Air Guitar as a Path to Fitness

I’ve shared some of my darkest secrets on this blog, but there are some things that feel just too embarrassing to reveal. I worry that if people knew about these other things they might laugh at me or think a bit less of me. Today I’m going to take a leap of faith and trust that my readers are open-minded and non-judgmental. I’m going to admit that I’m a middle age man who likes nothing more than playing an imaginary guitar while pretending to be Kurt Cobain. I do this alone in my office with a chair jammed against the door so that nobody can come in.

My Dark Secret

I haven’t told my wife about this strange hobby of air guitar. I’m not even sure if this is something that a she could understand – it is not a behaviour I’ve seen any Thais engage in. A couple of times Oa has noticed my door locked in the evening, and she probably suspects that with all the bumping noise I’m up to something a bit more sinister. She is good enough never to quiz me too hard about my flushed face, but she accepts my claims of “just exercising” with obvious scepticism. Not that I’m telling her a lie because air guitar is superb exercise.

Air Guitar as a Path to Fitness

Air guitar is the most enjoyable type of exercise ever invented. There is no need to buy any equipment – all that is needed is my imagination and some loud music. Forty minutes of this imaginary guitar playing can get my heart going almost as much as a few rounds of pads in Muay Thai. I’m sure it burns plenty of calories. Best of all is that it doesn’t feel like exercise at all, and it always puts me in a good mood.