I know that many people who are between 40 and 60 have had the fortunate awakening of the desire to regain their overall physical fitness. Whether it is because they took a look in the mirror and saw something they didn’t like or their doctor gave them the big “change or die” ultimatum, I am
Well it has been several weeks since I started working out. Ever since the surgery, the biggest thing I have wanted to know is when I’d be able to run again. Sure it’s nice to start hitting the iron again, but I had the surgery expressly because I wanted to run. While I have been
Well, my last post was back in October of 2013 when I was scheduled for surgery to remove a bone spur in the back of my heel. I wasn’t going to be able to workout for many weeks after that, heck, I wasn’t even going to be able to walk without crutches for the next
Back in the early 70’s, while watching the Olympics as a kid, I took an interest in long distance running. Not being the fastest sprinter, I found that I was able to run longer distances at a pretty good pace. My brothers and my friends and I would go over to Mount Vernon Park, now
My brother Dale, an avid runner, belongs to a group called Men Run Deez Streets. They are committed to helping men to consider running as a consistent lifestyle and adopting habits that lead to healthy living. Dale, like all my brothers, has been committed to fitness and has been running for years. He has completed
My wife, my youngest daughter and I just returned from a vacation with my in-laws in Branson, Missouri, where they own a timeshare. There are lots of attractions that are geared toward our older citizens and many of the acts include wisecracks aimed at the geriatric visitors. I can recall the last time we were
If you are fortunate enough to remember the old ’70s sit-com, “Sanford and Son”, you will remember how the main character, Fred G. Sanford, the old junk dealer would call out to his deceased wife, Elizabeth, grab his chest, feigning a heart attack after the realization of some troubling situation. “It’s the big one! You
“How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of the Tootsie Pop?” The magic number essential to getting what you want. I hear these types of questions all the time regarding fitness. “How many hours a week do you have to work out to get in shape?” “How long are
I have to constantly keep in mind that each person’s intensity level in working out is unique. This came to mind after doing a new workout which included doing five one-minute sets of simple Burpees separated by a thirty-second rest period. I got through the first set with some amount of difficulty, but the last two
I am always doing things to “shake it up” in my workouts. Sometimes I am doing standard routines. Back and bi’s, chest and tri’s. I will do that for three or four weeks and then change it up again. In the last few weeks, I started getting up around 6:30 in the morning (which I haven’t done for a while)