Interesting article, Hak ~

I look forward to your in depth expansion “later this year”.

What do I do to get high octane fruits and veggies? Not much. Like most, even as I am very aware of the depleted soils and the crappy ways in which our food is grown …eat way too much grocery store junk.

But there’s hope, because I’m shooting for 120 years young (~smiles~) …a new guy moved in nearby and plans on growing / marketing fruits and vegetables. I am excited in this: all to do is hop on my bicycle and peddle out to the highway for a look see.

So far, so good, wife and I: No docs nor meds …but this is the first summer season I gained weight rather than lost winter pounds. At 58, old age is sneaking up on me.

I homegrow and eat tomatoes, apples, strawberries and huckleberries. Oh, (~smiles~) consider dandelion leaves, which are wonderfully abundant, nutritious and FREE. They’re power packed with nature’s own A, C, calcium, iron combos… Potatoes, squash, pumpkins and lots and lots of other items are easy to grow.

I’ll get back to growing more.

–erl

btw, Hak: Given your busy ego and schedule, are you finding ways to rest an average of 8 hours a day?

Great thoughts on real food. I agree and the more I eat from our garden and from local and seasonal veggies and fruits, the less I could even stand what most grocery stores peddle as produce. I wonder if in your climate you would do well hothousing produce in wintertime? Maybe build a small greenhouse or cold frames?

I just took some of our chicken eggs over to a neighbor this week and they were blown away by the quality. For people who can find a source of free-ranging chickens who eat bugs and greens (which is not necessarily the same as what egg farms call “free range”), the Omega-3 content of the eggs is phenomenal. You would be surprised by how many urban cities allow backyard chickens. I bet more people would have them if they knew they were allowed.

Hak,

I’ll be interested to hear if you ever come up with a way of comparing the BCAA’s. I just received my first shipment of the Biotest product that you were also trying.

I’m in a very light training cycle this month, but will let you know my thoughts as I start ramping up again in November/December.

Kevin

SemperSigns,

Homegrown is definitely the way to go if you can make the time and have the resources to manage a garden.

Regarding your question of 8 hours of sleep…nope. It’s one of those areas where I’ve made a conscious decision to try and get by with less sleep. Not an ideal long-term approach…yet we must do what we must do to hit the objective.

Hak ~

In my comment above, rather than the word sleep I used “rest”, as in refreshing quiet. Sleep is but one way to rest.

My father could have lived a lot longer than he did, I think. He plumb wore out his heart, dieing at 69. I watched him do it. As a little guy, I used to hear his mother tell him (more than once), “you work too much”. She and my grandfaather each lived to about 90.

You say, “…to try and get by with less sleep. Not an ideal long-term approach…yet…”

~Smiles~

So how many years have you been “trying” to get by with less sleep? How many more years before you find time to slow down enough to catch up?

What would Jack Lalanne think? He’s 93 and “tries to get seven to eight hours of sleep each night”.

–Erl

Erl,

Awww…there’s plenty of time to sleep in the grave! ;^)

Just kidding.

Trust me, I have enough lazy moments in life to last a few lifetimes. I haven’t been trying to get by on less sleep for long. I know my body well enough to keep a balance. The challenge is in making better use of my waking hours.

Hak ~

“Better to wear out than to rust out.” –Teddy Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States.

“Lazy moments…”. Yes, tell me about them. Lazy genes become more and more activated with age.

*******

Robin ~

After clicking off to your website, to more and more motivated, I went out to the yard and picked dandelion and chickweed. Then chopped it all up fine, added lettuces romaine & iceberg and onion (store stuff), sliced up a fresh home grown tomato—all to make a great tasting salad.

After eating it, amazingly I felt “full”. Also, there was a neat little rush / kick that flowed through my body—first felt in my eyes.

To more and more good stuff.

–Erl

btw, Hak: thanks for your motivating yoga thing up there!