America is always reinventing itself. Let me paint a picture for you. When I get old I will sit on my porch after mowing my lawn in the summer and shake my fist at the teenagers racing up into the air of my suburban neighborhood with those “damn flying cars! These kids have no respect for anything!” Then I will go into my house and complain to my wife about how these kids will be the end of America. I think most men in America secretly can’t wait to be old and grumpy like their grandpa in some way.
One thing my parent’s generation, (Baby Boomers) need to do, is look at their kids. My generation is the first generation to grow up exercising and believe in it for looking and feeling good. My generation, (X or Y) and younger, have embraced exercise and eating right. The main reason? Media.
Think about it, boys want to look like He-man, or girls, Barbie. One can debate the reason for this but it has forced our generation to eat better, and to exercise to at least try to meet these ridiculous standards. If you don’t agree with me you are probably in denial and are lying to yourself. Generation X and Y are the first generations that have been target marketed too since we were in diapers. “The smile known around the world,” Ronald McDonald is second only to Santa Claus in terms of recognition”.
I have become the old man, shaking his fist, a lot sooner than I thought. But unlike my grandpa I have not lost my swag and determination to revolutionize what I believe in.
America has always been about innovation; we have always embraced new technologies. Maybe that is why most of America thinks you can buy a thighmaster to get you in shape. But this time America is wrong, we need to look back to the basics, the fundamentals of exercise. We need to get out and move, and move together. Especially the Baby Boomers! And don’t think because you are not a baby boomer, you are safe either.
In all, after seeing the information at hand, it is easy to come to the conclusion that since the 80′s we in America are creating all types of ‘New” fitness gadgets and workouts that DON’T WORK. Since the 80′s, even with its so called innovation, America has only gotten fatter and fatter. So what should America do? Go back to the basics of fitness. They have worked for thousands of years. Think about it, have you ever seen pictures of your ancestors that are fat? Except for my parents, I know I haven’t…
