[Bio-Hazard]

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Because we are larger, we don't have a patterned coat.

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by Racoon

OK, and now a Bit of good news!
I got a B+ in my Exercise Physiology class !
Yeeaaaahhh Baby!!

____Woot woot! Nice job Racoon.
___I know you're not a doctor, but as a fitness trainer I have a question. I have in the last couple of days noticed a burning pain in my right pec just below my armpit; it strikes when I bring my right arm across my body. I think I may have torn a muscle, although I don't recall a specific exercise period when this may have happened. Most of my exercise is from clearing brush & working outdoors & the burning pain doesn't occur even during strenuous exercise until I make the movement described. I hate going to the doctors unless I have a severe condition & I'm not sure if this qualifies. Any tips etc.? Thanks.

[questor]

Raccoon, good idea to prod your mates to work off the holiday intake. while you're studying the physiology of exercise, see if you can come across any information about how the body cells know how to perform these energy producing reactions. you may get involved in studying the Krebs cycle and the nutritional requirements for cellular metabolism. after you see how the enzymes and co-factors operate and the miracle of it all, you may want to ponder what type of reactions are occurring at the atomic and sub-atomic level to make these miracles happen.

[Taraxanoid]

Incredibly, the human body was once equipped with a self-sustaining muscular and skeletal vigourisation mechanism. But as the years went by and cavemen, cavewomen and cavechildren sat lazily at home, constantly playing countless games of Dungeons and Dimetredons, sipping bucket-loads of fresh dew from the mountains, the human body readjusted itself - evolutionarily - by altering the vigourisation system and forcing the brain to take control of the exercising and created the Fat Gene (of which is found in 96% of all children not from your native country) to wreak havok on those who don't exercise or those who do, but the body disregards it.
Amazingly, the vigourisation system returned, but only until the first television was invented.

[InfiniteNow]

Exercise is fantastic.

Any ideas that speak to more Asian concepts like Chi (Qi) and the movement/flow of it? I know a little, but certainly not enough to elaborate here... hence, my question.


Cheers.

[InfiniteNow]

Good post Racoon. Much of that, as you mentioned, I knew, but you clarified a number of details.

Let me ask... do you know of anything related to pressure points and their connections from your studies? I'd be led to believe that knowledge in this regard would provide some assistance when it comes to inferring the nature of chi.


Chi, to me, is somewhat like the Tao. I sense it, but cannot explain it. I understand it, but as soon as I try to put terms around it, it leaves and changes. It's like the water, following the path of least resistance and flowing like a stream.

Granted, I notice it's intensity much more when I throw a side kick meant to disable someone, but that's not the most powerful chi that I can feel. The powerful stuff is more subtle and quiet. Man... it's been too long since I've worked out. My channels are blocked! (whatever that means )

[InfiniteNow]

Thanks.

It's cool, too, to sequence your attacks against a particular channel. For example, block a punch on Lung 9 then immediately follow-up with a vertical chop to Lung 1 and Lung 2 simultaneously.

...but I only use this knowledge for good, of course.

[Dabo]

All I can say is.... Every time I get the erge to exercise, I go lay down 'till it goes away.....................

[TheBigDog]

I am an extremely restless sleeper. So much so that my heart rate is higher when I am sleeping than when I am awake and at rest. If I sleep to long I wake up exhausted and spent. Sometimes I wake up in a sweat and think to myself that I couldn't have slept for another minute without collapsing. I am so tired.

Bill

[questor]

Racoon,just Google Krebs cycle. you'll see more diagrams than you can possibly need.. you might also pick up some biochemistry textbooks, some may be solely about the cycle. as you get deeper into the wonder of this, you may learn at least a couple of important things:
1. different herbs and medications work differently on different people.
2. claiming an herb that contains certain chemicals will produce a predictable result can lead to unpleasant results.
3. herbs contain not only the active ingredient, but may also contain other ingredients with undesirable side effects.
4. this is the purpose of the FDA. to examine active ingredients to determine efficacy and umfavorable side effects.
5. don't believe all the claims made by the heath food industry.
you may be interested in this article:
http://www.quackwatch.org/01Quackery...Topics/pms.htm