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Tuesday, June 11, 2019

My Arms Are Ready to Fall Off

For the past 11 months, I've been exercising quite a bit. I've been doing it all wrong, too. I tried running, and got sciatica. Then I tried walking, and got sciatica. I'd walk around like Quasimodo, screaming about the bells. Then I discovered the arc trainer, which allows me to push hard without injury. Though my racing days are over, I have lost a ton or two. But I have now discovered that even that is wrong.

When I exercise, I spend about 90% of my time doing cardio, 9.99% stretching and working on my core and about 0.01% on upper body. But that's all wrong. According to some stupid study done by Harvard, middle-aged men who can do 40 or more push-ups are 30 times less likely to get a heart attack than those who can only do 10.
Our findings provide evidence that push-up capacity could be an easy, no-cost method to help assess cardiovascular disease risk in almost any setting. Surprisingly, push-up capacity was more strongly associated with cardiovascular disease risk than the results of sub-maximal treadmill tests.
What?

Ok, so I tested myself yesterday. I'm an old fart, but I could always do pushups. On my first try, I did 21. I waited a little while and tried again. 11. Then I waited some more and said I really am stronger than this. 3.

About an hour later, my arms could barely pick up my cell phone as I got a message from an old-fart friend who decided to try it.

He did 41.

Bastard.
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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 11, 2019 at 6:17 AM

    Bernie, Still naked you will look like the capitol letter "Q" so give up this plight to become a show horse and enjoy being a work horse!

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  2. AnonymousJune 11, 2019 at 7:42 AM

    picture Bernie please

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  3. AnonymousJune 11, 2019 at 9:56 AM

    Any soreness in your chest? That's where push-ups should create soreness.
    Doing them incorrectly makes you sore elsewhere and could also lead to injury.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9sTjhN4Z3M

    If you haven't worked out that way in a while, you might consider a beginner version, i.e. doing them on your knees. Then you could work up to harder types. Nobody ever gets fit in just one workout, but lots of people try to, leading to injury which derails them from their goals.

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  4. AnonymousJune 11, 2019 at 10:20 AM

    Great. We need you around to keep these municipalities in check!!

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  5. AnonymousJune 11, 2019 at 12:40 PM

    The wrists seen any action in the creation of two different partners?

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  6. AnonymousJune 11, 2019 at 1:11 PM

    TMI

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  7. Bernie O'HareJune 11, 2019 at 1:55 PM

    Do not even understand the question.

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  8. XJune 11, 2019 at 3:00 PM

    Bernie, I think anonymous is asking does the left or right palm have more hare on it? The best cardiovaskular exercise is allways done with a partner in most cases with the oppisit sex.
    Now there are actions were cut and paste are what it is.

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  9. AnonymousJune 11, 2019 at 3:26 PM

    You look like a million bucks ...good job on the exercise program !!!

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  10. AnonymousJune 11, 2019 at 10:11 PM

    At least you ass does not hurt !

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