Welcome to the Get Fit Guys Quick and Dirty Tips to Slim Down and Shape Up.

My name is Brock Armstrong and I'm the Get Fit Guy.

I've written before about how I believe that selling my car was one of the most beneficial things that I have ever done for my health and my well-being, and I totally stand

by that claim, if for no other reason than for all the incidental movement that is now built

into my life.

You know, most of us live in a society where our life is predominantly sedentary, a society

where exercise is simply the 30 to 90 minutes

per day that we set aside for some formal, predetermined amount of movement. Well, more and more

research is showing that this approach is not working for us. We need to think outside the gym. And what better place to start

than with the daily commute? From a financial standpoint, having gotten rid of my car means that,

well, I don't have any more car payments. No insurance companies are gouging me for more and more

money. I'm only peripherally aware of the

rising gas prices and I never have to pay for parking again. From a wellness standpoint, I didn't

even know what I was getting myself into when I handed over the keys to my 2008 VW golf to a buyer from Calgary, Alberta,

who incidentally got it for a song.

At that time, selling my car was simply more convenient than continuing to own it.

I was moving across the country to start a new job, and although I'd visited Toronto many, many times,

I wasn't entirely sure that I could afford to park, let alone drive in that city.

I was okay with that idea since selling my car would eliminate some rather oppressive monthly payments,

and you know what, I rather like the idea of bucking the system

and becoming even more of a petalestrian than I already was.

Now stick with me here.

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