Re: Re: Exercising for life

[Guest guest]

I'd call that very scientific. Anecdotal perhaps, but empirical data is where science starts.

I know I can hardly keep up with my 28 mo gson. They'll keep you healthy.

Covert said in one of his books, just find a 4 yo and follow him around - you'll get all the exercise you need.

Regards.

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From: bernadettepawlik@...

Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 11:09 AM

Subject: [ ] Re: Exercising for life

I think that there are probably any number of definitions of fit and/or healthy.I'll just speak to fitness and exercise:To me, the objective of my exercising is to be fit for the demands of my life. That includes being able to keep up with a 3 year old, having the stamina to work a 10 hour day, being able to wake up refreshed and go to bed pleasantly tired.These are not scientific objectives, and the measures are really more qualitative than quantitative.But, here are a few examples:I work out with free weights with the objective of being able to hold up our almost 40 lb boy to any piece of playground equipment he wants to reach.I do 30 minutes of fairly intense cardio 5 to 6 days a week, cause when a toddler wants to run across the street, I've got to have great cardio to catch him.I have to be limber, because if there's anyway our boy can get something stuck under something low or something way too high, I have to have the flexibility to either crawl down somewhere or climb up somewhere.So, that's my simple, nonscientific definition of fitness for me.

[Guest guest]

All this reminds me of a story way back from when my kids were young. I

woke up one day with a terrible pain in my right arm, so bad that it sent me

to the doctor's. Doc asked me if I had a small child that didn't walk yet

that I had to carry around. " How did you know? " I answered incredulously,

as my 18 month old daughter was not yet walking and I often carried her.

" You'd be surprised how many young mothers come in here complaining of a

pain in their arm because of carrying around a chubby toddler " he answered.

on 10/15/2004 12:27 PM, jwwright at jwwright@... wrote:

> I'd call that very scientific. Anecdotal perhaps, but empirical data is where

> science starts.

> I know I can hardly keep up with my 28 mo gson. They'll keep you healthy.

> Covert said in one of his books, just find a 4 yo and follow him around

> - you'll get all the exercise you need.

>

> Regards.

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: bernadettepawlik@...

>

> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 11:09 AM

> Subject: [ ] Re: Exercising for life

>

>

> I think that there are probably any number of definitions of fit and/or

> healthy.

>

> I'll just speak to fitness and exercise:

>

> To me, the objective of my exercising is to be fit for the demands of my life.

> That includes being able to keep up with a 3 year old, having the stamina to

> work a 10 hour day, being able to wake up refreshed and go to bed pleasantly

> tired.

>

> These are not scientific objectives, and the measures are really more

> qualitative than quantitative.

>

> But, here are a few examples:

>

> I work out with free weights with the objective of being able to hold up our

> almost 40 lb boy to any piece of playground equipment he wants to reach.

>

> I do 30 minutes of fairly intense cardio 5 to 6 days a week, cause when a

> toddler wants to run across the street, I've got to have great cardio to catch

> him.

>

> I have to be limber, because if there's anyway our boy can get something stuck

> under something low or something way too high, I have to have the flexibility

> to either crawl down somewhere or climb up somewhere.

>

> So, that's my simple, nonscientific definition of fitness for me.

>

[Guest guest]

In Austad's book; Why we age, page 198-199 "If free radicals and browning products are fundamentally involved in aging, as virtually everyone now agrees, it stands to reason that exercise could actually accelerate aging, just as the rate of aging guru, Pearl, predicted when he wrote the famous article, 'Why Lazy People Live Longest' for the Baltimore Sun in 1927."

pg 199 " The ranks of centenarians are not dominated by former Olympic swimmers or marathon runners - the reverse may even be true."

Just something I found. Very interesting book by an author with a uniquely clear way of writing scientific thoughts. Which means I could understand what he said.

Maybe 8$, used.

Regards.

[Guest guest]

I like your reasoning!

From: bernadettepawlik@...

Reply-

Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 12:09:00 EDT

Subject: [ ] Re: Exercising for life

I think that there are probably any number of definitions of fit and/or healthy.

I'll just speak to fitness and exercise:

To me, the objective of my exercising is to be fit for the demands of my life. That includes being able to keep up with a 3 year old, having the stamina to work a 10 hour day, being able to wake up refreshed and go to bed pleasantly tired.

These are not scientific objectives, and the measures are really more qualitative than quantitative.

But, here are a few examples:

I work out with free weights with the objective of being able to hold up our almost 40 lb boy to any piece of playground equipment he wants to reach.

I do 30 minutes of fairly intense cardio 5 to 6 days a week, cause when a toddler wants to run across the street, I've got to have great cardio to catch him.

I have to be limber, because if there's anyway our boy can get something stuck under something low or something way too high, I have to have the flexibility to either crawl down somewhere or climb up somewhere.

So, that's my simple, nonscientific definition of fitness for me.

[Guest guest]

also echoed by Walford in " Beyond " on pg 248: that exercise must be

balanced because excess causes potentially harmful free radicals.

on 10/15/2004 8:18 PM, jwwright at jwwright@... wrote:

> In Austad's book; Why we age, page 198-199 " If free radicals and

> browning products are fundamentally involved in aging, as virtually everyone

> now agrees, it stands to reason that exercise could actually accelerate aging,

> just as the rate of aging guru, Pearl, predicted when he wrote the

> famous article, 'Why Lazy People Live Longest' for the Baltimore Sun in 1927. "

>

> pg 199 " The ranks of centenarians are not dominated by former Olympic

> swimmers or marathon runners - the reverse may even be true. "

>

> Just something I found. Very interesting book by an author with a uniquely

> clear way of writing scientific thoughts. Which means I could understand what

> he said.

> Maybe 8$, used.

>

> Regards.