Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Exercise in, mostly, the countryside.

Many people like to have a home workout program. Here are my suggestions. As in all programs, you may move from the easy to the difficult.

Gentle exercise
Put sticks in the fire. Put more sticks in the fire.
Vigorous exercise
Take a wheelbarrow loaded with wood to the Zamek. Unload inside into wood boxes.
Extreme exercise
Carry many large pieces of wood upstairs.

Gentle exercise
Fill the sheep's drinking buckets. Hand out oats, dumplings, and salt.
Vigorous exercise
1. Give the sheep six large baskets of hay.
2. Take the flock out to their pasture, not allowing them to sidetrack to eat flowers.
Extreme exercise
I won't go into this. It involves several people chasing the whole flock outside, preventing them from going onto the highway, or down to the moat.....By the way, did you ever see a five year old try to pick up a skittish runaway lamb?

Gentle exercise
Get out crayons, legos, or "Sorry" for grandchildren.
Vigorous exercise
Carry a large basket of blocks to another room.
Extreme exercise
Sprint to beat a two year old to the street.

Gentle exercise
Cut up meat, veggies, and fruit for children.
Vigorous - Extreme exercise
Wait for them to eat it. This involves much self-control, but NO vigorous motions.
Return to gentle exercise
Clean up. Divide leftovers among dog, cats, and sheep.

Gentle exercise
Give guests gulaš and wine or beer, koláèe and coffee in the dining room next to the kitchen.
Vigorous exercise
Take three or four trays of said repast to the TV room across the drive-through.
Extreme exercise
Take all of these, plus a first course, to the formal dining room upstairs, where, unless it's summer, you've made a fire three or four hours ago. Run back and forth for the things you forgot.

Gentle exercise
Trim forsythia. Plant a few herbs or flowers.
Vigorous exercise
Spade up a section of the flower bed. Move small trees which have rooted there.
Extreme exercise
Spade up the whole flower bed. Move a large shrub or a tree. Repeating these exercises will strengthen you, as you will use different muscles each time you bend and lift and carry.

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