I got a little extra time in the physician’s exam room this week. Came out with a clean bill of cardiac health. Turns out it is all that resistance training that is making my chest hurt. Here’s how part of the conversation went with my physician, Dr. Steve Daugherty:<\/p>\n
ME: \u00a0Steve,\u00a0 I’ve heard that\u00a0 cardiovascular exercise can prolong life.\u00a0 Is this true? <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>STEVE: Your heart only good for so many beats, and that’s it… Don’t waste them on exercise.\u00a0 Everything wears out eventually.\u00a0 Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; it’s like saying you extend the life of a car by driving faster.\u00a0 Want to live longer?\u00a0 Take a nap.<\/p>\n ME: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n ME: How\u00a0 can I calculate my body\/fat ratio? <\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n ME: What\u00a0 are some of\u00a0 the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program? <\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n ME<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0Will\u00a0 sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle? <\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n ME:\u00a0 Is chocolate bad for me? <\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n ME:\u00a0 Is swimming good for your figure?<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n ME:\u00a0 Is getting in shape important for my lifestyle? <\/strong> To tell you what a great physician Dr. Daugherty is, he sent me home with a prescription that said “For Kelly Watts” at the top. It then listed three things:<\/p>\n He really did send that home with me. I think I may frame it.\u00a0When my wife read what he’d written she said “That’s why men go to male doctors.”\u00a0What do you think she meant by that?<\/p>\n Dr. Steve Daugherty is his name. He’s at the Ferrell-Duncan Clinic in Springfield. He’s a fabulous physician. I’d highly recommend him. The only thing wrong with him is he never reads my blog. We’ll see if this gets his attention.<\/p>\n Love ya, Steve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I got a little extra time in the physician’s exam room this week. Came out with a clean bill of cardiac health. Turns out it is all that resistance training that is making my chest hurt. Here’s how part of the conversation went with my physician, Dr. Steve Daugherty: ME: \u00a0Steve,\u00a0 I’ve heard that\u00a0 cardiovascular […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.jbarrywatts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.jbarrywatts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.jbarrywatts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.jbarrywatts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.jbarrywatts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1372"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/old.jbarrywatts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1374,"href":"https:\/\/old.jbarrywatts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372\/revisions\/1374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.jbarrywatts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.jbarrywatts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.jbarrywatts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSTEVE:\u00a0 No, not at all.\u00a0 Wine is made from fruit.\u00a0 Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take water out of fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way.\u00a0 Beer is also made of grain.\u00a0 Bottoms up! <\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSTEVE: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to one.\u00a0 If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc. <\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSTEVE:\u00a0 Can’t think of single one, sorry.\u00a0 My philosophy is: No pain…good!
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\nME:\u00a0 Aren’t fried foods bad for you?<\/strong>
\nSTEVE:\u00a0 YOU ARE \u00a0NOT LISTENING!\u00a0 Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil.\u00a0 In fact, they are permeated by it.\u00a0 How could getting more vegetable be bad for you?!?\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSTEVE:\u00a0 Definitely not!\u00a0 When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger.\u00a0 You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSTEVE:\u00a0 Are you crazy?!?\u00a0 HEL-LO-O!!\u00a0 Cocoa beans!\u00a0 Another vegetable!\u00a0 Its the best feel-good food around! <\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSTEVE:\u00a0 If swimming is good for your figure, explain the whale to me.. <\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSTEVE:\u00a0 Hey!\u00a0 ‘Round’ is shape!<\/p>\n\n