Another long break, I know.
With my seniority at the office and family demands on my time, Soulcast has taken a back seat for some time now.I'm not happy about it, if that makes you feel any better.
This is another short one.
Previously, in Dyingman 94: 5 seconds, I talked about the loss of the spring in my step. It takes a conscious effort to stand up to my full height. What I subsequently noticed was a curious consequence of this.
When you're bent over at a 30 degree angle after a long car ride, your back is bent and the hamstrings of your legs get stretched. The hamstrings are one of the limiting factors to how long your stride is. When you attempt to walk with a bent back, your stride can be considerably shorter and pull on the hamstring as much as a long stride would.
Trying to take a normal stride with a bent back feels as if you are stretching your stride and my hamstrings are not even as flexible as most people's, I dare say.
This means that if I try to walk before I've straightened out, I will be taking short steps due to anatomical restraints.
As the steps are shorter you can take them slightly faster. A quickened pace of shorter steps produces the characteristic walk of old men, bent over and shuffling their feet. Those who are old enough to remember the comedian Tim Conway's appearances as the old man on the Carol Burnett Show will recognize it, though not in the exaggerated form we all loved so.
Old age sneaks up on most people, it's been a privilege being able to spare the time once in a while to write this blog for you. It helps me watch the human condition intimately and it provides a rich comedy of its own. I can't find the quote of the exceptionally fellow who topped Lord Byron thus:
"In theater, 'All tragedies are finished by a death, all comedies by a marriage'. In real life, it's the opposite."
Perhaps I'm too young to appreciate the cynicism of the first half of the jest, but I'm quite amused by the reality of the second.
*DM
Next: James goes down.
THE CHART:
Activity Daily Output
Cycles 30
Bench Presses 0
Curls 0
Lifts 0
Flights of Stairs 6
Minutes Walking 1
Seconds on Heavy bag 0
Minutes Dancing Per Day 0
Push Ups 6
Sit-Ups 3
Week of 8/16/09
Activity Daily Output
Cycles 6
Bench Presses 0
Curls 0
Lifts 0
Flights of Stairs 6
Minutes Walking 2
Seconds on Heavy bag 0
Minutes Dancing Per Day 0
Push Ups 6
Sit-Ups 2
Week of 8/23/09
Activity Daily Output
Cycles 13
Bench Presses 0
Curls 0
Lifts 0
Flights of Stairs 11
Minutes Walking 0
Seconds on Heavy bag 0
Minutes Dancing Per Day 0
Push Ups 6
Sit-Ups 2
Week of 8/30/09
Activity Daily Output
Cycles 0
Bench Presses 0
Curls 0
Lifts 0
Flights of Stairs 6
Minutes Walking 0
Seconds on Heavy bag 0
Minutes Dancing Per Day 0
Push Ups 2
Sit-Ups 1
Workout Partner's Progress: Still slacking: Grade: C
Blood Pressure: 106/69 (8/5/09) BMI = 26
RECENT SYMPTOMS : Gum pocket. Hypertension? Weak left shoulder. Weak left knee.
ONGOING SYMPTOMS: Weak, clicking knees, Pain in right knee when kneeling and shifting knee to the right. Hyperhidrosis.
DIAGNOSES:
Foot trauma from minor accident, suspected neuroma or hairline fracture
to foot. Unknown injury to right knee, possible impact from small
stumble (c. 2006) onto landing of concrete stairs. Injured knee joints
from sprinting (c. 2007)
ONGOING TREATMENTS: Alternating dental & periodontal visits
every four months, exercise program including high tension stationary
cycling for leg muscle development and joint stabilization
PROGNOSIS: Gradual decay of knee function.
POTENTIAL TREATMENTS: Fish Oil supplements. Axillary vacuum curettage, laser eye surgery, gum flap tissue surgery / bone graft, filling.
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