Exercise: Painful AND a waste of time!

At the nerd camp I attended last week, there was a token exercise session. We stretched, skipped, and kicked, and did sit-ups, push-ups, and a host of other -ups; for an entire hour. My only consolation during this time was that it was a great excuse to wear trackies- for someone so anti-sport, I seem to have a huge affinity for sportswear. I forced myself to focus on this as I tried and failed at doing even a single push up- even the knee ones elude me, despite the ease with which most others can do them (perhaps they are just used to spending lots of time on their knees).

At school, several of my classes take place in a room in which health classes are held. There is an assortment of posters and slogans adorning the collapsible walls (we can't afford real walls) which I frequently stare at numbly whilst waiting to be taught something. Since being taught is such a rarity, many of these inspirational and informational materials have been committed to my memory. One such poster reads "Life is short. Running makes it seem longer." Or something to that effect. It is probably the only poster in that room that I wholeheartedly agree with. Running seems to make infinitesimally small instants of time drag on into what feels like forever, only ever ending with the inevitable ungraceful fall to the ground.

Despite a tiny time investment seeming to generate high yields if pain is anything to guage it by; it is still a waste of time. Five minutes that I spend exerting myself through exercise is five minutes I could have spent on Facebook.

I'm off to struggle with some exercises. And by that, of course, I mean exercises from my maths book.