Re: [Paddlewise] Hearts and health

Jim Tibensky wrote:

> I respectfully would like to present an alternate view.  
> 
> I am 58 and was in my first kayak race in 1967.  I quit racing in 1994
> and still paddle at least 150 days a year. So kayaking is not
> particularly damaging to the body.  I still train as if I were racing
> and, importantly I think, I am still very serious about maintaining
> flexibility.  I stretch a lot and do balance and flexibililty exercises
> in the boat. [most of the balance and flexibility exercises came from
> Paddlewise people a few years ago when I was putting together my
> symposium class called, not too obviously, "Balance and Felxibility in
> your Boat.")
> 
> But being a fanatic has its benefits.  I weigh the same as I did at age
> 12, although, darn it, the weight is in different places now.  All my
> fitness indicators are good and I never get sick.  Although that is
> probably more due to the fact that I paddle in rivers with a bit of raw
> sewage in them.  (Illinois allows municipalities to dump more raw sewage
> into rivers in the Winter.)

   Jim:   You neglected to tell us what you weighed at age 12.

Brad
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