Frist you get snakebit and now this - man you sure do know how to live it up!
Happy Birthday old man! Are you still going to reveal the secrets of the universe to me this October when I turn 50?
Happy Birthday Harry.
Sorry the tale had to be about a kidney stone. Lemonade is awesome though, so that’s a plus.
Happy Birthday Harry, get well soon. Not sure about weights but it sounds like that thing was a Braemer stone!
Hope you are feeling better and happy birthday. I am with Pete, couldn’t read the whole thing…dam
Thanks PG and Scotto
Snake bites I can accept George but this was my own body betraying me. Ok, I can’t work out, I can’t throw anything, I can’t build anything, relaives have stuffed as much food as possible in me, TV is a joke and I can’t watch anymore DVDs, so I’m sitting at the computer getting all introspective.
I’ve always considered myself to be a lucky man. Well, except for a couple of years I let myself go, thought the world owed me something and forgot life’s what we make of it. Always had good health; BP, pulse, etc. Don’t get headaches, indigestion, and can’t remember the last time I’ve had a cold or flu. Nice sauna usually takes care of any on coming sniffles. All my injuries, hurts, frequent repairs, have been caused by external sources. Guess it’s genetics cause I’ve never really worried about what I eat or drink. I’ve had a pretty hyper active life style so that propably helped. Wife said to me the other night that maybe I should start paying more attention to being healthy for a long time and not worry about being so strong. Close as she comes to lecturing me. And I’m giving it some thought. I’m competing like 20 times a year between T&F and highland games. May be time to study up on nutrittion and change over to a healthier workout routine. Can’t ever compete in old man BB, too many scars. Could be time to turn the comps over to you young studs and concentrate on being the spritliest geezer around. Yup, too much time on my hand.
Harry, I agree with you on the nutrition bit -crappy food erodes you from the inside.
My thought (and limited experience) has been that competing can break you down, because competition by definition means the result is what counts, the body is just a tool to help us win, and can be sacrificed if necessary. But from following your thread, it doesn’t seem you have acquired any injuries from competing yet. You have to listen to your wife though… Anyway, even if you decide to stop competing, there is no doubt that you need to stay “in the game” by coaching the youngsters, you’re a great role model! Besides, how else will we hear about larger-than-life characters like the Mighty Tree?
Weight training and general conditioning, done properly, i.e. as dictated by your body’s biomechanics, keeps you healthy and keeps everything built up and maintained at a younger level than otherwise possible. That I believe is true no matter how old we get. My joints feel better now than they did 10 years ago because of what I’ve learned and applied about how the body works.
And btw, check out Old Navy’s log and some of his pics, the dude is 67. Tell the wife that’s going to be you in 10 years, just a lot bigger!
Strike a balance Harry - don’t give up on the stuff you enjoy but stretch it out and like punnyguy says keep up the coaching stuff
I hope you don’t give up competing. Just cut back and have some fun at it.
[quote]hel320 wrote:
I’ve always considered myself to be a lucky man.
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I’m competing like 20 times a year between T&F and highland games. May be time to study up on nutrittion and change over to a healthier workout routine. Can’t ever compete in old man BB, too many scars. Could be time to turn the comps over to you young studs and concentrate on being the spritliest geezer around. Yup, too much time on my hand.[/quote]
Now, you stop that. You and your kilts and crazy talk…
Catching up with you Harry. Stones hurt… I’ll never want that feeling ever again. Worked with a guy in SC that could pass them at will… I’m really glad your son is OK and send him our thanks for getting the job done in Japan. Recover and then back at it. Happy belated birth day.
mon frere, it wasn’t the throwing or the lifting that hurt you. As long as you can do what you love, reasonably pain free, no sense in stopping.
and we have to be introspective as we age, cuz young folks are too busy talking/texting to introspect.
Harry sucks about the stone. It’s not time to turn in anything but a good diet may keep you competing at least some for another twenty years. My old man is 70 + and he doesn’t compete because he says he doesn’t have any time to. Enjoy reading your thread. My wife just said something similar to what yours said the other day and I promised to start competing in my age division in strongman. It might be a good idea ???
Harry -
sorry your birthday got off to a bad start.
rest up and come back soon.
having a cathater always feels horrible
I don’t read your log for a week and everything goes to hell. Kidney stones happen to healthy,fit people all the time. No worries big fella. Happy 56th. Looking forward to reading your training for at least another decade or two.(unless I die)
Thanks to all for the well wishes and input. Sorry I haven’t posted much, hard to follow all the good training when you can’t do anything but thumb presses on the remote. The expected discomfort of the stent removal tomorrow is offset by the anticipation of hitting the gym right after. Hopefully, some actual lifting to report after. Found this old picture on my cell phone. Think it’s from about a month ago. Not sure if I was tryin to flex up or what. As tank tops in the gym seem to be the height of gauchery on this site I thought I post it. Oh well, no GQ cover again this year.
I don’t know Harry, you look pretty yoked to me.
Hopefully they will knock you out when they take out the stent and you’ll be back in the gym before you know it.
[quote]hel320 wrote:
It was me Matty and you’re probably right. This was mentioned to me by a lot of the medical folk. It was mentioned in front of the wife, too. All sodas of any kind had disappeared from the house by the time I got home. Seems Lemonade is suppose to help though and I love that. Water, to quote the great philosopher W.C. Fields, “I never drink water, it’s the stuff fish f…k in.”
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Sorry about the medical emergency! Hope it resolves as comfortably as possible.
I’ve read that DARK beers contain an acid that prevents stones.
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I’ve had a pretty hyper active life style so that propably helped. Wife said to me the other night that maybe I should start paying more attention to being healthy for a long time and not worry about being so strong. Close as she comes to lecturing me. And I’m giving it some thought. I’m competing like 20 times a year between T&F and highland games. May be time to study up on nutrittion and change over to a healthier workout routine. Can’t ever compete in old man BB, too many scars. Could be time to turn the comps over to you young studs and concentrate on being the spritliest geezer around. Yup, too much time on my hand.[/quote]
Seems to be 2 different goals in life extension:
- live as long as possible
- maximize life satisfaction for as long as possible
I expect you’ll discover you have been on a great path for a long time. Strong and resistance training is very much a part of the maximizing life satisfaction goal.
tangent: the products on this site (flame out, HOT-ROX, and etc.) seem to be inline with, if not optimized for life extension goals and research.
Looking forward to you getting back at it sooner rather than later…I also had to look up gauchery, so I also improved my vocab as well!
Needle nose pliers, bottle of whiskey and I’ll take that stent out for you. No charge. Check your prostate while I’m at it if you’d like. Just PM me your adress.