DISQUS

Nate · 1 year ago

Great article! Ultimate is definitely a lung labor of a game, but so much fun!

Yura · 1 year ago

Aye aye, taking up an active sport will definitely get you in shape. Running, hiking, (roller-)skiing, rollerblading, bicycling and such can definitely make your life better.

Or you could move to the country: there isn't lack of hard work there.

Odin · 1 year ago

Lovely article! I've been reading the rss feeds for this site for about 3 weeks, it's been great so far! Keep up the good work, and thanks a lot for doing it!

Cheers,

Odin

Hayden Tompkins · 1 year ago

I do my lawn like Buzz! Do I get a bracelet? Like a WWBD "What Would Buzz Do" one?

Israel · 1 year ago

there is an uncle buzz in every family. its amazing how some men can just live there normal life and be in shape, while others cant.

Peter · 1 year ago

Your Uncle Buzz, or Kate's, is in shape b/c of all the natural exercises he does. A gym is a good place to get a workout if you know what you are doing. Many people do isolation exercises that build 'beauty-contest' muscles, rather than functional strength. I just wrote an article on "7 Ways To Stay Incredibly Fit Without Joining A Gym"...

http://yinvsyang.com/7-ways-to-stay-incredibly-...

John · 1 year ago

Finally, another article on manliness from Brett that isn't contingent on fatherhood or matrimony.

I knew you had it in you!

Chris W · 1 year ago

Great article. I use a manual lawnmower and bike every chance I get. Those two things alone coupled with weight training at the gym give me a great work-out. Now, if I would just cut back on biking to the neighborhood pub for fattening pints...

Rickey Henderson · 1 year ago

Ah yes, chopping wood: the sign of a true mensch. Rickey approves.

Mark · 1 year ago

Good article. I have a self-propelled mower right now, but even with that doing my big yard is a workout. I think when this mower craps-out I will get a non-propelled mower and really make a workout of it. Plus, it will be cheaper right? Wood chopping season is right around the corner for us too, that will be a good workout.

Peter Mottola · 1 year ago

I helped build a shed this week. That's some of the best exercise going! It's more fulfilling if your labor produces something, don't you think?

James Cassell · 1 year ago

Cool, there is group of people in my ROTC unit who also go to help work on the USS Slater!

Kevin (ReturnToManliness) · 1 year ago

Great point on working in the yard. Just don't forget your favorite yard beer (after your workout, of course)...

Peter Mottola has a great point on accomplishing something. This makes the workout THAT much better.

Brett · 1 year ago

@James-

Very cool. My wife and I toured the Slater while we were on vacation this last week. It was a great experience and I appreciate the work that your ROTC comrades put into the ship.

Bobby · 1 year ago

Thanks for this reminder. There's nothing like a relaxed (nowhere to go) yet invigorating time doing yard work or working in the woods. I'm not one to believe in the traditional definitions of manliness but man do I feel ALIVE when I do that type of work (despite not being thrilled in the beginning).

Lance · 1 year ago

Great stuff!

Sometimes we just need to get out and be active. I know when I play a game of football in the backyard with my kids, it's always a great workout - my heart is pounding. Yesterday, I cut part of the lawn with our push mower. I was sweating buckets. I didn't eat all that great yesterday, and yet - I weighed myself this morning - and had lost weight!

I love these points - it's about building activeness into our daily lives.

Timo · 1 year ago

If you do construction work, you can do without the gym as well. In fact, you are basically getting paid to workout (unless you just operate machines...).

Charlie · 1 year ago

@Kevin My favorite yard beer is good ol' Miller Lite. Hey, save the microbrew for later, is my feelings.

Great article, Brett. You know, I have often maintained that th trick to getting active is finding a sport you like and then playing that sport couple times a week. For me, that's been martial arts, specifically kendo (but also, at times, kickboxing , judo and mixed MA, too) but something liek softball, volleyball, basketball or swimming could be just as good. Just the fact that you have to show up a couple of times a week to participate will keep you on track. If you also feel like running and/or lifting on the side of that or can work like Uncle Buzz does, so much the better.

Ali · 1 year ago

This reminds me of the montage scene in Rocky 4.

Giorgio · 1 year ago

How about having more and more energetic sex?

Aman Chaudhary · 1 year ago

I want to have arms like that when I'm his age! Um... actually, I want to have arms like that now. :-/

jack the clipper · 1 year ago

Is it not true that by doing things the HARD way that you are probably leaving a smaller carbon footprint

Rodney Hampton · 11 months ago

You should take a look at the abridged copy of De Tocqueville's Democracy in America written in the 1830s. I seem to recall he commented on the extensive selection of meats available at every meal.