New Light on Exercise

2008-10-17 00:57:00

My Friends,

The "Diet of Oxygen" puts a lot of emphasis on diet to increase the supply of oxygen, but equally important is exercise.

I've kind of sacrificed my body the past ten years to make time to write everything you see in the archives.

Because of the demands of running a business I've had little free time, and the time I have had has been dedicated to writing.

This has had an adverse physical effect in two ways.

First, it is a sedentary activity.

Secondly, I had to arrange my sleeping schedule so I write late at night, usually staying up til five o'clock in the morning.

I read a while back that this type of sleep causes a person to gain a couple pounds a year and this happened to me.

I've delayed getting back in shape as long as long as practical and have decided I need to spend whatever time is necessary to do this if I want to stay around long enough to finish my mission.

Unfortunately, no master is going to snap his fingers and insure my good health continues. Me, and every other disciple, has to take care of this on his own.

In the past, I've concentrated on doing aerobic exercises, mostly jogging, but decided to start out instead this time with a brisk walk going up and down hills.

Then I came across Dr. Al Sears who introduced me to the first real new knowledge I have seen in exercise since I read Kenneth Cooper about 40 years ago.

Sears states that long periods of aerobics reduces lung and heart capacity and strength, and can lead to an early death. Instead, he has developed a system of rest and exertions which he says is much more similar to what early man naturally did.

I've bought his book and been experimenting with this the past few days and it feels like a true principle to me. I'll let you know how my progress goes.

You might want to check out his website which has one of the best written ads I have seen.

http://www.alsearsmd.com/pace/