The world's best exercise

The world's best exercise is the traditional push-up. Of course, I know plenty of variations and special exercises for push-ups, too. Yet, the standard classic push-up is not only a good measure of fitness but can also be performed anywhere and is easy to handle.  

Today, I did my 30 push-ups. Let's see how I can improve. My goal for now is 100 minus my age. Anyone thinking of something like the Guinness Book of Records can forget about it. As far as I know, the record is held by a Japanese man, around 1,000. With that in mind, have a great time.

Fat people often have problems

"Fat people often have problems," a teacher at high school used to say to us. It was really crazy. First of all, he was fat himself, and we kids couldn't connect his statement with him. Secondly, he died so quickly at a young age. While his daughter was running for a spot to earn her sports badge, by watching her he collapsed and died of a heart attack.

Which surprises me now. Today I'm reading about the ancient Stone Age figure that was supposedly discovered, and the researchers are so excited. I wonder why the woman depicted is actually overweight. The Stone Age was rather slim and slender. No fast food, binge-watching TV with chips, etc. Does someone want to spread the word that fat, fat, overweight was/is normal? Think! And cleverly packaging it as a sex symbol always works. And researchers and scientists have already told us a lot.

Do your research. The food industry is not your friend when it comes to most of the products they offer. No wonder so many are obese these days. The food industry wants to sell its stuff. Consumers are often after the cheap stuff. The media helps the industry rather than the consumer.