Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]EXCERSISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-) Kyle, Yep carrying gear can do all kinds of strange and hurting things to the human body. The younger you are the better off you'll be the sooner you get into some kind of fitness program. No not the Charles Atlas thing, but a program to keep your body toned and mobile. Muscles and skeleton supporting each other properly. But you have to do this at least three times a week minimum! Certainly for any benefit! I go 7 a.m.. I believe Tina & Tom go at 6.00 a.m. to the gym. She may add something to this post. In my case the complete left side of my body inside (seen this on x-rays) surprised some of the medical folks :-) is larger and better developed than the right side due to always carrying a bag of gear on the left shoulder. Usually in the range of 45 to 65 pounds. For about 50 years or so. :-) However, finding myself having some body/back aches and pains 5 years ago I started working with a personal trainer at my local community centre. She developed a workout plan and today? I incline leg press 325 pounds, touch palms of my hands flat to the floor 50 times in a row, along with 25 full squats and stands in a row. I also peddle a standing bike at 85 to 90 RPM's for 30 minutes before I even begin the rest of the "fun stuff!" ;-) Hey and I'm only 79 next month! ;-) So a young pup like you could get into this shape in no time at all! Hold off popping a pile of money for a mattress until you see what you can do with your body first. Also try to sleep on your left side as it should help you sleep better for any number of reasons. Have a go lad as it wont hurt, but it sure as hell will make you feel better all over. ted -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Kyle Cassidy Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 10:44 AM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] If my leica were a memory foam mattress,which memory foam mattress would it be? Two decades of carrying 20+lbs of camera gear and gin around in a giant domke have done a number on my poor back. Having been brainwashed by National Public Radio for all these years advising me during the groggy hours of the morning that for sleep comfort, I need a Tempurpedic bed from the Healthy Back Store, I went to their website and found that to asuaged by camera-related injury would cost about $2200, which is cheaper than an M8, but more expensive than a D300. I noticed that there are knockoffs ranging from $500 to $1400 -- the $500 models have no free return and the mid-priced model has a 365 day trial. (you might just say "just try them out and if you don't like it, send it back, you idiot, stop bothering us with this nonsense" -- but I'd rather avoid all the repackaging and whatnots.) I'm assuming that since y'alls also carry 20+ lbs of stuff around (except for you lazy Europers who only have to carry 10 kilograms) on one shoulder for the past 20 years y'all also have backs that are made out of oreo cookies and millet (I'm not sure what that means, but it sounds funny) and some of you have discovered the magic bed that makes the pain go away. Percoset probably also makes the pain go away, but I don't want to start looking like one of those old men at the diner setting out 90 pills before his chipped beef arrives. Thanks for your advice. kyle _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.5/1357 - Release Date: 4/3/2008 10:48 AM