Three Weeks for Dreamwidth: "Good Feelings Exercise Program Commercial"

[ysabetwordsmith]

While writing Polychrome Heroics, I've noticed that the commercials in Terramagne-America are often more entertaining than the shows are in local-America. So I've started writing them down. Since I can't actually do video clips or even slideshows, I have instead pasted suitable images into the text. Also worth noting: this concept is replicable with local resources.


"Good Feelings Exercise Program Commercial"


Everyone knows that exercise is good for you,
but not everyone finds that exercise feels good.

Does exercise feel like a waste of your time?
Do you spend the entire session thinking
that you should be working instead?

If you're nodding, then Good Feelings
is the exercise program for you!

Most exercise is only designed
to burn calories and build bodies.
At Good Feelings, we believe that
exercise should accomplish something!

So we put together a program where
you exercise your body, mind, and spirit
while doing something productive for
people who need a helping hand.

Dog walking = light lower-body workout
+ moderate animal interaction workout

Leaf raking = light upper-body workout

Shopping = light whole-body workout
+ light social interaction

Gutter cleaning = light lower-body workout
+ moderate upper-body workout
+ light to moderate height tolerance workout

Housework = light to moderate whole-body workout
+ moderate socializing workout

Gardening = moderate whole-body workout
+ heavy nature interaction workout

Taking kids to park = moderate whole-body workout
+ heavy social skills and interaction workout

Snow shoveling = heavy upper-body workout

Chopping and carrying wood = heavy upper-body workout
+ moderate lower-body workout
+ renewable energy support

Furniture moving = heavy full-body workout

Great Dane walking = Oh dear Lord I'm gonna die!

Good Feelings is an exercise program that
takes care of your body, mind, and spirit.
It helps you feel better by helping people,
so it doesn't seem like a waste of your time
the way other exercises often do.

Mobility limits? Social issues?
No transportation? No problem!

Exceptional capacity?
We've got your back!

Talk with our personal trainers
about designing a program that works
for the body and life you have.

Good Feelings: the whole-body workout
for people who want to feel whole.

* * *

Notes:

Exercise includes pretty much anything that gets people moving. It has many benefits, and just as many reasons why people don't do it. Chief among these is feeling that exercise is a waste of time. Conversely, helping others creates a sense of meaning. Here are some ideas for getting more exercise through everyday activities and helping other people.

Components of exercise should span a range of intensity levels. Incorporating exercise into everyday life helps extend healthy lifespan.

Physical disabilities can make exercise more challenging. There are some exercise programs designed to counteract this such as the martial art Criptaedo. Mental disabilities also create barriers that require creativity to overcome. Here are some more ideas for exercising with disabilities.

Body, mind, and spirit are three aspects of the person in holistic practice. Follow the tips to balance these aspects.

Great Danes are gigantic dogs with enormous energy. This means they need a lot of vigorous exercise. Consequently some folks use a bicycle leash to get the dog up to a decent speed. Another method is to have several people stand far apart and throw a frisbee, or run, to encourage the dog to join the chase around the ring of people.

A personal trainer can help someone develop an exercise plan that suits their goals and abilities. Understand how to get the most out of your personal trainer.

Feeling whole is an important part of life satisfaction. Self-love is one way to work toward feeling whole.

Comments

[we_are_spc]

I think hiking would fit well into that type of program too-Especially if there is someone )Ahem, like us) who is totally blind and still wants to go, and no one will take them because they're concerned with them falling or breaking themselves.

(I didn't have that problem, but I know some who probably would.)

This is a really cool commercial .:)

-Fallon and Jay~

[kengr]

I've got a blind friend (she can read *really* large print if it's like an inch from her nose) who would love to ride a bicycle built for two with someone.

Exercise, fresh air, and maybe some "freaking the mundanes"

[we_are_spc]

Tandem biking is fun! Holy wow. Unfortunately I no longer have A) a bike, and B) anyone to ride it with. I'd have the room to store it because garage, but I'd have no one to ride it with.

But we did that as a family when I was growing up, and there are so many memories of that. :)

That, and fishing and camping...

-Fallon~

Hmm...

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>Tandem biking is fun! Holy wow. <<

:D I haven't had a chance to try it.

>> Unfortunately I no longer have A) a bike, and B) anyone to ride it with. I'd have the room to store it because garage, but I'd have no one to ride it with. <<

There's an opportunity, if you could pull the parts together -- someone else might like to bike, but not have the storage space. A bike shop would be one place to seek such a connection. They might have a bulletin board.

