RM> At what age did you leave the service? I've run across several
RM> ex-military people in very good shape because they keep up with
RM> exercises and such even after getting out.

SD>I was 27 when I got out in September 1998.

Okay, so you are younger than I expected. Did you already have health
issues then or did they show up years later?

SD>I was not exactly an active person then though I am trying to be so now.

I am somewhat over-the-top active. I have to be just to live where
I am, like today I shovelled almost 2 feet of snow from a pathway
here that is over 200 feet long, and I get water from a hole I cut
in the ice and carry pails of it 150 feet up a hill to my place.

Plus when I was in my late 50's I noticed my upper body muscles were
going away I got into doing push-ups to help that. I can do over 100
of them at pretty much any time. On days when I haven't already
overworked muscles doing other things, I can usually do 125..

To clarify, I do fast shallow push-ups, not nose to the floor ones.
You don't build quite as much muscle that way but it is easier on
your joints and the high speed tends to give you a better cardio
workout as well. If someone told me when I was 25 I'd be able to do
this when I was 71 I'd have thought they were crazy..   B)

SD>Mediucare, through its "Siulver Sneakers" program, will pay for a basic
  >monthly membership at a local Planet Fitness (aka "Planet Fatass" LOL) gym.
  >Once I can get there, I can workout there safely.

A few life insurance companies here have a similar plan available..

Keep at it. It sounds like you are making some progress..

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 * SLMR Rob  * I MUST have something better to do than this!!!!
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