ここ数日、日中に歩きまわるようになっています。
わたしはだいたい、１日7-8000歩程度を目安にして，主に散歩などで運動量を一定程度確保するパターンを維持してきました。もうちょっと若い時期にはヘタなりにゴルフに行って運動量を確保していたりしましたが、だんだん時間のムダが多すぎることから縁遠くなってしまった。ゴルフ場との往復時間も考えれば、ほぼ丸１日つぶれてしまうことに耐えられなくなってきてしまったということかと。
たぶんこういう嗜好性の変化はパソコンやスマホが基本になってしまった現代人のライフスタイルが関係しているのかも知れませんね。常にWEB経由で情報が飛び交って、Slackだとかの常時アクセス環境が当たり前になってしまったことがライフスタイルを変える要因になって来ている気がします。
そういう環境になって、しかも北海道の冬場ということだと、歩きまわるという行動スタイルではなくひたすらクルマ移動に置き換わるので、どうしても運動量が不足気味。まぁその分、雪かきというヘビー級の運動機会があるけれど、こればかりは「天気次第」ということで自力コントロールが難しい。
特に今年は降雪量が例年よりも多かったので、家を気軽に離れていられなかった（笑）。
北国の夫婦は、お互いに助け合って家事労働をシェアしなければならない。雪かきは主にわたしの任務領域なので、心理的には１−３月の間は常時、空模様をチェックしながら生きて行かざるを得ない。しかしそういう「無理矢理でもやらなきゃならない」ことがあるというのは、良い面もあるでしょう。それが「共助」の考え方が自然に身について規範になることでしょうか。
そんな冬がようやく終息の気配になってきて、日々の散歩習慣などが戻って来ていますが、ここ数日は移動でも公共交通主体で「動き回って」おります。こういう歩き方をし始めると最初の１日には、一気に脚に負担が掛かってどうにも筋肉痛が出ていましたが、翌日からは慣れてきて「鍛えられ」てきている感じ。
本格的な春のスタートアップを控えて、健康維持のために前向きに馴らしていきたいと思っております。
歩けば自然に人間は「前向き」になる。後ろ向きに歩いている人は滅多に見たことがない。
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Is the Right Number of Exercise Steps the Best Way to Stay Healthy?
As we age, information technology and SNS-like web conversations increase. It is important to be open to exploring health maintenance strategies from a purposeful perspective, under the pressure of such daily "information". ・・・・・・・・.
I have been walking around during the day for the past few days.
I have maintained a pattern of getting a certain amount of exercise, mainly by going for a walk, about 7-8,000 steps a day. When I was a bit younger, I used to get my exercise by going golfing in my own bad way, but I gradually became disconnected from it because it was too much of a waste of time. I guess I have become intolerant of wasting almost an entire day, considering the time it takes to get to and from the golf course.
Perhaps this change in preference has something to do with our modern lifestyles, which are now based on computers and smartphones. I feel that the constant flow of information via the Internet and the constant access to Slack and the like has become the norm, and this is what has changed our lifestyles.
In such an environment, and in the wintertime in Hokkaido, we are not walking around, but driving instead, so we are lacking in exercise. This means that I have to shovel snow, which is a heavyweight workout, but it is difficult to control myself because it depends on the weather.
Especially this year, the amount of snowfall was more than usual, so we could not leave the house easily (laugh).
Couples in northern Japan have to help each other and share household labor. Since shoveling snow is mainly my area of duty, psychologically I am forced to live my life checking the skies at all times during the period from January to March. But there is a good side to having such "forced" things to do. It may be that the concept of "mutual aid" becomes a natural part of our lives and becomes the norm.
As the winter finally seems to be coming to an end, I am getting back into the habit of taking daily walks, but for the past few days I have been "moving around" mainly by public transportation, even when moving around. When I started this kind of walking, on the first day, my legs were burdened all at once and I had muscle aches in any case, but from the next day on, I feel like I am getting used to it and "working out".
We are looking forward to getting acclimated in a positive way to maintain our health before the real spring start-up.
Walking naturally makes people "positive". I have seldom seen anyone walking backwards.
