I think I'll grow this post for a while, for fun - yes, fun! Want to see the Origin of FitOldDog - go to my very first WordPress blog post, 2010, at this link Understanding the origin of life is important for exercise, nutrition, mental health, diabetes, aging, and all the rest - I'll get there! It all started with chemistry, biochemistry, deep down in the sea! Blah, blah, blah! Just watch my old movie, and ... Read more
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FitOldDog’s Surgery Recovery Guide SEO, Search Engine Optimization
Time to work on my Surgery Recovery Guide SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Tim Soulo to the rescue. FitOldDog's Surgery Recovery Guide is helpful. It presents a patient's perspective. But sales are unacceptably low. I want to help people with aortic, and other life-threatening diseases. While covering my costs. On the excellent advice of Tim Soulo, of BloggerJet, I've stopped writing blog posts for 31 days. ... Read more
Cliff Notes For Life? Isn’t It Better To Read The Book? But Then “To The Making Of Books There Is No End, And Much Study Wearies The Mind”
“Yes! She will wake again Although her glowing limbs are motionless, And silent those sweet lips, Once breathing eloquence That might have soothed the tiger’s rage Or thawed the cold heart of a conqueror…” by Trevor Morgan (my brother) - is she alive or dead, and couldn't you just say that? Hi folks, welcome to my thoughts on my brother's latest comment. I recently posted this brief statement: "On my ... Read more
Advice For Triathlete Dionne On Persistent ITBS?
See my more recent thoughts, on ITBS, at this link! Hi folks, A friend of mine, Dionne, is continuing to suffer real problems with symptoms of ileo-tibial band syndrome (ITBS). I know that endurance sports come with these kinds of problems and that we have to learn to work through them somehow. Having undergone two knee surgeries, and a bunch of physiotherapy, for generally self-induced training injuries I ... Read more
Develop Your Skills And Then Don’t Think Too Much!
Hi folks, When you undertake any new endeavor, there are things to learn and skills to develop, be it public speaking, ballet dancing or safe exercise for better health. Skills are obtained and honed to perfection through the application of practice, guidance, and consistent self-assessment. When it comes to sports, the process of developing a particular skill, say low-impact running, has an initial ... Read more
Nutrition Is Simply Complicated
Hi folks, welcome! The bottom line with nutrition is that you have to find out what works for you. Like climate versus weather, nutrition and food are not the same thing. The climate of a region will determine the general trends of the weather each day, but the weather on a particular day is not necessarily indicative of the general state of the weather for a given climate - it can rain in the desert, and ... Read more
Consistency Is Key When It Comes To Safe Exercise For Better Health
Hi folks, Last weekend I had a 4-hour bike ride scheduled by my coach, but I just didn't want to do it. Then I did it anyway, in spite of myself. For the first hour my legs complained, my brain complained, and in general I complained. The complaints didn't do any good because I was out there on my own. If I had said any of this stuff to a riding buddy (which I never would, as I learned that lesson ... Read more
Bioenergetics And Healthy Nutrition: You Make Fat From Sugar But Not Sugar From Fat
Healthy nutrition is one key to a long happy life, and don't think that it's fat that makes you fat; low fat foolishness made America fat. For many years I have been interested in Biochemistry, and my triathlon training heightened this interest. As you exercise you burn fuel to generate energy to do work (moving, thinking, making cells, excreting wastes). In fact, you burn these fuels all the time, but more as you ... Read more
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