Last time, I reminded myself, not the first time in my life, that no one ever gained muscle by building a spreadsheet in an Excel document.
That’s why I walk as frequently as I can. I always aim to do at least 10k steps per photo walk. Undoubtedly, it is one of the best ways to gain legs and back muscles. I won’t build them while creating and analyzing Excel files during my office job. What else can I do to gain muscles? I do the so-called dead hangs on the bar. Do I do pull-ups? No. I literally hang. Rules are easy: the longer one hangs, the better, that is, the more muscles one builds. Or, more precisely, the longer one does the dead hangs, the more one destroys muscles. Humans do not build muscles while exercising. Our muscles are being built while we sleep. That’s why rest is as crucial as hard work.
This understanding has reassured me that I can prioritize efficient work and still achieve my fitness goals.
Did I mention I prefer intelligent working rather than hardworking? The first is connected with thinking of what one does. Think and then work (if necessary, work hard). I always try to think of how to prepare tasks efficiently and smoothly without working too hard. Still, it does not mean I always find and choose the best solution. While working on my tasks connected with Excel files (remember, my Dear Friend, I work in a broadly defined world of accountancy), I try to remember I won’t build my physical muscles doing it.
In the past, I’ve been swimming regularly between 2011-2018. Later on, I had a period when I was doing push-ups. Still, my shoulder injury prevented me from doing it. Luckily, dead hangs healed me from this injury. In walking and dead hangs, I trust. That’s why when I do not exercise on Excel document, I try to walk and hang on the bar as frequently as possible.
