> And Dan. Rumor has it that you weigh in somewhere between a dugong and a
> hippo. So, for the record - since you gave us your VOmax, what's your BMI?
>
> Good night!
>
> pH


Haseltine,
As it happens, I have been working too many hours over the last 6 months,
and was getting in no gym workouts... as of a month ago, I was about 25
pounds overweight. I was still getting in 40 miles per day on my bike, but
this alone does not reduce body fat like gym workouts--most bodybuilders do
not even do any significant cardio for getting lean. Its just diet and gym
workouts for them. I've lost 5 pounds in the last two weeks.

Since I am dispensing advice on fitness, the fact that I need to lose some
body fat myself is an advantage---the others on the list can see that the
diet and training tips from Terry have worked on me--and that I understand
the "challenge" of weight loss.

 But I would add that I am far from similar to the "typical" overweight
diver....My muscle mass is equal to or greater than many powerlifters,
football players or Body builders, and my aerobic capacity, even with 25
pounds of excess fat is more than enough to destroy a "pencil necked geek"
like you on a bike or in the water, or in the ring at Sheppard's Gym. How
many "dugone" type divers do you know that can keep swimming pace with high
powered scooters for 40 minute deep dives.
Ideal weight for me is 185 pounds. Right now I weigh 205. By December I'll
be in 180-185 range, which I have been in for the vast majority of the last
25 years ( in college I was heavier--206 with a 7 percent bodyfat
level...but I allowed the cycling to catabolize some of this muscle, as it
was a penalty in hill climbing in cycling road races).

Incidentally, what kind of a Doctor are you? It would appear you have the
same sadly lacking understanding of nutrition common to the majority of
MD's...no doubt you can blame the pathetic nutrition course commonly taught
in most medical schools, but an "enlightened" mind would have done its own
research far more efficiently than you have managed.

Dan Volker

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