One nice thing about fieldwork is that all the tedious dragging around of heavy equipment tends to keep you in shape. Also, I'm somewhat of a spaz and I spend most of my time in the field in motion. A couple of observations:
I used to swim competitively in high school, but my swimming and other formal exercise activity dropped off afterward. A few years after I started working, I started swimming again. To my joy, I found I was able to kick ass at the butterfly, which I could barely do 2 laps of in high school. Yay shoulder/back muscles!
I'm fairly skinny, but some of my relatives are very delicate-looking. Someone took a picture of several of the ladies wearing bathing suits at a family function. I loomed over my relatives like some sort of giant linebacker, thanks to my (relatively) massive shoulders. I regret to inform you that this picture has been "lost", so you'll have to take my word for it.
All the medical journals say that living an active lifestyle is better then a sedentary life style with periodic trips to the gym. Being able to work outside and incorporate exercise as part of your work life sounds terrific to me. Currently I spend my days seated at a desk staring at books and computer screens. I try to stay active by walking to and from work and at lunch and getting to the gym when I can. It has not been as effective a plan as I would like it to be. So enjoy your time outside us office dwellers envy you that.
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