>>That, and fishing and camping... <<

Those are also hobbies which tend to require a significant amount of equipment, and you might be able to make friends who live in an apartment thus don't have room to store theirs.

Re: Hmm...

[we_are_spc]

Those are actually good ideas. :) I'd actually had someone ask if I could store his boat in the winter for a certain amount per month-but haven't had him take me up on that yet as he'd already found a place before he'd thought about asking me.

I'd also have to find placesw for fishing/camping around here, those are places I hadn't looked up yet because I hadn't the need-there are bike trails just about in every park around these parts, though. :)

-Fallon~

Re: Hmm...

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> Those are actually good ideas. :) <<

Glad I could help.

>> I'd actually had someone ask if I could store his boat in the winter for a certain amount per month-but haven't had him take me up on that yet as he'd already found a place before he'd thought about asking me.<<

Boat is a brilliant idea, if you enjoy boating, fishing, etc.

>> I'd also have to find placesw for fishing/camping around here, those are places I hadn't looked up yet because I hadn't the need-there are bike trails just about in every park around these parts, though. :) <<

Look them up, and they might give you ideas for connecting with new people. Some such places have clubs for people who are into outdoor activities, or a bulletin board for posting community notices.

[mirrorofsmoke]

Freaking the mundanes, freaking the mundanes, You'll come a-freaking the mundanes with meeee! :P

[kengr]

I hight Eirikr inn kengr. I date back to AS IX though I haven't been active in many years. I was one of the founders of the local branches.

"Alas, my lady, you've done me dirt,
you've sewn green sleeves on my purple shirt..."

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I think hiking would fit well into that type of program too-Especially if there is someone )Ahem, like us) who is totally blind and still wants to go, <<

Oh, that's a good one. Expand to any outdoorsy or sporty activity where someone really needs a companion but doesn't have one. Hmm, knowing Terramagne, there are probably "go along" groups specifically focused on that.

>> and no one will take them because they're concerned with them falling or breaking themselves. <<

:( That sucks. People with disabilities have the same right to take risks as everyone else. Preventing them from doing that is infantilizing. That's actually made explicit in some of the resources for assisted decision-making: they have a right to take risks, make decisions you disagree with, make mistakes, get hurt, and learn from that.

There's a blind guy who teaches human echolocation to other blind folks. He warns them and their families, "There will be blood." Because he's teaching it as a hardcore freedom technique; they're going out biking and stuff like that. Yes, they crash sometimes. So does everyone else who ever gets on a bike.

>> This is a really cool commercial .:) <<

Yay! \o/

Re: Thoughts

[we_are_spc]

Yeah it is. I didn't have that issue as far as infantilization goes, but there were some others that were...just stupid, especially as an adult, and theystill leave impacts on me to this day.

I've tried echolocation on my own somewhat, and I can't do it. Probably because I'm not doing it right-and I'm not sure I'd want to learn the skill anyway. I'm already self-conscious enough using my cane and being invisible, that clicking would probably make it even more...interesting for me that way.

That said, I'm glad it's there for those who can use it-we're not going to knock it just because it's not for us

-Fallon~

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>Yeah it is. I didn't have that issue as far as infantilization goes, but there were some others that were...just stupid, especially as an adult, and theystill leave impacts on me to this day.<<

>_< That sucks.

>>I've tried echolocation on my own somewhat, and I can't do it. <<

I can't do it with clicking. I can do it somewhat with clapping. I also have, even in human form, enough sense of air movement to detect walls or largish objects. Faffing without proper whiskers is difficult, but I can use my body hair to some extent.

>>I'm not sure I'd want to learn the skill anyway. I'm already self-conscious enough using my cane and being invisible, that clicking would probably make it even more...interesting for me that way.<<

All modes have their pros and cons, you have to figure out which works better for you.

Re: Thoughts

[we_are_spc]

I can still do that somewhat-especially with walls. I used to be better at it. Coffee tables still freaking bite me though. :(

Do you find it harder to do with glass? Because we do. It's like...not there. Unless it has some sort of frame (Patio dors, for instance) or...sometimes plate glass. But most of the time it's like "Nope, not there, try again."

I haven't tried it with clapping, but the tongue clicking doesn't seem to work so well for us, either.

-Fallon~

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Glass doesn't seem to make a difference for me.