May 17, 2013 By: Ron "Commish" Swanson
I’ll bet the headline got your attention, didn’t it? Believe me, I wish I could tell you how to do something like that. However, since we still live in the real world, that is not likely to happen. There are some things that can give you comfort, however. With a program of regular exercise, even…
April 9, 2013 By: Ron "Commish" Swanson
After this past month, I am no longer asking myself that question. My initial thought was to continue last month’s blog with a recap of my progress and setbacks, but something unexpected happened. The unexpected very pointedly showed why we all act like gerbils, racing to nowhere on the treadmills and act like little ants,…
March 8, 2013 By: Ron "Commish" Swanson
“…what it is ain’t exactly clear.” So begins a favorite song of mine from just after the age of the dinosaurs. Anyway, I felt it apropos to the condition I am finding myself in these days. Last month, I wrote about starting all over again at the gym. The fact is, that it is perhaps…
February 1, 2013 By: Ron "Commish" Swanson
Is there anything more difficult than to begin going to a gym? It’s taken us years to mold the bodies that we carry ourselves around in and, by finally deciding to exercise, we are admitting that maybe, or more likely, probably, we have taken a detour somewhere along the route to healthy living. Well, starting…
December 28, 2012 By: Ron "Commish" Swanson
Last month I started to tell the tale of right shoulder. Making a long story short, I had reached the point where I couldn’t even get my hand in my right pocket because of the pain, so I found myself doing more and more things left-handed. I struggled through the golf season with the help…
November 16, 2012 By: Ron "Commish" Swanson
It seems to be the “in” ailment of us boomers these days, but I for one didn’t know what it really was. Baseball pitchers were getting rotator cup surgery and even a few golfers I know were getting their rotator cuff repaired. Cup or cuff? I couldn’t tell from what I was hearing because I…
October 20, 2012 By: Ron "Commish" Swanson
“Stupid is, as stupid does.” -Forrest Gump In my mind I want to go to the gym every night. When I leave for the office, I make sure my gym bag is packed and with all good intent, I plan on going for at least a brief workout almost every day. This hasn’t been happening.…
August 9, 2012 By: Ron "Commish" Swanson
Go Green. Eat Local. Boycott Meat. TippecanoeandTyler, too. Slogans. Our consciousness is filled with them as every little interest group wants to influence or control our actions. Just look at what Mayor Bloomberg wants in NYC. Whether you like his initiatives or not (outlawing transfats, outlawing Big Gulps, stigmatizing not breastfeeding, etc.), I do hope…
June 25, 2012 By: Ron "Commish" Swanson
It’s 102 degrees today and I have already decided that the gym is not going to happen tonight. It is almost 8 p.m. and I’m still at the office catching up on paperwork that won’t get done next week because I’m on vacation. Next week I will be playing some golf, doing lots of eating,…
May 25, 2012 By: Ron "Commish" Swanson
There’s an old-time saying for you. That one and several others like, “If wishes were horses then beggars would ride,” used to leave me shaking my head. What did they mean and why can’t I get them out of my head? I finally figured out the one about “wishes, beggers and horses” but the one…