At my yearly physical last week a funny thing happened. The doctors staff informed me that swimming is not an aerobic exercise and that I would be better off walking briskly for 20 to 30 minutes a couple days each week.
I explained I try to swim 2 to 3 times each week for 60 to 90 minutes,and my workout is prepared by MO, ya'll might recognise that name. They asked me the distance I cover in that time and I responded with 2800 to 3500 yards or 1.5 to 2 miles depending on time.
Not good enough according to the staff. I should be walking. I will let the facts stand for themselves.
Age 48
Wt 149
BP 120/80
Pulse 60
Body Fat 18%
Total Cholesterol 194 (need to eat better)
Well it is off to the pool for another MO workout. Maybe I will walk briskly from my car to the pool and see if that counts. Thanks for those workouts MO I enjoy them.
Have a great day
Paul
Parents
Former Member
Originally posted by Bob McAdams
There are some exercise programs that specifically target doctors with some of their advertising. I wonder if there would be any value in USMS doing something similar. The advertising would need to be written, I think, by somebody in USMS who is also a doctor, and who can address the kind of concerns a doctor would be likely to have.
As luck would have it, our USMS President, Dr. Jim Miller, is just such a person.
But, because USMS is really a free-form assemblage of clubs that are quite varied, such writings could only be in the broadest of terms - like a drug company putting out general information along the lines of "We make good drugs, our manufacturing facilities are high tech and our reps are knowledgable." Then, the reps (in our case, our coaches) go to individual doctors and educate them about specific drugs (in our case, specific Masters clubs).
And, since most clubs of moderate to large size likely have a medical practitioner or two as members, using these doctors to help gain access to other doctors would make sense.
The bottom line is that it will take grass roots coach to doctor contact, undertaken in a professional manner.
Originally posted by Bob McAdams
There are some exercise programs that specifically target doctors with some of their advertising. I wonder if there would be any value in USMS doing something similar. The advertising would need to be written, I think, by somebody in USMS who is also a doctor, and who can address the kind of concerns a doctor would be likely to have.
As luck would have it, our USMS President, Dr. Jim Miller, is just such a person.
But, because USMS is really a free-form assemblage of clubs that are quite varied, such writings could only be in the broadest of terms - like a drug company putting out general information along the lines of "We make good drugs, our manufacturing facilities are high tech and our reps are knowledgable." Then, the reps (in our case, our coaches) go to individual doctors and educate them about specific drugs (in our case, specific Masters clubs).
And, since most clubs of moderate to large size likely have a medical practitioner or two as members, using these doctors to help gain access to other doctors would make sense.
The bottom line is that it will take grass roots coach to doctor contact, undertaken in a professional manner.
