Original Posted By: "Robison"
Glenn wrote->I don't know if this recommendation is for everyone but... I run 7 miles>about 3 or 4 times a week, I'm 42, 5' 10" and weigh about 200 lbs.Well, I'm 54, 5'-10" and weigh about 150 lbs. and I started running 35 years ago and actually competed in a few 10K races, used to run every other day. Problem is, I ruptured a tendon in my ankle a few years ago and haven't been able to run anymore, don't like to swim laps or bicycle, and doc says I'll never run again. I can hardly tolerate something like an elliptical trainer but that's what I'm getting myself for Christmas so I can start exercising again, which should help. And when the doc told me that I'd have to stay at home, indoors, in a chair for several weeks after surgery to repair the tendon, I decided not to have the surgery because I don't know if I could stand that as easily as I can stand the ankle pain which isn't really all that bad unless I run on it or hike on a sidehill or something. Plus there are two tendons down the side of each ankle and I only ruptured one, so I've still got enough to hold things together ;o)What I'd like to do is develop a Pietenpol trainer that would be like a full-scale Piet fuselage from the pilot's seat forward and would have a decommissioned radial engine on the nose, with only one or two spark plugs left in the engine and a set of pedals in the pilot's cockpit linked to the engine. Sort of like a treadmill or stationary bike, except that as you pedal you'd get the prop to start turning up front. Adding or removing spark plugs would change the resistance to change the level of your workout and the big wooden prop would provide some cooling effect. You park this thing in front of a big-screen TV with Chuck Gantzer's and Mike Cuy's videos going, and off you go on a fun workout! Watch that blood pressure drop with every "flight"!Hey, Santa- get those elves busy in the workshop!Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: blood pressure and the Piet
Re: Pietenpol-List: blood pressure and the Piet
Original Posted By: Harvey Rule