Something came to me today while I was swimming. Yep, not the first time a blog has come out of my laps in the pool. And in all honesty, I do my best thinking when I’m exercising. It’s one of the main reasons I prefer to workout/exercise alone… well except for spin class.
Anyways, it evolved from a convo I had with my dad a little while back. We were talking about how odd it is that we have to pay to go to these crowded gyms and schedule it in to our lives, when in reality, shouldnt what we’re doing daily take care of both of those things?

Let me elaborate. 100 years ago, had you opened a dictionary (did they have those back then?) you would have been hard pressed to find the word ‘obese’. Wanna know why? People worked. And not at a computer. They were digging trenches, bailing hay, building fences and barns, climbing up and down the hayloft carrying stuff. They was burnin energy! Right now, I’m not. Pressing these keys and pushing around my pen come fairly easy to me.

So what’s up with the title of this post? Well, what if I told you that you could get in some of the best shape of your life, lower your cholesterol, improve your lipid panel, decrease your risk for developing heart disease and cancer, and… get this…. wait for it…. get PAID TO DO IT!!!!????

“Psh, c’mon Alec, that’s everyones dream. What, are you conducting some experiment and need test subjects?” — You —

“Nope.” — Me —

All you have to do is decide that you’ve had it. Enough of this sitting at a desk in an enclosed office building in slacks and a tie. Time for some Vitamin D and fresh air. How? Well, there’s construction workers, ditch diggers, the forestry department, parks department, farming, etc. The list goes on and on. By the way, I’ve worked 3 of those 5 jobs before. They were great.

Ok, so I didnt give you the answer you were looking for… sorry. This post was really more to get you thinking. Although most of you are probably thinking “Alec’s lost it.” Maybe I have. This has been a long, crazy day. Peace, I’m out.