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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT gmail.com>]

 Hi Lisa-it sounds like you husband and my husband are in the same 
shape.  That towel trick has saved Ron, too.  I guess I hadn't thought 
of doing it for myself.  I have been stretching though.
I don't know if you are familiar with the word 'bonk'-we used to call 
it, back in my running days, 'hitting the wall'.  It is the point at 
which all of your energy is gone and fatigue slams you as if you hit a 
wall.  It is essentially a state of severe hypoglycemia.  Well, 
yesterday, I bonked...we've been riding 7-11 miles in hilly terrain for 
a year or so, and before yesterday, the most I had biked was 16 miles on 
a nice paved path down in Rome(in 2009), which is flatter than where I 
live.  Yesterday, we cycled 20 miles and it took just under two hours.  
It was such a beautiful day.  At any rate, I felt tired when I got home, 
but okay.  Within an hour, I remembered that I had a Biggest Loser 
workout to do, and even though I knew I was spent, I did not want to get 
behind in my training game, so I had a 'light' core workout for an 
additional 20 minutes.  After that, it was all I could do to stand up in 
the shower and make it to the sofa to lay down.  I totally bonked!  I 
work pretty hard, but it has been almost 30 years since I last bonked 
like that.  I was out for the count for a few hours until I reloaded 
energy(ate and ate<g>)
Today, I feel like someone has beaten me with a chain.  No pain, no 
gain...or so they say.
I have a Challenge workout and weigh in today on the game, but outside 
of that I think I am just going to stretch a lot.  No weights, no bike,  
no woodsplitting,,,,just stretch my butt muscles...lol...

Ok, so here is another health question....

I once tried glucosamine and chondroitin, but stopped it after a couple 
of bottles because I did not see or feel any results.
That was maybe 10 years ago.  I have also taken shark cartilage in the 
past and stopped it for the same reason.  In the past, I have just tried 
to remain hydrated, and I think that goes a long way in preventing 
crunchy joints and back issues.

I have an old rotator cuff injury (from where my ram charged me), but it 
generally is fine now.  Since I have been lifting weights, I really hear 
my shoulders crunching.  I started doing some work with very light 
dumbells to strenthen those tendons and ligaments in the cuff and I am 
seeing a greater range of movement and maybe an improvement in weight 
tolerance, however, my shoulders are crunching more than ever.

Should I go back to taking G&C or shark cartiledge?  Which  would be 
better for alleviating the bone crunchiness?  I am inclined to retry 
G&C..what do you think?  Are there other alternatives?

b


On 9/12/2010 10:42 AM, Lisa Kae Van Meter Perry wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 10:00 AM, EarthNSky<erthnsky AT gmail.com>  wrote:
>
> >   Yeah, a TENS or a jacuzzi...lol
> > Initially, I did have sciatic pain in my right leg, but thankfully it is
> > just numb and tingly now.
>
> My husband has an L5 that is compressed (from a car accident many years
> ago), it's 1/4 the size it's supposed to be. The Chinese med. clinic has
> "saved" him and has worked better for him than the chiropractor. [Same
> clinic has also told him that he can successfully avoid carpal tunnel
> surgery by doing various wrist exercises&  hand stretches and, in truth, his
> wrists hardly ever bother him now.] He has has several acupuncture
> treatments for each problem along the way.
>
> He lays on a folded bath towel (the long way) mornng and night for 5
> minutes.

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SISU! (Finnish--There is no single word in English that encompasses
all that sisu means, but it combines the following ideas: guts, pep,
determination, stubbornness, perseverance, hardiness, stamina, go, do,
nerve, spunk, pluck, and grit.  It's like "Just Do It!"&  "Go for It!")