Rock climbing at the poolMarch 29, 2008
What a great idea: A product that allows kids to practice their climbing skills in the pool.
Hunger and physical activityMarch 27, 2008
Being a lean guy with a sensitivity to low blood sugar, there have been countless times when I've gotten that sort of sick low blood sugar feeling. Your energy gets sapped, you can't think, you want to lay down, and sometimes there's a mild headache associated with it.
Something I've noticed though, is that if you do exactly the opposite thing, that is, perform some light to moderate physical labour, the feeling starts to subside.
Here's a little theory: Perhaps the energy stores in the muscles begin to activate and populate the blood with blood sugars when physical activity is performed, thereby correcting the low blood sugar state, whereas if you simply relax and continue to perform mental tasks, you're just burning up even more of the little blood sugar you have left.
Just a thought.
Injured shoulderMarch 3, 2008
The night after trying snowboarding for the first time, I headed to bed early -- I was pretty zonked. I woke up in the middle of the night with a very very sore shoulder. Where it came from I don't know, but when I got up in the morning I couldn't even hold my left arm in front of my body. Something was very wrong. I visited my chiropractor on Monday and he was baffled too, but over the next two weeks it has gotten much better and I now have most of my range of motion back. The shoulder is still weak and a little sore when I hold my arm up and to the side, but hopefully it will be back to 100% soon. When it's back in action, I think I'll slowly start back into the pushups.
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