Exercise - Exercise

Improving your physical health will also improve your mental game. Plus, you'll live longer, and be able to play more Mahjong! But, how do we find the time to exercise with all that Mahjong? The RCAF has the answer, with an exercise routine that takes 12 minutes or less, with no equipment!

For the girls, the exercise routine is called XBX. If you're like me, and don't like the idea of having a muscular appearance, fear not. They specifically call out that it's designed to not make you muscular. I wrote out the chart with the numbers changed to the names of the exercises so I could remember them easier.

For the boys, the exercise routine is called 5BX. I don't know why there are less exercises for males than females. I'm not an exercise-ologist. The aesthetic feels very Fallout. It's much more well-contained than the female version, and you can get all the information you need by just printing the chart pages.

As I said in the intro, these are both designed to be completed in under 12 minutes per day. As you progress, it increases in intensity, not in time. If you do it three or four times per week, that's less than an hour of your 168 hours available each week. You can do it.

Additionally, it requires no equipment, and just enough clear space for you to lie down. I suppose you might be able to do some of them in your bed, if you had to. You don't even have to buy dumbbells! Nothing to spend money on, and nothing to take up space.

I'm sure you've heard countless times about all the benefits of exercise, so I won't repeat them here. If you don't currently get much exercise, please give the plan appropriate for your gender a look. They're quite convenient, and feeling better will improve your mental state in your Mahjong games.