READING IS A SPORT……And IT’S FUN

Yes, you read that correct. When you are thinking of going to th gym in order to get fit and to have six packs and a nice abs or nice butt; I can do that at a library or a bookshop or even at home. It sounds silly but here is a list of activities we do unconciously while reading.

• Walking: most of us go to the bookshop or the library in their neighbourhood, which in most of the cases its not that far from home probably 10 to 20 minutes. So, when you walk to get some books you are burning all the calories and getting that summer body ready.
• Weight Lifting: When you go into a bookshop what do you do? you guessed right, you hold books, you take them off the shelf you put them back...This is a great way to shape those arm muscles and believe me you won’t feel tired at all; at least I don’t hhhhh.
• Stretching and Balance: Let’s say you are looking for a particular book and you spot it on the top shelf so you stretch those arms and legs and stand on tipy toes to reach that treasure. Sometimes you even do this stretching exercise while climbing the ladder, admit it.

Last but not least, 

• Sit ups: We have to admit that sit-up are very hard you have to have strong legs to do them, and since you’ve been stretching and balancing on the library ladder, you are sooo ready to conquer them like a boss. Say you reach for the bottom shelf for a book and you pick the book and you stand up, then you sit up again and you pick another one, probably you will do this 10 to 15 times because of the bookworm you really are hhhh, and with that you’ve just completed a whole set.

Finally, you can still get in shape and do all of these exercises at home when laying in bed reading and when you’ve changed your reading position hundreds of times. All this without you knowing you actually doing it.