Work Versus Working Out

Cerutty railed against taking the easy way out physically and mentally. He wrote, in so many words, that the ideal life was one filled with challenges that were to be met and overcome. Jack Donovan has some thoughts on this and maybe it can serve as a wake up call for many of us.
"When I am doing a job that is truly tough and physical, I think of all the people in the gym paying personal trainers 60 bucks an hour to make them do squats with a 12 pound Nike medicine ball.
I think of all the schmucks doing lateral raises on Bosu balls to "activate" their "cores".
"Working out" is a substitute for work. It's forcing your body to do, what it's made to do. Modern life provides fewer and fewer opportunities to do real work. Hard work.
The next time you have the opportunity to do real work, take it. Take the physical challenge. Do the work. Don't try to make it easier so you can work "smarter."
It amazing how lifting heavy shit up stairs activates" your core."


Jack Donovan-- from an essay in his book--A Sky Without Eagles