| Re: Leg muscle/heart rate question?
And Bill Baka is writing this one for Maggie and the over 40s.
chris c wrote:
> OK maybe I feel 20. I was into the bad stuff as a teen up until my lower 20s
> so I guess I do feel better than when I was 20. I ate crappy , smoked pot,
> etc.
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There are 3 known side effects of smoking pot that I know of from
experience.
1. You will sleep very soundly and get up for work the next day without
a hangover so that is a good thing.
2. You will probably gain weight and should never EVER go grocery
shopping while stoned. I did and came back with 5 carts full of every
kind of food you can think of. No driving since the store was a 100 foot
path from my back yard. If you want to gain weight and spend money this
is the way to go. No direct harm if you bike when not toking.
3. The only bad thing that happens as a consequence of enjoying yourself
is you will get guys with badges and guns at your door offering to take
you for a ride downtown to make new and not quite so savory friends.
>>35 feeling like 25? OK....I don't see alot of difference in that one.
>>Now if you were 45 and felt 25....then I would say you were one lucky
>>dude. Somehow I can't see much difference between 35 and 25. Maybe
>>35 and 20....or even 40 and 35....or...55 and 35...(get my drift?) I
>>felt fabulous at 35.
What I noticed was that moving heavy furniture around and lifting stuff
and doing all that sort of thing I still felt 18 or so, (at 56)! It has
got to have at least something to do with the bicycle riding and can't
just be inheriting good genes, can it? You could have the 120 year old
genes and still drop dead at 50 if you smoked, drank, lived next door to
a McDonald s, and never exercised.
I think I started feeling and thinking about my
>>age around 40. Plus every doctor visit would include...NOW THAT YOU ARE
>>OVER 40 YADA YADA YADA.... Thats when I went into a major midlife
>>crisis. I was 40 acting like a 20 year old. I have no clue how I
>>survived my 40's. So when you are 40...let me know how you feel. A 35
>>year old that feels 25 doesn't seem like such a big deal. My kids age
>>from 22 to 30. I don't see any huge difference in them physically at
>>this point. I truly believe 40 is a milestone thus, the midlife crisis.
>>So be on the alert. At 40 you may revert to behaving like a teenager
>>who does not want to grow up, but whose body is saying....hey, take
>>care of me....I'm getting older...please!!!!!
>>Maggie
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Maggie,
At 56 I am teaching my grandchildren the fine art of climbing trees, how
to gracefully stand on their heads and roll back down to a standing
position, run fast and long instead of the 20 feet run across the
street, and so much more than the collective parents. I have a 10 year
old Granddaughter and a 13 year old grandson and it seems like I have to
teach then how to play and get the most out of it. There are at present
5 other kids, all girls who come along on our adventure walks/runs/rides
when nobody has flat tires. I have no idea what my heart rate is at
those points but it is better than sitting on a couch watching
television by far. 4 or 5 smiling faces ages 8 to 13 makes for better
entertainment than anything I have yet to see on a BOOB tube.
If your doctor gives you any old age tips ask him/her to run up and down
the stairs in the office building the clinic is in and you will end that
line of doctorial reasoning. I may be 56 but have been blessed with no
heart/lung/arthritis problems so I go out and run around like one of the
kids. That is great for them but some of the parents standing or sitting
on their porch smoking a cig, and drinking a beer look at me as if I am
the crazy one. I can run the kids into the ground and I don't think the
parents would make it across the street to get into a serious race with
me. Act like a kid and stay young, it works. I haven't even gotten to
the grey hair thing yet even though I had a technician working for me
who at 42 had all grey hair. Think positive, like winning a big race to
commemorate 2025 or something.
I am thinking ahead to 2048 when I can run for my 100th birthday.
Top that for optimism.
Great to be alive today.
Bill Baka
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