Why does fitness matter to me?

Posted by lwilsonesq on Friday, August 29, 2008. Visit lwilsonesq's BodyDaemon Journal.

I actually got into fitness in my late teens and early 20s because I was convinced it would help me to enjoy a better quality of life for longer as I got older.  I had in mind that it would be cool to get bigger and look better, but mostly I just didn't want to end up like all the older people (50+) that I knew. 

Now that I am in my 50s I am really glad I got into keeping fit.  I never did gain all that bulk that my 20 year old self would have liked, but now I couldn't care less about that.  I still manage to run a 10K every other day at about 7 minutes a mile and I can still lift a lot of weight for a very skinny guy.  At 51, skinny's not such a bad thing!

this is just a test

Posted by jim on Monday, August 25, 2008. Visit jim's BodyDaemon Journal.

i want to check this appears in blogspot

New Gym

Posted by adsy on Friday, August 08, 2008. Visit adsy's BodyDaemon Journal.

Finally got a home gym with neighbours! Bought a power rack with a chin up bar plus a 145kg barbell. We have a lock up in the compound down from my house so it has all been put down there. It has lighting and we can play i pod music so the atmosphere is good. Found additional approx. 100kg in 1 inch diameter weights there so with cheap E Z and straight bar should be all set. Have a couple of dumbbells up to about 14kg for now. Will get a medicine ball and have a punch bag up and ready. Getting a free bench and possibility of making a platform for olympic lifts if we can get a few safety mats. With all that and the compound itself for space to sprint and try strongman events such as tractor tyre flips the workouts should be excellent.