TomD
e publius unum
I let my weight get just totally out of control and I ballooned up to a size that astounded even me. About a year and a half ago I decided that life really wasn't worth a flip at my incredibly reduced physical abilities and decided that it was time to do something about it.
Turns out the solution is diet and exercise. Who knew? Who suspected? I wont bother with describing the diet but I now weigh close to 100 pounds less than where I started 18 months ago.
For the exercise part, I took up bicycling. I'm now on my 3rd bike, what is called a road bike though I thought it an absurdity a year ago that I would ever own one. I ride every day with a day off every week or so; the rides will between 20 and 50 miles. I use a heart rate monitor and the important part is to keep the heart rate at 80% max + for most of the ride but to zing it waay up several times a ride. Obviously you can't do this at first but it is really astonishing how rapidly your body adjusts even if you are over 60.
I'm 63 and in the best shape of my life. I don't get out of breath, I climb the local 170 foot lighthouse without notice and jump up into the back of my truck without notice.
Probably some of you who never lost the ability are wondering what I'm talking about.
Any rate, here is my latest bike. Guess what, know how you can get 90% of possible accuracy for $500-$600 for a Savage rifle? But accuracy improvements from there get rapidly more expensive for smaller and smaller reductions in group ability.
Bikes are like that too! Big surprise there I'm sure, though this bike does cost less than a March scope. The really expensive bikes don't.
Turns out the solution is diet and exercise. Who knew? Who suspected? I wont bother with describing the diet but I now weigh close to 100 pounds less than where I started 18 months ago.
For the exercise part, I took up bicycling. I'm now on my 3rd bike, what is called a road bike though I thought it an absurdity a year ago that I would ever own one. I ride every day with a day off every week or so; the rides will between 20 and 50 miles. I use a heart rate monitor and the important part is to keep the heart rate at 80% max + for most of the ride but to zing it waay up several times a ride. Obviously you can't do this at first but it is really astonishing how rapidly your body adjusts even if you are over 60.
I'm 63 and in the best shape of my life. I don't get out of breath, I climb the local 170 foot lighthouse without notice and jump up into the back of my truck without notice.
Probably some of you who never lost the ability are wondering what I'm talking about.
Any rate, here is my latest bike. Guess what, know how you can get 90% of possible accuracy for $500-$600 for a Savage rifle? But accuracy improvements from there get rapidly more expensive for smaller and smaller reductions in group ability.
Bikes are like that too! Big surprise there I'm sure, though this bike does cost less than a March scope. The really expensive bikes don't.
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