Would you class driving a modern truck, with auto box and cruise control for nine or ten hours a day as inactive?
Mind you, winding up legs, or opening and shutting trailer doors is a few minutes of activity I suppose…
No one gets out of this life alive.
There are as many ways to die, just as there are to live.
You may laugh but I’ve recently taken up pillates, I always had it down as a womans exercise but what a difference it has made, I recommend it to anyone , even the great Bruce lee included elements of it in his martial arts training, not so girly after all…
I gave up smoking 4 months ago and piled on the weight due to eating more and lack of exercise and also the well known lack of activity involved in driving, so I joined a gym 6 weeks ago and am pleased to be losing some of my excess weight. might have to invest in some new trousers as I keep gettin told to put my arse away lol
kemaro:
You may laugh but I’ve recently taken up pillates, I always had it down as a womans exercise but what a difference it has made, I recommend it to anyone , even the great Bruce lee included elements of it in his martial arts training, not so girly after all…
I laughed
mkb600:
Inactivity 'killing as many as smoking' - BBC NewsWould you class driving a modern truck, with auto box and cruise control for nine or ten hours a day as inactive?
…Yes.
mkb600:
Mind you, winding up legs, or opening and shutting trailer doors is a few minutes of activity I suppose…
Well depending on who’s leg’s you’re winding up and who’s trailer doors you’re opening and closing then a few minutes of that kind of exercise is reckoned to be about equivalent to a mile race.
redbob:
kemaro:
You may laugh but I’ve recently taken up pillates, I always had it down as a womans exercise but what a difference it has made, I recommend it to anyone , even the great Bruce lee included elements of it in his martial arts training, not so girly after all…I laughed
So did Bruce Lee, he is dead too, it doesn’t matter what you do, it will get you in the end. 
kemaro:
You may laugh but I’ve recently taken up pillates, I always had it down as a womans exercise but what a difference it has made, I recommend it to anyone , even the great Bruce lee included elements of it in his martial arts training, not so girly after all…
I didn’t - it’s bl00dy difficult, gave up 
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Back to the OP’s question, yes it is an inactive job if you just have to open doors and curtains. I stick to walking as much as poosible.
Yeah, but it’s how you die and how long you faff doing it, wheel nut
Just been reading a book about the areas in the world where the citizens live longer and more importantly healthier than average. Exercise in their daily lives is down as one of the factors that keep them living longer and keep their last months of illness to a minimum, whereas i suspect that a lot of us will be cluttering up OAP homes with our zimmer frames.
albion:
Yeah, but it’s how you die and how long you faff doing it, wheel nutJust been reading a book about the areas in the world where the citizens live longer and more importantly healthier than average. Exercise in their daily lives is down as one of the factors that keep them living longer and keep their last months of illness to a minimum, whereas i suspect that a lot of us will be cluttering up OAP homes with our zimmer frames.
Bugger that. I am going to the local soup kitchen, they starve you to death in a hospital or a care home, that is if you can afford the £1500 per month as a minimum
Bike ride anyone? You know it makes sense.
Slackbladder:
Bike ride anyone? You know it makes sense.
Watch one of them big nasty lorries don’t knock you off passing too close.
mkb600:
Would you class driving a modern truck, with auto box and cruise control for nine or ten hours a day as inactive?
Yes, and even driving an old-school truck wasn’t much more active. Look at the state of this fella at the end of this PIF (he’s only just got out of the cab )
youtube.com/watch?v=a3zVU2xrPZM&t=52s
Never had any trouble from truckers when on a bike, cars, now that’ s a different matter.