Are You Ready Physically?

Check out your readiness. Are you ready and if you believe you are, what are you ready for? We all need to check our readiness occasionally. It can be so easy to get a little bit lazy and start forgetting some things. One of the things that we get a little lazy about is our physical readiness. Face it, it takes a healthy person to be able to take to the woods if necessary. I am not saying that we should be Marine Corps ready, but we should be in good enough shape to deep going day to day under some not so good conditions. This is another reason that I am so high on the value of storing the correct type of food for survival. The kind of food you have to survive on will determine how we feel and how much energy we have. 

First, let us take a look at exercise. As I stated, this is not the Marine Corps so we will not have to do calisthenics. That is unless you want to. There is nothing wrong with calisthenics, it is just that they take up time and may not always be necessary. One of the things that you should try to do is to walk, jog or run at least one half hour each day. Pick the one that serves you best and stick with it. I personally am a walker. At my age my knees will not stand the pounding and besides, doctors tell me that walking is better in many ways than running or jogging. Now, if you are a jogger or a runner, I would not suggest you quit, it is just that for those who are doing none of it now, walking is probably the best.  You also need some type of exercise program that will keep you physically fit. This does not necessarily have to be set exercises, it can be different types of work. For instance, I like to split firewood by hand. We burn wood all winter and I split all of it by hand. There are always a few that I cannot split and those I just set aside. When I get enough of these, I go and rent a log splitter and do them. 

Now that spring is here I will be starting to garden. This is also an excellent exercise. The wife and I have a fairly large garden and do much of the work by hand. This kills two birds with one stone, first you get the exercise and second you get a good supply of food. Another thing I do at this time of the year is begin to ride my bicycle. This is another excellent form of exercise that is not hard on the knees. From April to about October I alternate every other day: one day I bike and the next day I walk. I spend a half hour on each thing and it works out very well. One thing I do is to take Sunday off. That is I take it off as an exercise. Many nice Sundays my wife and I go to the National Wildlife Refuge or a State Park and ride. This is a much more leisurely ride than my exercise. However, it does improve overall health.

Another thing that I do is go to the Gym once a week. Fifteen minutes of weights, fifteen minutes of treadmill, stationary bike, etc. and then to the pool for a fifteen minute swim. Going more often would be better, but my schedule prevents much more than that. 

You need to look at your weight and your diet. With the obesity problem in America, there are many people who are overweight. As a survivalist, you owe it to yourself to be at your bet weight or at least close. I could stand to lose ten pounds to be at my absolute best for my age and my height. However, I do not consider that to be too bad. You need to eat a healthy diet if you are to be a good survivalist. That proper diet will keep you going in a survival situation. Having a craving for burgers, chips, fries, soda and other things will not let you have a comfortable survival when all of these things are unavailable. so now is the time to get your eating habits in order. 

That is basically all there is to it. Get plenty of exercise, build both you muscles and your stamina and eat sensibly and you will soon feel better about facing a survival situation. Actually, there are many more things you could do on your way to a healthier you, but this will get you started and you can decide how far you want to go. 

Until Next Time SURVIVE!!!

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