[geeks] what is the world coming to...

[William S.]

Recently I have gotten back to the gym. Today was my
second day. I spent an hour and a half there and
feel pretty good now. I hope to be able to visit the
gym 3-4 times a week. In addition to the weight
training (mostly free weights) I do stretching.
Amazing what stretching does to relieve pain such
as in the lower back which I frequently get after
standing for long periods of time.

Since April First, I have given up sugar (in coffee
as well as a component of food) and bread and Amstel
Malt (alcohol free beer). No candy nor cookies either.
I have just been eating fruit, drinking water, and
choosing my meals carefully. I am not too overweight
(175 lbs at 5'11") but just doing this for health
reasons so I make it through my post 46 years without
many problems.

Here is a link to a site that some of you may find
interesting in view of previous postings about diet.

http://www.dolfzine.com/page159.htm

I am also a member of a pretty informative mailing
list about exercise.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Supertraining/

I guess the warm temperatures and sun have given me a
real motivation to take care of myself. Anyone else
getting a boost by the nice weather?

On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 02:09:54PM -0400, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> > Heh, when I was in middle school I got the shit beaten out of me.  I'd
> > have given anything to be overweight, especially where we lived (small
> > rural community in NE PA).  It took me 2 years of weight lifting an hour
> > a day, and working out as part of the track/cross country teams to get
> > my weight up to 140lbs.  I'm still at around 1.5% body fat, which is
> > torturous if it gets cold.  I know you already do Kurt, but count your
> > blessings as a "big guy".  Life really isn't any better at the other end
> > of the spectrum.
> 
> I thank genetics every day for the wonderous mix of German and Scotts
> blood that created me.  I can lose fat almost at will, I can gain pounds
> of muscle in a week's time, and I'm a seriously strong sonofagun.
> 
> Ego stroking aside, there are ups and downs.  I retain water like a
> freaking bucket - this morning I woke up and both my arms were numb.  It
> wasn't until about 1:00 this afternoon that I managed to flush enough
> water out of system to reduce the swelling...
> 
> I'm also seriously hypoglycemic - almost to the point of diabetic.  It
> ain't easy staying away from carbs.

-- 
Bill
Amsterdam, NL