Exercise during lunch?
Here is my deep thought for the week. It's not quite a deep thought. It's more of a rant.
I simply do not understand the concept behind using your lunch break at work to exercise. You see women in their work attire put on a pair of tennis shoes during their lunch hour and go walk around the building chatting with a friend for company. First of all, the tennis shoes don't really look right with the panty hose and knee length skirt. Secondly, if you're going to go exercise and get all hot and sweaty, wouldn't you want to change the rest of your clothes too? Why go sit down at your desk again after your 30 minute marathon wearing smelly sweaty clothes?
Here at my work there is alot of this that goes on. Men will put on their spandex riding outfits (freaky wierd to see your coworkers wearing something that's more skin tight than Richard Simmon's workout gear) and go for a 5 mile bike ride during their lunch break. Got to hand it to them for at least wearing the proper safety gear. There's also a few gentleman on my shift that will go during lunch to (actually I don't know where they go) play raquetball. Raquetball! It's a huge work out. Running, sprinting, swinging a tennis racket through the air with all your might. They come back all sweaty and worn out. Then they are expected to work for 4 or 5 more hours?
Here's my deal:
1. Work itself is a workout.
2. Lunch time is for lunching!
3. Who wants to work while they are worn out and sweaty?
The lesson to take home today, kids, is to relax when given the opportunity. Your entitled lunch break from work should not just be used to do another kind of work. Sheesh. Here are some alternative ways to spend a lunch break: Reading, surfing the internet, napping, do a crossword puzzle, eat lunch, pretty much anything that slows the heartrate. And for goodness sakes: TAKE THE LUNCH TIME AS A BREAK FROM WORK. DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT DO WORK DURING YOUR LUNCH BREAK.
I simply do not understand the concept behind using your lunch break at work to exercise. You see women in their work attire put on a pair of tennis shoes during their lunch hour and go walk around the building chatting with a friend for company. First of all, the tennis shoes don't really look right with the panty hose and knee length skirt. Secondly, if you're going to go exercise and get all hot and sweaty, wouldn't you want to change the rest of your clothes too? Why go sit down at your desk again after your 30 minute marathon wearing smelly sweaty clothes?
Here at my work there is alot of this that goes on. Men will put on their spandex riding outfits (freaky wierd to see your coworkers wearing something that's more skin tight than Richard Simmon's workout gear) and go for a 5 mile bike ride during their lunch break. Got to hand it to them for at least wearing the proper safety gear. There's also a few gentleman on my shift that will go during lunch to (actually I don't know where they go) play raquetball. Raquetball! It's a huge work out. Running, sprinting, swinging a tennis racket through the air with all your might. They come back all sweaty and worn out. Then they are expected to work for 4 or 5 more hours?
Here's my deal:
1. Work itself is a workout.
2. Lunch time is for lunching!
3. Who wants to work while they are worn out and sweaty?
The lesson to take home today, kids, is to relax when given the opportunity. Your entitled lunch break from work should not just be used to do another kind of work. Sheesh. Here are some alternative ways to spend a lunch break: Reading, surfing the internet, napping, do a crossword puzzle, eat lunch, pretty much anything that slows the heartrate. And for goodness sakes: TAKE THE LUNCH TIME AS A BREAK FROM WORK. DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT DO WORK DURING YOUR LUNCH BREAK.
posted by Lisa | 8:15 PM
2 Comments:
who's to say that reading during lunch time is more relaxing than going for a walk outside? lunch *is* a break, but people release stress in all sorts of ways... i'm cooped up all day at my desk or in the lab, so if it's nice, i won't be inside doing the gumbles. i'll eat and chat for half the break, and probably go for a walk the other half. not b/c it's a chore, but b/c i enjoy the fresh air, the change of pace, and getting to clear my head. given, a hard-core anaerobic go-till-you-drop activity for workday lunch is a bit much (and just plain rude if a shower is not included), but when it comes to breaks, i figure each to their own, whether it's eating, reading, smoking, walking. besides, if you let the exercisers get to you, you are adulterating the very section of the day that you think should be untainted.
just my thoughts right now... as i work on my paper that is 1/80 of the way done and due, uh-huh, tomorrow. don't mean to take away your right to rant. ranting is a necessity of sorts i think... anyway, thanks for the post. a most pleasant surprise in my quest to procrastinate...
mel
reading this, i have to say that it must be nice to work for the government. working durning lunch is the only way that i am actually able get out of the office at a decent time. so be thankful i say...be thankful!!
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