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06-02-07, 11:50 PM
I’ve never been very good at moderation: this has led to Monday mornings at work with a few scabs and maybe a slight limp. My coworkers are not overly athletic or adventurous. I endured many comments about “that exercise will kill you”. In my heart I knew I was healthier than most of them, even the younger ones {a majority I’m sad to say**. But when you’re having trouble standing up from a chair, or enduring six months of physical therapy for an irritated IT band, they begin to sound like the reasonable ones.
My wife and I went to a Saturday night Pittsburgh Pirates game. We arrived a couple hours early and strolled along the river on the walkway they have by the stadiums. While sitting in a sidewalk café having pizza {pie** and beer, waiting for the gates to open, I noticed several people with knee braces. Most of them appeared to in good health and reasonably fit, maybe a bit of trouble with stairs but overall in good shape. There were also some folks dragging around portable oxygen tanks. They did not appear to be in good health, just walking was an exertion.
I know there are no guarantees in life, exercise and a reasonably healthy diet don’t guarantee a healthy heart and lungs. And every old fart with a bad knee wasn’t necessarily an athlete. But the odds are that exercise will keep the cardiovascular system going, and there are much worse aliments than a bad knee. I’ll take my chances on the bike.
My wife and I went to a Saturday night Pittsburgh Pirates game. We arrived a couple hours early and strolled along the river on the walkway they have by the stadiums. While sitting in a sidewalk café having pizza {pie** and beer, waiting for the gates to open, I noticed several people with knee braces. Most of them appeared to in good health and reasonably fit, maybe a bit of trouble with stairs but overall in good shape. There were also some folks dragging around portable oxygen tanks. They did not appear to be in good health, just walking was an exertion.
I know there are no guarantees in life, exercise and a reasonably healthy diet don’t guarantee a healthy heart and lungs. And every old fart with a bad knee wasn’t necessarily an athlete. But the odds are that exercise will keep the cardiovascular system going, and there are much worse aliments than a bad knee. I’ll take my chances on the bike.