Mike Tyson once famously said, “Everybody
has a plan until they get punched in
the mouth.”
Many of us have plans.
Plans to keep our bodies healthy, to wake
up early, to exercise regularly.
We have those plans too, but very often, it
takes a lot less than getting punched in the
mouth for those plans to get disrupted.
It’s too hot.
It’s raining.
We got “nothing to wear”.
What we’re really doing is just
punching ourselves with our excuses.
We really believe that the best investment
one can make is in their own health.
So when thinking about how we want to utilize
our living room space, we decided to make
it a space that’s conducive to keeping our
bodies active.
And the biggest reason for going to such lengths,
even drilling holes into our ceiling, was
to try and eliminate, as completely as possible,
all the silly excuses that we tend to find when we
feel the slightest bit of resistance to heading
outside for a workout.
No more blaming on the weather, because in
our living room, the conditions are always
perfect.
No blaming on “nothing to wear” because
no one’s gonna see us working out at home
in our shabby, color uncoordinated clothes.
Of course, there are always excuses to be
found if we’re adamant on skipping a workout.
But now that our gym is just a few steps away
after getting out of bed, there’s really
no good reason for us to not exercise.
Another key reason for us was to encourage
movement beyond workouts.
An average workout lasts about an hour, but
apart from that there are still many hours
left in a day to be sedentary.
Working from home, we try to take many small,
frequent breaks.
And instead of heading to an office pantry
for a coffee or a snack, now we have the wonderful
option of moving and stretching our bodies
to keep our minds fresh.
Busting out a couple of pull ups really gets
the blood pumping.
A little foam rolling is the perfect afternoon
refreshment for the body.
What’s great is that we don’t even have
to constantly remind ourselves to get up and
move now, because the simple fact that our
environment has been set up in such a way,
means that moving more is just the natural
thing to do.
The last key reason is to encourage play.
“We don’t stop playing because we grow
old, we grow old because we stop playing.”
“Growing old is compulsory, but growing
up is optional.”
We really like the message behind these two
quotes!
We’re huge believers of the idea that staying
playful and keeping a sense of humor is an
underrated element in staying healthy and
happy.
So we try to go about our lives with as much
playfulness and humor as we can, even in the
way we approach fitness and movement.
Our training regime consists of exploring
new movements for fun,
trying new sports,
being silly, and simply enjoying the gift
of a healthy body.
Unfortunately, moving playfully in public,
without context, isn’t exactly the most
socially appropriate thing to do.
So having this private space where we can
play and dance like nobody’s watching has
been absolutely amazing.
And those are the reasons why we ended up with this playground for a living room.
