That's a lot of muscles to exercise in the Muscle Fit class at the Y. There are over 600 muscles in the human body. So good thing I count on the Y to take care of organizing the exercise of all those muscles.
Monday is Musclefit day so got me thinking about this. Our training is very organized and divided into groups: - chest and back
- quads and hamstrings
- biceps, triceps and shoulders
- gluten and abdominals
I don't know how many of the over 600 that includes, but it is geared to the 21st century first world non-active human. We go to the gym to "be active".
We've figured out that each week adults need 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity and 2 days of muscle strengthening activity, according to the current Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans . Does that sound like a lot? Sounds like the minimum to me. That is 30 minutes a day for 5 days a week. What do we do the rest of the time?
If you were a manual labourer would you be harming yourself by working every day? We think of manual labourers when we think of physical work. What jobs are there that are active and pay well? Articles point to the medical professionals such as therapists. Nurses and teachers are on their feet during the work day. It is true that some of the most demanding jobs are hand labourers and material movers.
Did you know that the most physically demanding job is to be a dancer. The overall physical demand index of 97.0. And yes, there is an increase of physical hazards in hard labour work. There are so many hazards that there is an encyclopedia of occupational diseases.
Is there a light side to this? Always in the realm of jokes.
I pulled a muscle digging for gold.
It was just a miner injury.
What muscle group do you use the most when kidnapping someone?
The abductors.
I have great muscle memory
I totally remember when I was in shape. | 
