Text 428, 75 rader
Skriven 2007-05-11 07:49:07 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
    Kommentar till text 426 av Carol Shenkenberger (3:800/201)
Ärende: HOW YA ALL DOING?
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11 May 07 14:18, Carol Shenkenberger wrote to Roy Witt:

 CS> *** Quoting Roy Witt from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

 CS>> You do Martial arts once a week right?  Seems so from your posts.  I
 CS>> always thought they would be fun but it's a little late to start now
 CS>> for me.  I'll be 47 in a few days.

 RW>> I startd at the ripe old age of 35 and still practice it when I have
 RW>> t time. I'm closer to the opposite end of the spectrum, nearly twice
 RW>> as now. Tae Kwon Do

 CS> Well, I've got various mild joint ailments now and so it's best I not
 CS> try something new like that.  Doc wants me to covert to swimming and
 CS> maintain cycling habits I have now.

I have to tell you, there's a move in karate called the 'flying horse
kick' ... where you have to jump in the air and pretend the bag you're
kicking is a person on horseback. It's an easy manuever, for a 35yo, but I
dislocated my right hip while practicing it. That joint still bothers me
today and may get worse over more time. Swimming would be much easier on
the body than a physical activity such as karate. Although, I really did
like sparring with the others in the class.

 CS> I ended up not taking this cycle's 'PRT' (Physical Readiness Test)
 CS> due to a bad problem with a nerve in my neck but we did a pre-test 2
 CS> weeks ago and I scored pretty well for my age group.

kewl.

 CS> 47 pushups (Typical marine style) 48 situps (C-section never really
 CS> healed all that well so these are hard forme)

Keep doing them, or your stomach muscles will atrophe and your belly will
sag to your knees...mine is on it's way there.

 CS> 15:14 on the 1.5 mile run (not blazing, but well in passing for my
 CS> age)

Hmmmm. What's the maximum time limit for that run? I've seen a lot of
retirees who were so out of shape, they couldn't run that distance if they
had to. i.e. an ex-employee of mine was so fat when he got out after 20
years that he had a heart attack at 42 years of age. After talking with
him, I found out why he was so overweight. He told me that he snacked on
fried bacon after work, every night while watching TV. A man about 5'10
who weighed nearly 300lbs.

 CS> Doc wants me to practice swimming to get faster and convert to that
 CS> but to go slow at the start to make sure it doesnt cause
 CS> complications with the nerve in my neck.

Swimming excerice makes your muscle stretch and maybe he's hoping that
your nerve problem will be relieved by that.

 CS> I swim very well, but not 'efficiently' at speed.

Swimming efficiency is all in breathing and coordination. I havn't been
swimming in ages, but when I did, I was pretty good. Gym class in high
school required some time at the pool. I was asked by the swim teacher
(who also served as the school's swim coach) to join the team after I beat
his star swimmer in a race. Didn't have time for it, but I think it would
have been a hoot.

 CS> I can easily do the distance, but my time is way off.  He's thinking
 CS> of a recommendation that I do all future PRT's with swim but be
 CS> waived on the time.  Have to test this out though.

If you like getting wet and having loose muscles (more agile), that's the
way to go...Running, IMO, is too sweaty and hard on the body. Especially
the feet and legs.

                R\%/itt

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