JUST START

Starting is the hardest thing you'll ever do.

It's also the easiest.

HOLD THE LINE

The real fight will be psychological.

You will try to talk yourself into running 13.1 miles after work - when you are injured. Or lie in bed and not work out - when you are ready to work out.

You will be tempted to stop for beer at the pub. Even though you don't need it.

You will feel the pressure to tell yourself that you only live once, and that you really were doing fine the way things were.

LIES

Remember what is at stake. Keep your eye on the prize.

And then hold the line.

NEEDS FOR EVERY HUMAN

Sufficient muscle mass
Sufficient cardiovascular fitness

More muscle and cardiovascular fitness means better insulin sensitivity, greater ability to train, more strength potential, better overall metabolic health.

And a longer, better life.

Set personal goals to build and maintain both.

SOME PRINCIPLES

SIMPLE

Whatever it is, keep it as simple as possible. One last thing to muck up the gears. And it will ensure that you comply with your own plans, instead of avoiding a complicated nightmare that nobody wants to execute.

MED: MINIMUM EFFECTIVE DOSE

This means the smallest amount that produces the desire result or effect. More than the MED is not more.

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TOXIC SQUASH SYNDROME

What a curious title, eh? Are any of your favorite foods written about with descriptives like, "...toxic XXXX syndrome"? Like, "Toxic Beef Liver Syndrome" or "Toxic Venison Steak Syndrome"? This was not a deep dive by any means. A cursory look into the Google and Duck Duck Go repositories yielded results to the point of milk-out-the-nose hilarity (to me) when the basic line of questioning went like this: does this food contain toxins? And I don't mean pesticides or herbicides. It's just a matter of what is endogenous to the plant. Like our beloved avocado, which contains natural toxins that can muck up the mammary glands of animals that eat them — leaf, stem, and fruit. I know this is a nearly religious topic for many. I get it. We love our food. But in the end, we have to face the science — the broad, full, complete knowledge of what we are (biologically) and what we need to operate as best as possible. Alice In Wonderland -ish dreamy ideas about

AW, SNAP!

Good morning world! This is my first blog post. I've made feeble attempts at blogging before, and maybe this is another. I'd like to think not. I'm too old to keep starting over! Needless to say, this is a work in progress. I'm hoping there will be some rhyme and reason to this project over time, with some form and function. For now it's baby steps. Currently in my life: a torn (partially I think) right soleus calf muscle from overtraining. I'm a runner, and the injury occurred yesterday morning. Fun. Presently laid up in bed with ice on the leg. I will continue to post more on this. So why not just use Facebook? Everyone else does. I wanted something more personal. Facebook is fine, and I have an account. But I wanted to fool around with something else, and experiment with it. My goal is to have this be my personal space on the web, as a website but better as a blog - so that there can be commenting and collaboration. Now off to the races. The challenge that

THE REST OF MY LIFE

A desire of mine is to curate and share all of the timeless scenes from movies that I've enjoyed over the years. Many come to mind; Jurassic Park is full of them. One such I'll share on my birthday (there will be many to come) that is apropos. It's a quote from the President of the Galaxy himself, Zaphod Beeblebrox . After a long quest to find the answer to the meaning of life, his inquiry to the great computer returns a simple sum: 42. Distressed, he turns and pronounces his next move: "Great. I'm gonna go and find something else for my entire life to be about." That's how I feel today on my birthday. What to do? I had a session yesterday with my therapist / coach. Her one idea offered to leave the session was for me to ponder what peace looks like for me, right now. I told her that days ago I confessed to my sister that, "I just want peace." I meant that I'd really like for the rush and busy (meaningless) activities to calm down and rest

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