it, wild as well. Being active, is what keeps me sane at the end of the day. I'm not really one for doing exercises, I love to dance, which is of course great exercise. But I don't do stretches or yoga, use a gym. My day to day life is active. From collecting water and carrying it to my truck, to climbing walls and trees.
I don't own a car, so I walk everywhere. I walk everyday, to work, to town, to visit my friends. I do have friends that will take me and my girls to places that are too far to walk, like the beach and if we want to go to the city we catch a bus. I go to the weekly market with my trolley and end up, coming back carrying and pushing a heavy load.
Part of my work is gardening, so I use a strimmer, an old reliable one, that is very heavy. It always feels like I am having a powerful work out when I use it. Then there is the pruning and sawing, along with digging and raking. So both my upper and lower body get a really good work out, between all the walking and do and gardening, 3-4 times per week.
Living in nature, means I have access to the best infrastructure in which to exercise. It's really important to walk on uneven surfaces, to walk uphill and downhill. I love walking up the dry river bed, which leads me into town. Not when I need to go shopping, as it would be really difficult to carry my trolley up there. But it's lots of fun jumping from rock to rock and ducking under branches.
I've done it in the dark before, with only the light of the moon to guide me and it was a lot of fun. I was with a friend and we had a great laugh as we stumbled a few times and I disappeared, down a hole. (I stumbled and fell, luckily I didn't hurt myself.)
I don't need weights, when I carry water everyday. In buckets and also in 10 liter containers. I probably should do some stretching, but I've always just get stuck in and get things done. If I'm not moving, I get too in my head, which sometimes is where I need to be. I do enjoy my own company, but it really depends on my mood. If I'm feeling triggered or down, I can easily find myself stuck and then my life can become stagnant. It's happened in the past and I found myself in a loop. Until I got knocked out of it.
Lately, I have though begin to use my girls trampoline. Every morning, I get up, go to the toilet, then jump on the trampoline on my way back to the truck. Then I have my breakfast and get on with my day. So for the first time in my life, I am using something other than my environment, in which to exercise. And it is on a huge trampoline. Which there is nothing minimal about. But seeing as I don't use anything else and it's outside and used everyday by me and my girls, I think it fits quite well into my minimalist lifestyle, I think I'm allowed one big thing lol.
The photos that I have used in this post, are mine.
Trampoline sounds like a good way to wake up in the morning :) 100% in favor of stretching, as it provides a different kind of benefit. My main form of exercise is dancing too :D It seems weird that people need to go out of their way to do sport when life's naturally so full of opportunities to strengthen your body.
Wow, it's great to see that you enjoy dancing as an exercise. Cheers.
Yes exactly, it should just be a normal part of our everyday life xxxx
Just one word - bravo!
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Thanks so much xx
Thanks for the support xxx
Dancing as an exercise is something I find really fascinating and it practically doesn't require you possessing any skills.
Your exercise routine is a perfect explanation of combining fitness and simplicity. I used to have my eyes fixed on the gym until I started and just couldn't cope with the crowd and all. I started taking indoor exercises, switched to morning walk/jog and it's been amazing.
The trampoline is definitely one way of activating your body for the day... Cheers to a beautiful ma'am and regards to your daughters.
Thanks George, yes dancing is a wonderful form of exercise xx
You've got the best kind of exercise, @trucklife-family, just living your active life! I'm quite active here too, though I still feel called to return to a daily integral practice, which would include a wide range of exercises and movement. Getting back into that routine is not so easy here, though...lol! There are four components to physical exercise, strength, flexibility, endurance/stamina, and agility/balance/coordination, so if you get a good range of those, then you're golden! Happy Tuesday to you and your girls! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙
Thank you @tydynrain. I hope you are well xxx
Absolutely, you're deeply welcome, @trucklife-family! Thank you so much, I appreciate that, and very likewise! Things have been very, very challenging lately, but all things considered, I'm doing pretty well. I just do my best every day! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