Sharing Fitness And Fun Faithfully: Sharing is Caring

Remember when fitness was fun?

There are more types of definitions now of fitness as there are wellness bloggers. Health has always been included when defining fitness, or it should be, whether speaking about positive or negative fitness. And to be healthy in my world, you need faith. https://www.rushwalter.com/how-to-build-a-healthy-body-image-through-faith-ultimate-guide/

I wish all of fitness was positive but hey I’m but one man and fortunately I realized long ago though I can’t change the world, my personal responsibility is to positively change my world I’m fortunate enough to know and be a part of. In my world fitness is filled with fun, laughter, big efforts, bigger accomplishments when reached, and enjoy passing it on. If you saw the movie “Pay it forward” to which I enjoyed watching several times then you are familiar with the excellent idea to enjoy giving of yourself and not being concerned if the person pays you back but you explain that the gift is to keep on doing what one can to help someone feel freedom. Freedom is truly the blessing we desire. When we are free either spiritually, mentally, or financially we are blessed. Paying it forward is an opportunity to acknowledge your own blessings and to smile as you enjoy helping others so they can in turn help others.

The daily theme of Rushwalter.com https://www.rushwalter.com/ is to help others become stronger so they will be a positive, healthy example of strength and fitness to help those they know to be stronger. https://www.rushwalter.com/practical-steps-for-developing-a-christ-centered-body-image/ When I was a personal trainer in Atlanta for over 30 years, the major blessing was seeing the men, women, & children who exercised with me grow stronger and smile as they accomplished worthy strength and aerobic endeavors they previously thought were impossible. I’m glad they passed the efforts forward and encouraged their family and friends to be healthier through their proper examples and smiles.

To be fit doesn’t necessarily mean you’re going to enjoy every minute of every workout. I remember training to pedal my bike over the mountains of North Georgia for 375 miles, and not all my thoughts were smile-filled. I grunted, whined, checked to see if I had a flat, and wondered where my easy gear was, but I never stopped pedaling. Every completion of the bike rides was smile-filled, and I called folks to tell them of my accomplishments and explain how fun it was. When they asked, I also admitted that not every mile was fun. Though not many of my friends took me up on my offer to ride 300 plus miles, some did ride 10 plus miles, and I’m ok with that. They eagerly confessed how much fun their 10-mile ride was, and I get it. I’m glad they got outside, smelled the roses and enjoyed the sun & fun, and enhanced their fitness.

As I “mature”, that’s the word I have used for saying one is getting old in numeric terms, I realize how much fun my exercise efforts are. Notice I said my efforts, not every minute of my workouts are fun-filled, but all of my exercise results are smiled upon, and I’m thankful for each. As I build Rushwalter.com website and walk around cool exercise tools, I enjoy creating new exercise moves and combinations to condense as much movement as possible into every exercise chosen; this is also known as functional training. https://www.rushwalter.com/best-christian-workout-programs-in-2025-fitness-with-faith-and-purpose/ I had activated functional training workouts years before the term became cool, and I believe that’s why I continue to enjoy exercise and excellent fitness today. Conventional boring one dimensional moves are not very fulfilling for the time involved and causes me to get stale. I’m so glad I quit thinking that every guy in the gym knew what they were doing early on. All you really have to do is look at their body to believe their fitness efforts are fruitful. Many exercises the heavy lifters perform are not beneficial for all.

To enjoy your personal Fitness Rush you need to expand your mind and be open to having new fun. Stretch out your mind and body in ways you haven’t in a long time. Remember how much fun the play ground used to be when you and friends were running around trying to decide which activity to do next? I used to love seeing grown adult men in my Atlanta exercise equipment store point blank saying to their wives, “I feel like I’m in a candy store”. That’s how I feel each day when I would open my store door and I’m thankful to be able to work and play in my playground and share it with others daily. One day, an adult man who was “bigger than a house” (I mean when he shook my hand, I felt like I needed to add my other hand in order to give him a worthy shake) and he wasn’t fat. He was a very in shape adult with his lovely wife coming into the store for a piece of cardio equipment. He then quickly went from one end of my store to the other, asking great questions about my Bodycraft Jones and Hip sled, also by BodyCraft, as well as some other strength tools. He requested a package price for several pieces, and when I told him the price, he agreed that was a very fair price and was excited to set up delivery. Then WHAM, his bride said no, not today. This huge guy who could easily have been a contender with the Rock said to her, almost whining, “Then why did you bring me in here?”. I laughed and explained to him that with proper gifting for his bride for Christmas, he could probably get it later. Thankfully, they did buy what they came in for, then on their way home, his bride phoned back to get him a few more things he requested. He asked about several nice quality commercial pieces of exercise equipment, so I know I will be able to help him again in the future. My business is so fun watching others enjoy fitness and their avenues to achieving their healthy objectives with wellness and proper exercise.

I’m a firm believer that if all of my friends, family, and the many fitness clients I am fortunate enough to meet continue to enjoy exercise results, then all of us can benefit from proper moves toward fitness, fun, and sharing. I smile when I think about an old saying I used to say when someone asked me what I learned at school that day; I would say sharing. I smile when I remember “Chum” on Pawn Stars saying that sharing is caring. I think the Care Bears also said that. Most likely, none were the first to say that sharing is caring, but it certainly is true. It’s hard to say “sharing is caring” and not smile. That’s a cool saying. It’s a cooler definition of fitness fun. Sharing is an activity you choose and can be defined as good mental fitness fun. Be sure to share good stuff, of course. Positive sharing is positive caring. Be more active, share some fitness fun today with a friend or family member. Smile.
Thanks for reading this faith and fitness blog. I hope you share it with another.
Commit to be fit, Walter