Oct 22, 2009
5 Sport and Leisure Tips
Sport and leisure are without doubt most people's favourite topics of conversation (after perhaps their family). Wherever men gather, you will hear them talking about football, baseball (it would be cricket in the UK) or golf. Similarly, women also talk about tennis, athletics, holidays, the gym and, increasingly, football. After all, who wants to hear you talk about your job?
The theory before computerization and mechanization was that once that state of nirvana had been achieved, we would all have more time for sport and leisure. It hasn't worked out like that. Most people are working longer hours now than their grandparents did, although admittedly, the work nowadays is less physically demanding, which is probably why the population is becoming obese. All the more reason for more sport and leisure time.
Below, I have put together some sport and leisure tips; some serious others not so. Enjoy your sport and leisure activities.
Speed walking: the craze for jogging is not as strong as it once was, but then it did present strain on the joints to many people. Better than jogging is speed walking. It has the same cardiac and aerobic advantages. There is no need to walk like a professional marathon walker. Just walk normally, but keep up a brisk, steady pace. Add in a few hills as you get more proficient (fitter). Swing your arms and get your blood pumping. Try to cover three miles, three or four times a week. 55 minutes is Ok; 50 minutes is good; 45 minutes is excellent. You will feel exhilarated when you are done, mentally very clear, ready for any challenge.
Cleaning Trainers: tennis shoes, or trainers in general in fact, get pretty smelly. If you want to bring your trainers back to their pristine, shop-bought condition, wash the outsides to remove any mud or dirt. Then wash them with your towels on the same cycle as you would normally do. Finally, put them in the tumble drier with the towels and half a sheet of that perfumed paper inside each. They will come out looking and smelling like new. Good enough for another week's bashing.
On The Ball: what do you do with dented ping-pong balls? They are not much good for anything but playing ping-pong, are they? Well, put your dented ping-pong balls in a deep pan of cold water and heat it up. The air in the balls will expand and the plastic will pop back into shape as good as new.
Old Balls: old tennis balls can undergo a face lift. First, light brush with warm, soapy water, then rinse and put in the tumble drier on a warm cycle. You won't recognize them when they come out.
Picking Winners: one British actor, Derek Nimmo, tells of his infallible way of picking winning race horses. His method is to chant: "Please Mr. Skinner, pick me a winner" and tick off one horse that he fancies for each word of the rhyme. Then, he recites the alphabet, looking at the seven horses he's pre-selected in turn for each letter. The first horse whose name matches the letter of the alphabet he's on will be the winner. Sounds as good as any other scheme I know.
The theory before computerization and mechanization was that once that state of nirvana had been achieved, we would all have more time for sport and leisure. It hasn't worked out like that. Most people are working longer hours now than their grandparents did, although admittedly, the work nowadays is less physically demanding, which is probably why the population is becoming obese. All the more reason for more sport and leisure time.
Below, I have put together some sport and leisure tips; some serious others not so. Enjoy your sport and leisure activities.
Speed walking: the craze for jogging is not as strong as it once was, but then it did present strain on the joints to many people. Better than jogging is speed walking. It has the same cardiac and aerobic advantages. There is no need to walk like a professional marathon walker. Just walk normally, but keep up a brisk, steady pace. Add in a few hills as you get more proficient (fitter). Swing your arms and get your blood pumping. Try to cover three miles, three or four times a week. 55 minutes is Ok; 50 minutes is good; 45 minutes is excellent. You will feel exhilarated when you are done, mentally very clear, ready for any challenge.
Cleaning Trainers: tennis shoes, or trainers in general in fact, get pretty smelly. If you want to bring your trainers back to their pristine, shop-bought condition, wash the outsides to remove any mud or dirt. Then wash them with your towels on the same cycle as you would normally do. Finally, put them in the tumble drier with the towels and half a sheet of that perfumed paper inside each. They will come out looking and smelling like new. Good enough for another week's bashing.
On The Ball: what do you do with dented ping-pong balls? They are not much good for anything but playing ping-pong, are they? Well, put your dented ping-pong balls in a deep pan of cold water and heat it up. The air in the balls will expand and the plastic will pop back into shape as good as new.
Old Balls: old tennis balls can undergo a face lift. First, light brush with warm, soapy water, then rinse and put in the tumble drier on a warm cycle. You won't recognize them when they come out.
Picking Winners: one British actor, Derek Nimmo, tells of his infallible way of picking winning race horses. His method is to chant: "Please Mr. Skinner, pick me a winner" and tick off one horse that he fancies for each word of the rhyme. Then, he recites the alphabet, looking at the seven horses he's pre-selected in turn for each letter. The first horse whose name matches the letter of the alphabet he's on will be the winner. Sounds as good as any other scheme I know.
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