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This guy decided last year at age 65 to shape up - cholesterol 200, couldn't walk half a mile. Now he's doing RAGBRAI... (lucky genes, I guess!)
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07-25-2006, 10:43 AM #1
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SOme people *do* get strong fast!
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07-25-2006, 10:52 AM #2
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wow. good genes and lots of modivation!
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07-25-2006, 11:24 AM #3
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that is further proof that our modern lifestyle is the major part of most
peoples' health problems!
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07-25-2006, 04:14 PM #4
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Last time I saw my doc, a major athlete herself, she told me she'd been treating an Olympic decathlete for years. He trains 5-6 hours a day, 7 days a week, "has the body of an Adonis", and has been on cholesterol-lowering medication for years; without it, his cholesterol is over 300. She said it was just plain bad genetic luck.
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07-25-2006, 08:44 PM #5
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i'm a skinny vegetarian who's fit and active and i don't eat a lot of eggs, dairy, or junk food. My cholesterol always hovers between 350 and 380--since i first got tested as a young teen!
It's totally bad genetics.
Wierdly, the side of my family that has this genetic cholesterol problem doesn't die of hear/cholesterol problems so i try to not worry about it too much.
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07-25-2006, 09:14 PM #6
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That's good to hear. My husband quit smoking and then began exercising when he met me. Poor guy. I took him to Moab and took him on the beginner loop on Slickrock when we were dating. I think the embarassment of having a hard time and the feeling of lungs climbing out of his chest inspired him. 6 years later now, he's in good health and went vegie last year. Still battles the tryglicerieds though and gets frustrated.
I see women in their 80's doing pretty great things and I intend to be right there with them, not sitting on the couch.
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