Hi folks, I must start this post by apologizing to over 10,000 people for my failure to complete a post I wrote almost a year ago, entitled "How Do You Find Your Ideal Workout Plan?" That brief discussion of choices available in 'workout guidance space' fails to provide any guidance, but it promises to do so. I'll correct that error now by attempting to more fully answer this difficult ... Read more
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Tools, Toys, Crutches, And How To Tell The Difference When It Comes To Shoe Orthotics
Definition 'crutch' from dictionary.com A staff or support to assist a lame or infirm person in walking, now usually with a crosspiece at one end to fit under the armpit. Any of various devices resembling this in shape or use. Anything that serves as a temporary and often inappropriate support, supplement, or substitute; prop: "He uses liquor as a psychological crutch." A forked support or ... Read more
Whether Running Or Blogging If Things Don’t Improve Change Something
A Definition of Insanity: "Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." Albert Einstein (attributed), US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955) From: The Quotations Page. Hi folks, Remember the Pareto Principle, so much admired, and rightly so, by Tim Ferriss, author of that great book, 'The Four Hour Workweek?' Well, I suspect that it is true of strain placed on the ... Read more
Where I Find Blogging Ideas On Safe Exercise For Better Health By FitOldDog
Hi folks, People ask me from time to time where I find my blogging ideas for a daily post. The answer is pretty simple. The same place I found my research ideas for a happy and productive 40-year science career. All around and inside of me, and I don't mean in my innards, though they provide food for thought occasionally. My approach reminds me of a movie I watched years ago, called 'American ... Read more
Lemons Always Remind Me Of Zaid And The Ugly Duckling
Hi folks, The problem with changing jobs is that it separates you from old friends, as your lives don't intersect so regularly anymore. I have one such friend in New Jersey, Zaid, who made my stay in Sanofi-Aventis so much more fun because of the questions he posed. Zaid is a thinker, and as a researcher I like to solve problems. Zaid would pose me puzzling biological questions all of the time, and I ... Read more
Three Rs Of Safe Exercise For Better Health
“We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move. We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want. We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it livable. We work with being, but non-being is what we use.” Lao Tzu, Tao te Ching, Translation by Steven Mitchell Hi folks, Recovery, ... Read more
How Do We Become Aware Of That Which We Are Unaware?
Hi folks, welcome! It took me a long time to grow up and wake up, and I still have a long way to go, but life is surely about the journey. There are things you know that 'ain't so,' and things that you just don't know. These are different forms of not knowing, with the former being the more intransigent state. If you want to continue learning and improving throughout your life, I suggest that you determine ... Read more
Computer Or Man Behind The Curtain Creating Titles In StumbleUpon And What Does It Mean For Endurance Training?
Hi folks, I love StumbleUpon (SU) because it takes me to the most amazing photos, and sometimes videos. But SU exhibits really bizarre behavior, especially when it comes to hits. 'Something' decides when lots of people like a blog post, and when no one is interested at all, but I don't know what this 'something' is, yet. In SU, I've posted material that generated 1500 hits, and an almost identical ... Read more
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