| Re: 5 more weeks till biking
dgk <sonicechoes-spamless@hot-nospamp-mail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:26:28 -0500, "Roger Zoul"
> <rogerzoul2@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>dgk wrote:
>>:: I have made one (1) successful visit to the gym. They have TVs on
>>:: the NorticTrak things now. Just bring your own headphones. That
>>:: almost makes it usable. Still a waste of time compared to
>>:: commuting by bike. The whole idea of moving your feet and ending
>>:: up in the same spot is
>>:: a bit odd. So is the concept of swimming back and forth in a pool.
>>:: You end up the same place that you started! How absurd.
>>
>>Could it be that your attitude is a bit absurd? Some folks enjoy
>>those activities (I admit it is hard to really enjoy riding a
>>stationary, but the potential health benefits are decidedly not
>>absurb.
>>
>
> Yes, that is why I belong to the gym. I just haven't used it much
> since I started commuting. I never enjoyed it very much but did manage
> to make it fairly regularly. Bike commuting serves the dual purpose of
> getting me to work and doing the daily exercise.
>
>>::
>>:: My pre-op physical showed an HDL of 61. That is about 20 points
>>:: higher than when I started bike commuting. Stunning. It lowered my
>>:: cornonary risk down to below normal from a previous high risk
>>:: level. That can only be the biking. Only 5 more weeks.
>>
>>Good. Weight lifting and flax seed can help, too.
>
> No weight lifting for many weeks. I suspect I have a few rounds of
> physical therapy before they let me loose on the weights. I could be
> wrong about this but I believe that weight lifting is not particularly
> good for HDL raising. I think aerobic exercise is recommended.
You're wrong about that. Both forms of exercise help HDL. I took mine from
44 to 87.
>
> I never really do free weights; mostly I do the machines They have
> replaced all the old machines with a new kind though. Much nicer but
> the computer tracking system is gone. I think it was a real problem to
> maintain so it looks like we're back to big index cards and
> clipboards. Seems like a step backwards.
Well, machines work too. No excuses now, kiddo!
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